By Scott SullivanEditorAfter four generations nearly dormant, lights at Saugatuck’s “Old Airport” land have changed from red to yellow.City council Monday prioritized further studying the the 169.1-acre site, east of 63rd Street and 134th Avenue in Saugatuck Township, for possible…

    Back in the Olden Days, sometimes known as The Good Old Days, even if they were not all that great, there was no such thing as Black Friday that began at the stroke of midnight the day after Thanksgiving.  Back then,…

Anyone out there in reader land that has had stem cell injections to repair an arthritic knee?I apologize out of the gate. Many of you don’t want to hear about my personal problems. It seems the older we get the…

Gerald “Gerry” Bekken (1924-2021) keeps giving. The late lifelong Douglas resident, a 27-year Saugatuck Township Fire District blaze jumper who spent 42 more years serving on its board, left peers an endowment to buy new gear. Upon death, he designated…

Small-but-mighty Glenn will host its annual Circle of Lights vintage holiday celebration Friday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 24, as dark falls from 5 to 7 p.m. Framing the 6 p.m. arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus by horse-drawn carriage will be…

By Scott Sullivan Editor After four generations nearly dormant, lights at Saugatuck’s “Old Airport” land have changed from red to yellow. City council Monday prioritized further studying the the 169.1-acre site, east of 63rd Street and 134th Avenue in Saugatuck…

BY JIM HAYDEN CORRESPONDENT The home of the couple who donated 102 acres for a Laketown Township park is back in hands of a commission whose members want the 84-year-old structure razed. Township Attorney Ron Bultje told the township board…

BY JIM HAYDEN CORRESPONDENT Fennville’s outgoing mayor acknowledged challenges the city’s faced recently and thanked the community for support. Mayor Dan Rastall led his last regular commission meeting Monday, Nov. 7 election eve. He did not run again in that…

BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Not every Douglas resident was thrilled by council OK’ing deer harvesting on 17 city acres north of Wiley Road west of Northern Lights Condominiums. Mike and Holly Widdes, who live nearby, voiced disappointment in their elected…

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorThe opening possession of the Division 8 football district final between host Saugatuck and White Pigeon on Friday, Nov. 3, started so well for the Trailblazers.Saugatuck put together a sustained drive that took more than five minutes…

By Maggie ConklinLima BeansErin Wilkinson and I were hanging out at my office a couple weeks ago shooting the breeze and enjoying each other’s company. Of course we chatted about The Douglas Halloween Parade, as she is Queen of that…

By Scott SullivanEditorDeerslayerShe died on the creek bank from which she’d risen, leapt the steel rail and appeared before I could stop …Data: Saturday, Oct. 28, 8:38 or so a.m. Ferry Street dip over Wicks Creek culvert, northbound south of…

By Scott SullivanEditorNot every Douglas resident was thrilled by council OK’ing deer harvesting on 17 city acres north of Wiley Road west of Northern Lights Condominiums.Mike and Holly Widdes, who live nearby, voiced disappointment in their elected representatives’ decision —…

We have a weekly column in one of our Michigan newspapers called Faces in the Crowd. Random bystanders are asked a question each week and we publish their answers. This week the question had to do with sending man back…

Some eighty years plus ago, when money was tight during the Great Depression,  a couple of women at my church made several batches of fruitcake to sell at their Christmas bazaar.  They were in one-pound blocks, wrapped and decorated. It turned out…

Saugatuck and Douglas city council elections — each for three open, two-year seats — will be essentially uncontested Tuesday, Nov. 7. In Saugatuck, incumbent Russ Gardner will join prospective newcomers Holly Anderson and Logan White. Current council member Garnet Lewis…

Renee Zita’s family goes back. Renaldis since 1930 have lived in, created and loved these parts. Take Mt. Baldhead, as her pictures show.  Rising through fall hues 302 steps from parking lot to summit, the natural asset is sensitive. In…

By Jim Hayden Correspondent Four write-in candidates are seeking four open seats on the Fennville City Commission in the Nov. 7 election. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at city hall, 125 S. Maple St. There are no…

Joanne Krause, 88 JoAnne Lucille Krause, 88, of Holland, formerly of Saugatuck and Chicago, passed away on Oct. 21, 2023. JoAnne was born in Chicago on Sept; 1, 1935, to Anthony and Ann (Zuber) Cassata. She graduated from high school…

    Where is Will Rogers when we need him?  He’s been gone for the better part of 90 years, ever since he died in a plane crash on a visit to Alaska.  We could use him for his gentle way of poking a…