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By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CENTREVILLE — The St. Joseph County Intermediate School District has found its next superintendent. Jim Berry, the current Career and Technical Education director for the ISD, was offered the superintendent’s position Monday by the ISD’s Board…

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — In the first city commission meeting since an EF-2 tornado ripped through the city, Three Rivers city leaders Tuesday addressed the overall response to the tornado in a lengthy presentation that was mostly…

Sturgis Public Schools Board of Education approved several measures at its March 16 meeting.Bus recommendation. The board approved the purchase of two 77-passenger buses from Hoekstra Transportation, at a total cost of $329,080. Two other companies had submitted bids: Holland…

By Dennis Volkert Sturgis Civic Players presents “Anne of Green Gables,” this weekend at Sturges-Young Center for the Arts.Show times are 7 p.m. March 20-21 and 2 p.m. March 22.“Anne of Green Gables” follows Anne Shirley’s journey from a mischievous…

By KATHRYN PALON Contributing Writer A Jackson man was sentenced to prison this month for his role in a criminal organization responsible for stealing vehicles across Michigan. Josiah Capetillo, 24, was sentenced March 13 by Judge Sarah Lincoln in 37th…

By Sylvia Benavidez Swirling skirts, lively music, green shamrocks everywhere, and expressive dance performances filled the activity room of the Albion District Library on St. Patrick’s Day. The Irish Dancers from the Jackson School of the Arts began their late…

By Maggie LaNoue, Contributing Writer A proposal to redevelop Albion’s long-vacant former Austin School into mixed-income housing moved forward Monday night after Albion City Council approved the first reading of Ordinance 2026-04 in a split vote, establishing a tax structure…

By Maggie LaNoue Under near-whiteout weather and icy conditions Monday evening, Albion City Council worked through a long agenda that stretched from infrastructure planning and redevelopment to ordinance updates and the first official day of returning City Manager Sheryl Theriot.…

UPDATE 3/20/2026: The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday morning that Casey Marie White was located and is safe. The Sheriff’s Office was reportedly assisted by the FBI, Bowling Green (Ohio) Police Department, Sturgis Department of Public Safety and…

By Scott Sullivan Editor Page 82 of this Thursday’s Saugatuck Planning Commission agenda packet lists learning that PC member C.J. Bagierek has likely operated a short-term rental on his 610 Lake St. properly illegally as a “Learning and Improvement Opportunity.” …

By Scott Sullivan Editor Debbi Larsen, 3071 May St., wrote the City of Douglas March 9 about her neighbor’s chickens. “These issues,” she said, “began over 2 years ago when Cassandra (not her real name) came to my door asking…

By Scott Sullivan Editor Will Douglas settle for letting more and more roads crumble? city manager Lisa Nocerini posed it not quite that way. New PASER (Pavement Surface Evaluation Rating) figures more than one-third of the city’s 16 road miles…

By Jim Hayden Correspondent The Laketown Township Board at a special meeting March 12 paused paving a dead-end road for financial concerns. They the week before had green-lit paving 61st Street north of 138th Avenue for about $441,000. The decision,…

By Jim Hayden Corresondent New stairs at Laketown Township Beach might be built this year following a township board decision March 12. Laketown applying for a state grant for other work at the beach as well. The board unanimously voted…

The Saugatuck-Douglas History Center, 130 Center St., downtown Douglas, will celebrate Women’s History Month on Rosie the Riveter Day this Saturday, March 21 hosting former Tribute Rosie Debra Wake.  Doors will open at 2 for her 3 p.m. presentation. All…

By Scott Sullivan Editor Saugatuck Township wants to replace “a right-of-way in the air” with a grounded north-south connecting road inland from where Lakeshore Drive washed out nearly 40 years. But so far the estimated $9+-million project has met, and…

Pups and their people prevailed at downtown Douglas’s annual pre-St. Patricks Day Erin Go Bark pet parade last Saturday. Lakeshore Pet Boutique once again organized the bash. (Photos by Scott Sullivan)

A pair of local swimmers came home with championships from the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 State Finals at the Holland Aquatic Center on Saturday, March 14.Otsego senior Liam Smith (left) won in both the 200-yard IM and…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor For musical theater fans, the Otsego-Plainwell area will be the place to be next week.Both Otsego High School and Plainwell High School will take the stage with their annual spring musicals, offering audiences two distinct productions…

By Gari Voss Thanks to the Allegan Folklife, the Music and Art Festival returns to the Allegan High School Performing Arts Center, 1560 M-40, Allegan, on Saturday, March 28, 2026, beginning at 10am. When the doors open, guests will become…