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Up North lighthouse’s 100-year anniversary to include laser light show on Lake Michigan beach
LUDINGTON, MI – A unique laser light show will highlight the 100-year anniversary celebration of an Up North lighthouse on Lake Michigan. The North Breakwater Light in Ludington is turning 100 years old. The light is a 57-foot tall steel-plated structure at the end of a half-mile-long breakwater pier at Pere Marquette Harbor.
Softball Recap: Priscilla Guthrie can't quite lead Lutheran North over Utica Ford
Lutheran North lost against Utica Ford on Thursday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Lutheran North Mustangs fell just short of the Utica Ford Falcons by a score of 4-3. Lutheran North has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games. Lutheran North saw four...
Up North state park announces free summer concert, adventure series
HAMLIN TOWNSHIP, MI – Ludington State Park’s summer entertainment series will feature concerts, magic shows and educational programs, all offered for free. The Friends of Ludington State Park recently announced the lineup of 22 programs. The events begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Saturdays with a couple of Wednesdays mixed in.
Up North river access park with boat launch, picnic shelters, boardwalk to open this summer
PERE MARQUETTE, MI – A new park will soon open on the banks of Pere Marquette River in Northern Michigan. River Access Park, part of the expansive Pere Marquette Conservation Park, is on the west side of Pere Marquette Highway just south of Ludington. It’s still under construction and expected to open in June.
Brandon Childress takes over Baldwin boys’ basketball as J.J. Eads steps down
BALDWIN - There is a new era beginning for the Baldwin boys’ basketball program. As J.J. Eads, who has been at the helm for the past five seasons, resigns so that he can spend more time with his family, Brandon Childress will take over. Childress was the J.V. coach this past year, so the transition couldn’t be smoother. And Eads knows that Childress is the right man to step up and take over. “So, I think it just kind of worked out well, where the timing, being here for five years, getting it stabilized. Now we can move it on to someone who’s young, who’s got the energy to put the program in the continued right direction,” said Eads.
State park plants white cedar trees to stabilize 100-foot bluff that looms over former beach
MANISTEE TOWNSHIP, MI – This will not be the year that the Lake Michigan beach is restored at the bottom of a 100-foot bluff in Northern Michigan. The bluff at Orchard Beach State Park – a popular perch from which to watch sunsets – continues to deteriorate with parts “always sluffing off” and tumbling down to the beach, said park supervisor Doug Barry.
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