Cooking is fun onboard the SS Badger
LUDINGTON, Mich. — Sue McDonald likes to have fun at work. She started working at the SS Badger in 2024 as a galley prep cook, assisting the galley lead cook with preparing meals for the passengers and crew. Sue is retired and lives in Shelby, Michigan. She applied for the job at the urging of…
Cross Lake romance strengthens the Badger family
From left, Patrick and Nicole Nelson, Ann and Jeff Senglaub, Marissa Senglaub and Robert Ball. There is a common theme among the crew of the SS Badger: Family. Whether that is a closeness that is created through the shared purpose of working on a unique and historic vessel that has served the Great Lakes for…
The Badger is more than a job, it’s a family
Lake Michigan Carferry Office Manager Shari Vandervest knows a thing or two about the car ferry operation. She has worked for LMC for three decades. “I was hired as a temporary worker with Manpower in 1994. I was only supposed to be here for six months,” Vandervest said. “Thirty-one years later, I’m still here and…
SS Badger, home of the Poort family
LUDINGTON, Mich. — Over its 70-plus years of service, the SS Badger cross lake ferry has been a vessel of making special memories for thousands of people that span multiple generations. For one Hart, Michigan family the Badger not only provided an important service during a time of hardship, it has become an integral part…
Badger Wheelsman Joe DeBusk Receives Interlake Maritime Services Customer First Award
LUDINGTON, Michigan — SS Badger cross lake ferry Wheelsman Joe DeBusk recently received the Interlake Maritime Services Customer First Award, presented during the company’s annual winter meeting in Savannah, Ga. Interlake Maritime Services, which operates the largest shipping fleet on the Great Lakes, acquired Lake Michigan Carferry (LMC) in 2020. DeBusk, who lives in Reed…