Author: Editorial Staff
82-year-old arrested for failure to pay $77 trash bill
By John BriceCorrespondent News of the November 27th arrest of 82-year-old senior citizen Martha Louis Menefield by officers from the Valley Police Department for unpaid trash collection fees spread like wildfire across the United States and around the world this past week through an onslaught of mainstream media reports and social media outrage. In rapid Read More…
LaFayette man survives 20-hours in ocean after falling from ship
By John BriceCorrespondent James Michael Grimes, a 28-year-old resident of LaFayette, made international headlines recently for surviving close to twenty hours of staying afloat in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico after falling overboard from a cruise ship. Traveling among a group of eighteen family members en route to Cozumel, Mexico on the Carnival Read More…
Saugatuck girls open season with pair of victories
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorFor the record, Ada Roth and Penny Grob are both only freshmen.You never would have known that, though, based on the way the duo played when Saugatuck hosted Hartford in girls basketball on Friday, Dec. 2.Grob scored a game-best 15 points, with Roth close behind at 14 points to help keep the Read More…
Obituary: David Webster, 92
David B. Webster of West Olive went home to be with our Lord Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022 in Sarasota, Fla., under the loving care of his family and Hospice at the age of 92.He was the son of David C. and A. Irene (Robinson) Webster, born Feb. 8, 1930 in Saugatuck and graduated from Saugatuck Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorSwimming DinosaursThe world’s first swimming dinosaur, says The Smithsonian, has been discovered in Mongolia. I’ve been waiting for this to happen.So the foot-long merman/maid with jaws full of tiny teeth preyed 71 million years ago in the Gobi Desert site Hermiin Tsav, part of the Barun Goyot Formation? All kinds of bones get Read More…
Douglas DPW head replaced
By Scott SullivanEditorRicky Zoet has become Douglas public works director on an interim basis after Matt Vogel was fired from his fulltime post following a closed city council session Nov. 22.City manager Rich LaBombard said reasons for the termination, being a personnel matter, could not be disclosed.The DPW head’s firing came three months after Douglas Read More…
New brewery plans advance
By Scott SullivanEditorThe Saugatuck Township Planning Commission has deferred granting special approval use for a brewery, restaurant and live-music venue on 2.769 acres at 6425 Blue Star Hwy. pending receipt of more information.Saugatuck resident David Rodriguez, working with Holland Engineering, is proposing the development just southwest of the Blue Star/135th Avenue intersection. He hopes to Read More…
Lake Doster Golf Club suffers $100,000 in damage
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor PLAINWELL—Damage done to the sixth and seventh greens at Lake Doster Golf Club will cost upwards of $100,000 to repair, according to head golf professional Matt Townsley.“The greens were completely destroyed,” Townsley said. “There was no way to save them. We have to start over with them from square one.”Lake Doster Read More…
Local communities get in Christmas spirit
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Christmas season has officially arrived in Otsego and Plainwell.Otsego hosted its Hometown Christmas event on Saturday, Dec. 3, with the parade taking place at 6 p.m. followed by the tree-lighting ceremony at 6:30 p.m.Other events included a farmers market, children’s crafts, caroling, hayrides, visits with Santa, a community dinner, a Read More…