Marking the tenth year for the Van Buren County Stand Down, more than 100 veterans and their families attended the event held Friday Oct. 25, at the Decatur Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Hall. A wide variety of vendors, offering…

James Windell When South Haven voters go to the polls on November 5, they will mark their ballots for the next President of the U.S. and for a new Senator from Michigan. But they will also be voting for candidates…

Office: Term, Party, Name on BallotFederal and State Elected OfficialsRepresentative in State Legislature38th District2-year Democrat – Joey Andrews2-year Republican – Kevin Whiteford39th District2-year Democrat – Kerry Tapper2-year Republican – Pauline WendzelMember of the State Board of Education8-year Democrat – Theodore…

     Just before he left the White House for the last time, President Eisenhower warned the nation about the dangers and threats of the Military Industrial Complex.  To simplify it, the military was always looking for new and better weapons,…

By John RaffelCorrespondent PAW PAW — Its 8-0 for the Paw Paw Red Wolves.Last Friday night Paw Paw enjoyed quarter leads of 7-0,, 27-0 and 33-0 en route to a 40-6 win over Otsego.Paw Paw received the opening kickoff and…

George A. Powless, 82, of Paw Paw, died early Friday, Oct. 17, 2024, at Rose Arbor Hospice, Kalamazoo.  He was born May 24, 1942, in Anderson, Indiana, to Fred and Dorothy (Pritchard) Powless.George was a graduate of Alexandria-Monroe High School,…

Mary Catherine Gave of Lawton, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, at age 90. Mary was the daughter of Fred and Maggie Gave, born on Dec. 10, 1933.She is survived by her sister-in-law, Sally Gave; nieces, Sandy (Jack)…

I had the opportunity to watch SWING VOTE, a 2008 film starring Kevin Costner, that was about a down on his luck, fired from his job, alcoholic in New Mexico, that had the voter machine eat his ballot as he…

The technical rope rescue team, comprised of responders from South Haven Area Emergency Services (SHAES) and the Hamilton Fire Department, conducted a series of practical exercises on Saturday, including a rather unique one at the South Haven lighthouse.With permission from…

By James Windell The annual Howl-O-Ween Pooch Parade kicks off the Halloween festivities in downtown South Haven on Saturday, October 26 at 4:00 pm.Families are invited to dress their canines in costumes and join the parade. Following the parade there…

By James Windell When Della Hasty, 73, was called back to the doctor’s office after her routine mammogram, she expected to hear bad news.“I knew they found something when the radiologist came in to talk to me,” Della, who grew…

By Paul GarrodStaff Writernews4garrod@gmail.com PAW PAW – A Centennial Celebration of 600 E. Michigan Ave., here, the site of the former Paw Paw High School, middle school and Community Education building, was held Sunday afternoon, Oct. 20, now the home…

Registered voters in several Van Buren County Townships and one city will be asked to vote on proposals in their respective township or city.Proposals include the following: Antwerp Township Road Millage RenewalShall the expiring previously voted increase in the tax…

By John RaffelCorrespondent LAWTON – Lawton’s football team improved to 4-2-1 overall with a 46-8 win over Coloma on Friday.It was 13-0 after the first quarter, 19-9 at halftime and 33-0 after the third quarter. Lawton had a 13-8 scoring…

The social media memes showing vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz fumbling with loading his shotgun at a pheasant hunt reminded that this is the time of year when my mind sometimes wanders to “Bambi” and the confrontations I have had with…

I read an online religious news service article saying hunting was a form of conservation fulfilling God’s instructions to Adam and Eve to take dominion over the earth. That is an interesting perspective.For many years The Commercial Record printed a…

PAW PAW – The seventh annual Champions for HD Benefit Concert, held Saturday, Oct. 12, at The Lucky Wolf Theater, Paw Paw, saw more than $5,00 raised to help families fight Huntington’s Disease.Shelby Lentz began Champions for HD, after the…

By Paul GarrodStaff Writernews4garrod@gmail.com LAWTON – The Lawton Village Council approved a motion at the Oct. 8 Lawton Village Council meeting to increase fulltime pay for Lawton police officers.Village Of Lawton Chief of Police Greg Cordes said that increasing the…

By John Raffel MATTAWAN – Mattawan’s boys cross country team was 36th in its division at the Portage Invitational on Saturday.For Mattawan, Owen Fisher was 74th (16:43.5), and Michael Stork got 126th (17:20.5);For the girls, who were 48th, Kate Barron…