Pat’s Bits and Pieces: So what if it’s hot – no complaining allowed!
It’s summertime – it’s hot and muggy but I am not complaining. Just turn up the air if it gets to you…At least if you go out, you don’t need a winter coat and boots and you don’t have to…
Faces in the Crowd: Roger Elkins
Roger Elkins, an Evart resident for the last 53 years, has dedicated much of his life to public service.He taught science and math at Reed City for 32 years. He spent 10 years with the Evart City Council, much of…
Osceola buys Evart property for EMS base
By John RaffelCorrespondent The Osceola County Board of Commissioners, at Tuesday’s meeting, voted to purchase two acres of property from the county road commission at a cost of $8,000 for an EMS base in the Evart area.“That was contingent on…
Missaukee approves $935k in funding
By John RaffelCorrespondent LAKE CITY – The Missaukee County Board of Commissioners voted at its recent meeting to approve project funding worth $935,000.The projects are to be paid for from Fund 214.Fully funded projects are for $2,500 to Silent Observer…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorGimme Dat“I’m banging on doors of the universe,” I told Flannery.“It has doors?” my daughter asked.Should I run with or from this metaphor? “God isn’t in,” I told her. “The doorman told me.”“Kafka or the Emerald City? …”“Look!”…
$1.72+ Trail request dead ends, for now
By Scott SullivanEditor“Houston, we have a problem.” Expected by many Blue Star Trail go-aheads hit a snag when the Michigan Department of Transportation dinged a $1.725-million Transportation Alternatives Program grant request to link the most-local part of it.MDOT noted two…
Obituary: Richard J. Poljan II, 82
Richard J. Poljan II, age 82, of Goetzville, Michigan, died July 12, 2022 in Coldwater, Michigan. Richard (Dick) was born November 2, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Richard and Viola (Maciejewski) Poljan. Dick graduated from Richmond High School…
Obituary: Audrey J. Hart, 74
Audrey was born to Thelma (Morris) Thomas and Basil Thomas on August 26th, 1947 in Traverse City, Michigan. The family lived in southwest Michigan, settling in Portage where Audrey graduated from Portage Central High School in 1965. Audrey married E.J…
Obituary: Emma Christine Schafer Essenburgh, 100
Emma Christine Schafer Essenburgh, 100 of Allegan, Michigan went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at the ACMCC. Born April 17, 1922 on the family farm in Hopkins, Michigan, she was the daughter of Henry and…
Armintrout- Millbocker Nature Preserve plans fall opening
By Leslie Ballard The Armintrout-Milbocker Nature Preserve, which opens this fall in Allegan, will have even more to offer visitors than anticipated.At the beginning of the year Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SWMLC) received the Ecological and Floristic study from their…
Primary Election loaded with contested races
By Gari Voss The State of Michigan Primary Elections will be Tuesday, August 2, 2022. Allegan County voters have their work cut out for themselves with the full slate of candidates in the primary. This is the first election since…
Obituary: William Arthur Minshall
William Arthur Minshall (Bill) of Hartford passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. He enjoyed over 94 years of a full, active life. He was preceded in death by his parents Arthur and Cornelia Minshall (nee Hurlbut),…
Obituary: John Anthony Sala
John Anthony Sala, 77, of Paw Paw, formerly of Justice, IL, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior, Monday, July 11, 2022, in Kalamazoo at Ascension Borgess Hospital, with his family by his side. He was born…
Obituary: Anna Marcelletti
Anna Marcelletti, 95, of Paw Paw, passed away Friday, July 15, 2022, in Holland, MI. Anna was born Nov. 13, 1926, in Paw Paw, the daughter of Nick Karony and Anna (Comiak) Karony.Anna was a longtime parishioner of St. Mary…
Mary Jean Utter
Mary Jean Utter, 75, of Lawrence, passed away Monday, July 11, 2022, at Cass County Medical Care Facility. Mary was born March 7, 1947, in Watervliet, the daughter of Charles and Jean (Markillie) Sill, both of whom precede her in…
Mike’s Musings: Airline travel woes, flying is frustrating
Editor’s Note: My friend wrote the following commentary about his experience flying to Florida. We have all been warned that flying is becoming more and more dicey. Personally, I fly back in forth monthly from Florida to Michigan, and luckily,…
Life as Performance Art
A retired parish priest told me he always prayed no one would pass away on Christ-mas Eve or Day. He didn’t want family or friends to connect the most joyous day of the year with a loved one’s death.Perhaps we…
On the ballot
Lawrence Township Voters asked to approve road millage increase Voters in Lawrence Township will be asked Aug. 2 to approve an increase of up to 2.0 mills ($2 per $1,000 of taxable value) in the township for four years (2022,…
