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Spring brush collection underway in Sturgis

Spring brush collection underway in Sturgis

ByDennis VolkertApr 3, 20252 min read

The city of Sturgis began brush pick-up service this week.  Routine early-spring collection had been scheduled to start April 7, but timeline was shifted due to severe damage from a storm that hit the area March 30.  Crews from Department…

Finland forests, fowl, fur Explored

Finland forests, fowl, fur Explored

ByEditorial StaffApr 2, 20251 min read

Holland family doctor/ birder Eric Gustafson will share “Finland: Forests, Fowl and Fur” with Holland Audubon Society members and guests Thursday, April 8 in the Commons Room at Hope Church, 77 W. 11th St., starting at 7 p.m. Admission is…

Leaders eye missing link, grant request

Leaders eye missing link, grant request

ByEditorial StaffApr 2, 20252 min read

BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Saugatuck Township and Allegan County Road Commission leaders joined U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Holland, Saturday for a close-up tour of the 1988 Lakeshore Drive washout, reported former county commission chair Jim Storey. The commission has applied…

Cities offer summer jobs

Cities offer summer jobs

ByEditorial StaffApr 2, 20252 min read

BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Young and looking for a summer job? You could do worse than apply for Saugatuck and Douglas departments of public works openings. Saugatuck is also seeking Oval Beach Patrol members. Saugatuck DPW seasonal maintenance workers earn…

City election complaint: Where next?

City election complaint: Where next?

ByEditorial StaffApr 2, 20255 min read

BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Former mayor Ken Trester’s Oct. 16 complaint to the Michigan Bureau of Elections about EPIC (Empowering People Investing in Communities), a 501c4 nonprofit headed by another ex-mayor, Garnet Lewis, has apparently been resolved to the tune…

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Sports

Saugatuck baseball beats Hartford in shortened game

Saugatuck baseball beats Hartford in shortened game

ByEditorial StaffApr 2, 20252 min read

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorAfter dropping a 7-3 decision in the first game of a doubleheader with visiting Hartford on Wednesday, March 27, the Saugatuck baseball team bounced back to take game two 5-2.The second game was stopped early due to…

Hawkeye baseball rallies for victory

Hawkeye baseball rallies for victory

ByEditorial StaffApr 2, 20251 min read

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor HAMILTON—After suffering a pair of losses to Spring Lake the previous day, the Hamilton baseball team hosted Spring Lake for a single game on Friday, March 28.And it appeared as though the Hawkeyes would drop a…

Boys Track Preview

Boys Track Preview

ByEditorial StaffApr 2, 20257 min read

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor ALLEGANCoach: Mike ChalupaTop returning athletes: Sylar Bush, sr. (pole vault, sprints); Jacob Cranmer, sr. (sprints); Colby Bishop, soph. (sprints/jumps); Oliver Burnett, soph. (distance); Kellen Chalupa, soph. (distance); Hunter McKee, soph. (distance); Cooper Prentice, soph. (distance); Ezra…

South Haven sweeps Berrien Springs

South Haven sweeps Berrien Springs

ByEditorial StaffApr 2, 20252 min read

By John RaffelCorrespondent SOUTH HAVEN — South Havens softball team won games handily on March 26 over Berrien Springs 14-0 and 15-0.In the first game South had four runs in the first, six in the second one int he third…

Constantine to seek new boys’ basketball coach

Constantine to seek new boys’ basketball coach

ByEditorial StaffMar 28, 20251 min read

CONSTANTINE — Constantine will be seeking out a new boys’ basketball coach for the 2025-26 academic year.On Monday, the Constantine Public Schools district posted the position of varsity boys’ basketball coach for hiring in a social media post. The posting…

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Columns

Blue Star

Blue Star

ByEditorial StaffApr 2, 20254 min read

By Scott SullivanEditorActing OutIn spring a young man’s fancy turns to why Gavin Love, 25, of Grand Haven went on a rampage March 20 at the Holland Walmart store.Love knocked flat-screen TVs to the floor, smashed glass display cases and…

Mike’s Musings: Nuclear energy is back

Mike’s Musings: Nuclear energy is back

ByEditorial StaffApr 2, 20253 min read

With all the talk about solar and windmill energy and how they will power our country in the future, we hear very little about nuclear plants that are being recommissioned.Nuclear power is considered by many to be the most efficient,…

Life as Performance Art

Life as Performance Art

ByEditorial StaffApr 2, 20256 min read

President Trump has announced he plans to somehow annex or take over Canada and make it into our 51st state.I am not certain of the finer details of his aspiration and question if he has any real plans. Besides, we…

May I Walk with You? WHAT DOES GOD WANT?

May I Walk with You? WHAT DOES GOD WANT?

ByEditorial StaffMar 28, 20252 min read

While I sometimes have a hard time figuring out what I want, I sometimes have an even harder time figuring out what God wants. Of course I want peace and love, who doesn’t? I would also want a cure for…

Blue Star

Blue Star

ByEditorial StaffMar 26, 20254 min read

By Scott SullivanEditorGod’s HammerI repent many things: getting married, tearing labels off pillows, writing this column … And I’m better for it.Doesn’t mean I stop doing those things. But the guilt I harbor allays my fear I’ve become another mild-mannered…

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