By James Windell In the beginning it was the Bridge Sit taking place on the Dyckman Bridge.“The winds coming down the Black River were terrible,” recalls Erika Morrison, Executive Director of WE Care I.N.C. “Then Paul Layendecker suggested we move it to the island in downtown South Haven. That has been a good move.”More than Read More…
Jason Deibler-Love, owner of Warner Supply Hardware, 136 E. Michigan Ave., Paw Paw, announced on Monday that the hardware business has been sold to Jerry and Rachel Mandigo, of Paw Paw. Deibler-Love, who will retain ownership of the buildings, had owned the business for the past three years. Mandigo said store hours will remain the Read More…
PAW PAW – The Paw Paw Fire Department was dispatched to the 1000 block of S. LaGrave Street, here, at approximately 7:50 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12, for a report of a mobile home on fire with animals inside, according to a press release from the Paw Paw Fire Department.The first units arriving on scene Read More…
MATTAWAN – Mattawan Consolidated School has requested a federal court to dismiss the lawsuit filed by a former bus driver last year.A 34-page response was recently drafted in response to a lawsuit claiming religious discrimination after the driver, Sarah Robinson, was fired for giving out holiday candy bags to students, some of which contained Christian messaging.Robinson Read More…
By Paul GarrodStaff Writernews4garrod@gmail.com PAW PAW – The Paw Paw Township Board, at the beginning of its meeting Feb. 9, held a moment of silence for former Paw Paw Planning Commission member Randall Peat, who died earlier that day.Paw Paw Township Board member Jim DeGroff informed the board that the Planning Commission had another large Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent PAW PAW — Paw Paw lost 64-17 to Richland Gull Lake in district semifinal wrestling action on Feb. 12.There were three winners for Paw Paw.Aaron Quiles (285) won by forfeit. Gunner Gales (190) won 19-2 over John Burke and Kholby Armijo (165) pinned Julian Granger in 2:47.Paw Paw completed in the individual Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — On a night where four people were inducted into Three Rivers High School’s Athletics Hall of Fame, it was a Three Rivers senior’s Hall-of-Fame-worthy performance that stole the show Friday night. Senior guard Dani Glass scored 41 points, falling one point shy of tying the school’s single-game record, Read More…
Water touches every part of a community’s daily life — from the water that comes out of the tap to the rivers and parks that shape how people experience their town. In Albion, where neighborhoods, industry, and recreation all developed alongside water, city leaders are increasingly talking about those systems together rather than as isolated Read More…
By Sylvia Benavidez The City of Marshall Police Department has taught the all-day PPCT Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention course as well as shorter versions of the format for the last three years, and still the free course remains in high demand. They teach the eight-hour course on average once per quarter and see a Read More…
By KATHRYN PALON Contributing Writer A Jackson family lost two young children in a Sunday morning fire. Both parents were also injured, with their father suffering severe burns. A family member has set up a GoFundME account and as of press time 717 people had donated $52,918 of the $54K goal. The fire occurred just Read More…