By James Windell Phillip J. Green, the U.S. Magistrate Judge assigned to the Pat Carlotto case, has signed an order appointing a mediator in the case.Carlotto, a 25-year veteran of the South Haven Police Department, was passed over for police chief after serving as interim police chief on two occasions in 2024 and 2025. Sgt. Read More…
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SHHS geometry students create rafts from recycled materials
By Tom Renner South Haven high school students in a geometry class took a recent assignment quite literally.The assignment was created by Amy Cockburn, the high school principal who is also teaching the geometry class.Students were tasked to apply circle geometry concepts in the construction of a raft that would be mathematically sound, buoyant and Read More…
Planners approve Victoria Resort rezoning
By James Windell A special meeting was called by the South Haven Planning Commission on March 23, 2026 in order to hold four public hearings. Three of the public hearings related to special land use applications. The other had to do with a Zoning Map Amendment for 241 Oak Street, South Haven.Allison Koetsier, one of Read More…
Indivisible Paw Paw marks one-year of protests with third No Kings rally
On Saturday, March 28, in Paw Paw, the local Indivisible group marked its one-year anniversary of hosting peaceful protests at the same time joining millions of Americans in an organized day of action for the third No Kings event. The rally started at Maple Lake Amphitheatre with music provided by The Great Lakes Brass, a Read More…
Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office honors citizen for heroic actions
On March 24, the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office formally recognized Ricky Holly for his courageous and selfless actions during a residential structure fire that occurred on Feb. 28, in Pine Grove Township.Holly was presented with a Letter of Commendation during the Van Buren County Board of Commissioners meeting by Sheriff Daniel Abbott and Undersheriff Read More…
Submerged Stolen Vehicle Recovered from Wolf Lake
Van Buren County Sheriff Daniel Abbott reported on March 25, a detective sergeant with the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by a citizen who was fishing on Wolf Lake in Almena Township. The individual reported observing a suspicious object on his Garmin LiveScope sonar system while on the water.The citizen provided photographs captured Read More…
Fire engulfs Columbia Twp mobile home
Firefighters from five departments responded to a fire that engulfed a Columbia Township mobile home early Sunday morning.The departments were dispatched to 18th Avenue near 53rd Street, west of Breedsville in Van Buren County, at 3:12 a.m.Responding was the Columbia Township Fire Department with mutual aid provided by the Bangor Community, Bloomingdale, Lee Township and Read More…
Sheriff’s Office investigating death of 5-year-old in Colon
COLON — The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of a child in the Colon area that was reported Tuesday. According to police, deputies were called in the early morning hours Tuesday to the 400 block of North Swan Street in Colon for a report of a missing 5-year-old child. After a Read More…
Saugauck baseball hopes to compete
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorA new era of Saugatuck baseball is underway this spring.With Jaden Grigg taking over as head coach, the Trailblazers enter the 2026 season with a mix of experience, youth and a clearly defined identity.“We decided as a team that our core covenants would be ‘United’ and ‘Relentless,’” Grigg said. “We want to Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorIntersections ofAnglesWhat a gloomy dirge this has been! Who would turn light to dark? Dark-sky advocates, who claim we can use that inversion, conversion, diversion … Sun and stars, that’s it.All light we know emerges from fires fueled inside our suns so how come not our more daunting daughters?So what then is lightning? Read More…