Douglas Blue Star rebuild to begin
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Screw trees budding, flowers blooming and warmth stealing over the land. In spring what road workers’ fancy turns to is asphalt plans reopening. To that end, Douglas plans to button up its $573,378.25 streets renovation project…
Waste collection day to return May 24
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR The Tri-Community Recycling Committee will present its second annual Household Hazardous Waste Day collection Tuesday, May 24, at the Saugatuck Department of Public Works building, 3338 Blue Star Hwy., from 3 to 7 p.m. Saugatuck Township…
Lady Rebels crowned regional champions
By: Katie McElvy Chambers 8, Fort Dale 2The Rebels took to the road to take on the Fort Dale Eagles to start off the week. Chambers got on the board first after Ben Caulfied got to first base on an…
Vision LaFayette hopes to snare Main Street designation
Vision LaFayette is a group of private citizens and business owners which met this past week at Harmon Insurance to further lay out their plan to ask the state of Alabama for a main street designation. LaFayette has been working…
Sledge sentenced to a year for theft conviction
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that former Chambers County deputy district attorney Roland Sledge, 68, has been sentenced to serve 12 months in the county jail. Sledge pleaded guilty on February 25 to theft of property first degree, a Class…
Log-a- Load set for this Saturday
By Jody StewartLog a Load for kids is this Saturday at the Oaks. The annual Log a Load for Kids campaign has always seen a great success here in Chambers County and that is expected to be the case hopefully…
Obituary: Charles T. Hazard
Charles T. Hazard, 86, of Grand Junction, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2022. Born July 26,1936 in Grand Rapids Michigan,Chuck is survived by Deborah (Charles) Cottone, Michael (Kim) Hazard, Steven Hazard, Donna (Mike) Hazard-Pobuda, grandchildren, Natalie (Tim), Alyssa, Ashley, Mikala,…
Obituary: Lyle B. Huggett
Lyle B. Huggett, 88, of Paw Paw, passed away Friday, April 15, 2022, at Rose Arbor Residence, Kalamazoo.Lyle is survived by his loving wife, Morene; two children, Lisa Huggett and Christopher Huggett.Visit with Lyle’s family today (Thursday, April 21), from…
Obituary: Lon Baird
Lon Baird, 83, of Lawton, died April 17, 2022. Lon was born Aug. 20, 1938.Lon was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, David.Surviving are his children, James (Claudia) Taylor, Glenn Taylor, and Travis (Karen) Taylor; grandchildren, Amanda…
Otsego track teams top Vicksburg
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor VICKSBURG—The Otsego track teams both moved to 2-0 in the Wolverine Conference with wins over host Vicksburg on Tuesday, April 12.The Otsego boys won 85.5-51.5, while the Otsego girls came away with the 73.83-63.17 victory.Jacob Zartman…
Otsego robotics team qualifies for FIRST World Finals
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Otsego High School robotics team—the Alotobots—made history on Saturday, April 16.By virtue of their finish at the FIRST Robotics Michigan State Championship, the Alotobots were invited to participate in the FIRST World Finals in Houston,…
Texan arrested on cocaine charges in Decatur
DECATUR TWP. – Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Paw Paw Post, along with detectives from the Southwest Enforcement (SWET) – west team stopped a vehicle for traffic violations on M51 Hwy near 76th Ave on April 14 in…
Downtown Paw Paw shooting injures four
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer PAW PAW – Four individuals were shot during an exchange of gunfire Saturday night, April 16, in a parking lot located behind Sporty’s Pub, 126 E. Michigan Ave., here, according to a press release from the…
Obituary: Phyllis Marie Koster, 90
Phyllis Marie Koster met her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022 at Grand Village Assisted Living in Grandville, Michigan. She was born February 1, 1932 to Dr. Arthur and Ruby Larson. She married James Koster…
Obituary: Christopher Lee Johnson, 46
Christopher Lee Johnson passed away on December 9, 2021, in Kalamazoo, MI. He was born on April 26, 1975 to Donald Johnson, Sr., and Sharon Edge Jager.Christopher grew up in southwest Michigan. He graduated from Allegan High School, attended ITT…
Obituary: Marilois J. Leep, 89
Marilois passed away Monday, April 11, 2022 at Vicinia Gardens in Otsego. She was born August 25, 1932 in Wayland, the daughter of Joseph and Helene (Haveman) DeHaan. Marilois loved traveling and spending time with her family. She was a…
Mike’s Musings: Flying and masks- time to move on
As a frequent flyer the last two years have been trying with the mask mandate put in place by our federal government. Flying this past Sunday only exacerbated the situation.Flying out of Orlando is always a challenge but Sunday “takes…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorHeir Conditioning“If you went on sabbatical, my wife asked me, “where?”“Phuket.”“What?”“Phuket, Thailand,” I said. “It’s one of Travel + Leisure’s 50 Best Places to Travel in 2022.”“Why heed that tripe?” she asked.“Tripe? It’s gospel,” I said. “I learned…
Life as Performance Art
By G.C. StoppelSince I started writing murder mysteries, I have developed a new appreciation for flower and vegetable gardening.There are so many wonderful and deadly chemicals on the garage shelf or garden shed — herbicides, insecticides, cleaning products and more.…
Saugatuck boys take first at invite
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor KELLOGGSVILLE—The Saugatuck boys track team won four events in the White Division of the Kelloggsville Rocket Invitational on Friday, April 15.Benny Diaz accounted for three of those victories.Diaz won the 100-meter dash (11.1 seconds), the 110…
