A presentation and Q&A regarding the Sturgis Public Schools bond proposal is set for 5:30 p.m. April 23 at Sturgis District Library. The proposal is on the May 5 election ballot for city of Sturgis residents. The informational session contains four basic components, according to superintendent Art Ebert:
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$7k raised for TRAM at annual Walleye Dinner
Three Rivers Area Mentoring held its annual Walleye Dinner and silent auction fundraiser Saturday at the Three Rivers Fraternal Order of Eagles, serving 175 dinners and raising approximately $7,000 for the youth programming nonprofit.TRAM Executive Director Mary Yost said Saturday’s event was one of the biggest turnouts for the event she’s ever seen, at one Read More…
Clare track teams win home invitational
By John RaffelCorrespondent CLARE — Both Clare track teams won their home invitationals on Saturday with 10 total schools competing.For the boys, winners included Jacob Halicek in the 200 meters, Conan Weeks in the 110-meter hurdles, the 4×100 relay, the 4×200 relay, James Brown in the discus, Marshal Strouse in the pole vault and Weeks Read More…
May I Walk with You? WINNING
Some people don’t believe that Satan is real. They don’t believe that Satan is causing much of the evil in our world today. I am not one of them. Bishop Gruss said recently at a Diocesan gathering of men that we should remember that the “enemy is the enemy!” Satan is the real enemy, and Read More…
Storms ravage Clare County, many areas flooded
By Genine Hopkins Multiple storms have poured rain and damaging winds on Michigan over the past several days and it looks as though we will continue seeing drenching rain for the foreseeable future in our area. Twin tornados touched down in Southwest Michigan as well and several cells were active near the Hemlock area too. Read More…
Clare Public Schools undergoes significant overhaul
By Christopher Johnson If you’ve driven past Clare Public Schools lately, you’ve noticed. Roads are closed. Equipment is moving. Ground is breaking, and buildings that have stood largely unchanged for decades are finally getting some loud company. Just in time for some 70 degree weather.Superintendent Matthew Forsberg says it all traces back to a vision Read More…
Bloomingdale Schools Cardinal Connection April 2026
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NFL star again gives to city parks
By Scott Sullivan Editor Saugatuck’s once-anonymous $100,000 Village Square Park donor is famous NFL quarterback Kirk Cousins. He and wife Julie, both Saugatuck residents, have given to the community before, helping build playgrounds in Douglas parks — now it’s Saugatuck’s turn. City council, combining that sum with $150K from a Michigan Department of Natural Resources Read More…
Impressionists pour into Petter soon
By Scott Sullivan Editor J. Petter Galleries, 161 N. Blue Star Hwy., Douglas, will showcase the Art Coast of Michigan hosting the 10th annual American Impressionist Society Small Works Showcase throughout May starting early Wednesday, April 29, with a Paint Out. It will bring 50+ AIS painters here four a 3-day weekend, creating new works Read More…
SHS grad Holmes does D.C
By Scott Sullivan Editor Olivia “Liv” Holmes no longer lives in her Saugatuck home but in an apartment near Kalamazoo College where she is a junior — and double agent. Every so often she slips off to Washington D.C. to campaign for Franklin D. (and don’t forget Eleanor) Roosevelt, America’s only four-term President from 1933 Read More…