Following the partial failure and subsequent repair of Briggs Dam in 2017, the State of Michigan’s Dam Safety Division recommended the complete replacement of the spillway as a long-term solution.The Village of Paw Paw has been working with a team from Barr Engineering in Minneapolis, Minnesota to design a new, modern spillway that would serve Read More…
Bloomingdale’s Oktoberfest 2025 will kick off on Friday, Sept. 19, at Augustus Haven Park, here, for a three-day run, and will conclude on Sunday, Sept. 21. The festival will feature a wide variety of events and activities for all ages.On Friday, a steel drum performance will be held in the park. The beer tent and Read More…
By Paul GarrodStaff Writernews4garrod@gmail.com ANTWERP TWP. A 41-year-old Paw Paw man was killed Saturday afternoon, Sept. 13, in a head-on crash in Antwerp Township, according to a press release from the Michigan State Police Paw Paw Post.Troopers said the crash occurred at 2:15 p.m. on Red Arrow Highway near 25th Street. MSP reported a Dodge Read More…
GENEVA TWP. – An adolescent girl faces several charges after she was arrested after allegedly taking a stolen truck on a vehicle pursuit Thursday, Sept. 11, in Geneva Township, according to the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office.At approximately 10:20 a.m., Van Buren County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a stolen vehicle complaint on County Road 388 Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent GOBLES — The Gobles Tigers put together a complete performance on both sides of the ball Friday night, rolling to a 44-0 victory over Marcellus, coach Greg Eichler said.The Tigers racked up 396 total yards of offense while holding Marcellus to just 157. The ground game led the charge with 268 rushing Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CONSTANTINE — In the 79th meeting between U.S. 131 football rivals Constantine and Schoolcraft, Constantine has led the series 43-35 prior to Friday night’s contest, including a double-overtime win in the 2024 meeting in Schoolcraft. However, this year’s game was not as close, as big plays from Schoolcraft’s offense spoiled the Read More…
By MAGGIE LANOUE Contributing Writer Blueprints showing the future of the Kalamazoo River in Albion, both the north branch and the south branch, took center stage at the Sept. 2 City Council meeting as a consultant outlined 43 pages of plans for dam removal and restoration. Engineer Suzannah Deneau of Wightman drove an hour and Read More…
by ELIZABETH FERSZT Contributing Writer Joseph O’Rourke was at a pre-trial conference on Tues. Sept. 9, at 9 a.m. with Hon. John McBain. He has been charged in the killing of Emarion Flowers on May 16 at the Southridge Park Apartments on Warwick Ct. off Franklin St. in the downtown Jackson area. O’Rourke is pleading Read More…
by ELIZABETH FERSZT Contributing Writer Antonio Treyvonne Green, age 2), the only suspect in the July 27 shooting death of Mia Sims, age 18, was arraigned by Magistrate Christopher Dickenson on Sept. 4, on charges of Homicide—2nd Degree Murder; Discharging a Firearm in or at a Building causing Death; and Felony Firearm, according to Jackson Read More…
By Ken Wyatt You could say that Clinton’s Folly led to the founding of Jacksonburg in 1829-30. Or, to use a more geographically precise descriptive, you could credit Clinton’s Ditch. History has been kinder, for we remember it as the Erie Canal, the construction of which began in 1817 and was completed on Oct. 26, Read More…