MANITOWOC – For many families, a trip across Lake Michigan on the SS Badger is a special event filled with happy memories. For one Michigan family, the four-hour ride from Ludington to Manitowoc ...

Bill Bussell, a 1950s summer employee of the S.S. Badger, visited during summer 2024 for a cross-Lake Michigan trip between Ludington, Mich., and Manitowoc, Wis. Bill Bussell, second from left, is ...

Because the car and passenger ferry is being repaired so close to the season start, it will head to Door County on its own steam and with a full crew.