By Dennis Volkert “Dr. Seuss Birthday Party” was held March 7 at Sturgis District Library.The event, an annual feature at the library for about the past 20 years, featured a “Cat in the Hat” backpack giveaway and a free book for each child in attendance.The event all featured games, prizes and two guest readers, Jason Read More…
By Dennis Volkert “Art Around Town” auction and “Winter Wine Down” takes place 5:30-9 p.m. March 21 in downtown Sturgis.It’s the second festival of the 2025 season, presented by Sturgis Downtown Development Authority.Seventeen works are part of the silent auction, which takes place at Open Door Gallery.Also featured are music performances at downtown businesses, wine-sampling Read More…
Ever notice that when Christians speak of the human soul that we always refer to it in the feminine gender? We use the pronoun she and not he, even when we speak of the soul of a male. All of the popular and great saints referred to their souls as feminine. I wonder why that Read More…
I’m not sure I am going to do justice to a column that my mom so effortlessly and beautifully wrote every week for decades, but I felt one last column should be written none the less, so here goes.Our mom “Pat” has spent decades writing about the things she is passionate about in her column. Read More…
On March 5th, 2025 Judge Joshua Ferrell met back in the courtroom with Harold Norman Cole, Jr. for sentencing on a charge from November of 2024. Cole is a former pastor of Farwell Trinity Baptist Church.The original charge was second degree CSC, dating back to June of 2021 from a state outside of Michigan. A Read More…
By Rachael Humphrey The 50th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival is now underway, and with a new title! It was recently voted the Favorite Festival in the 989!So far, festival goers in Clare have listened to the Chelsea House Orchestra at the Ideal Theater, seen the Irish Comedy Tour at the Doherty Hotel, picked the Read More…
A federal jury convicted Dale Thrush for not paying employment taxes and not filing his own individual income tax returns this week. Earlier in December, Thrush was convicted of fraudulently obtaining a PPP loan.According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Dale Thrush, of Farwell, owned and operated several automotive repair service locations and Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent FARWELL — Farwell’s powerlifting team had several place finishers over the weekend at the state finals.Coach Owen Murphy said Ivy Frisch placed seventh, Lindsay Esterline was 10th along with Anna VanBuskirk, Chloe Miller was 13th, Allena Wunderlich was 14th, Jacey Stover 15th and Ethan Morford 19th.“The season went very well,” Murphy said. Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorBatman and Robin. Mario and Luigi. Snoopy and Charlie Brown. Those are some iconic duos.The Saugatuck girls basketball team has a terrific tandem of its own in junior guard Tali Laskowski and sophomore guard Mylah Simpson.The pair racked up a combined 44 points and 18 steals to lead the Trailblazers to the Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorPsychoGreat news on the crazy front. A new website aims to share knowledge and lead discussions about psychopathy, a disorder characterized by fearlessness, difficulty inhibiting behaviors plus severe lack of empathy and remorse.We all know psychopaths. Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, the Boston Strangler, Jack the Ripper … and those are just mass murderers. Read More…