HARTFORD – A free grandstand with paid gate admission returns for a second year at the 70th annual Van Buren Youth Fair, which will get underway July 14-19, for its weeklong run.Nightly grandstand features include:Monday, July 14, 6 p.m. – Farm Stock Tractor Pull, followed by Magic Clouds Balloons Tethered Rides at 7 p.m. Balloon ride Read More…
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Constantine baseball earns All-District honors
CONSTANTINE — A few Constantine baseball standouts recently received All-District honors for their performances during the season.First baseman Cooper McDonald, infielder Jack Larink, catcher Brody Godfrey and outfielder Austin Forrester were the recipients of the All-District awards for the 2025 season.The Falcons went 20-11 during the regular season, defeating Buchanan in the Division 3 district Read More…
TR girls’ soccer earns Academic All-State
THREE RIVERS — The Three Rivers girls’ soccer team, as well as five individual players, were recently named Academic All-State in Division 3 by the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association.The team as a whole made the list for having a combined grade point average at 3.3 or above for the 2025 season.The individuals receiving Read More…
Out and About: Independence Day and protecting taste and smell
This week we celebrate the Fourth of July. This means that there will be fireworks for most of the week. It’s a time to celebrate the United States of America. Hopefully, you have attended one of the many parades in the area. It’s too bad that Schoolcraft couldn’t have a parade, but as the Detroit Read More…
Three Rivers marks Juneteenth with first downtown ceremony
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — Downtown Three Rivers’ East Alley was bustling with music, joy, and reminiscence June 19 in the first-ever downtown celebration of the Juneteenth holiday.The event, Juneteenth on Main, featured music, singing, storytelling, dancing, food trucks and a live DJ, with a packed East Alley witnessing the festivities. Performers included Read More…
Davis reprimanded by Discipline Board, pleads no contest
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director KALAMAZOO — St. Joseph County Prosecutor Deborah Davis will be formally reprimanded by the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board (ADB) on allegations of lying to a judge while she was an assistant prosecutor.Davis pleaded no contest to the allegations against her in a consent order for discipline submitted to the ADB on Read More…
One dead, one critically injured in Burr Oak Twp. crash
BURR OAK TWP. — A 20-year-old man was killed while another 20-year-old is in critical condition following a crash in Burr Oak Township Sunday.According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the scene of the crash at 6:25 a.m. Sunday near the area of Lafayette Road and Big Hill Road. When Read More…
Crowds pack Sturgis Fest despite extreme heat
Award winners from the 2025 Sturgis Fest “Electric Parade,” as determined by a panel of three judges. Most Beautiful: Gateway Real Estate Solutions.Most Creative/Unique: Sturgis District Library.Judges’ Choice: City of Sturgis,Antique Vehicle Award: Sturgis Bank. Comprising the panel were Mike Stiles of WBET, Carie Arseneau, art teacher at Sturgis High School, and community member Jeanne Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorAlligator AlcatrazGreat news! Florida is building an “Alligator Alcatraz” for illegal immigrants in the Everglades ringed by gators, pythons and mosquitoes.Send me your tired, your poor and ICE will detain them in trailers, tents and tropical heat for as long as it takes to try or fry them, whichever’s first.“We don’t need to Read More…
EPIC election complaints roll on
By Scott SullivanEditorA June 16 Michigan Bureau of Elections letter to former Saugatuck Mayor Garnet Lewis indicates she, with three other current or past city council members, may have committed a felony when they collaborated on 2024 campaign signage.Former Mayor Ken Trester Oct. 16 complained to the BOE that EPIC — (Empowering People to invest Read More…