Four Kalamazoo residents are in custody after more than 400 grams of crystal methamphetamine were recovered during a traffic stop in Allegan County this past week. On April 22, detectives with the Southwest Enforcement Team (SWET), in partnership with the Mid-Michigan Investigative Narcotics Team (MINT), conducted a narcotics trafficking investigation in Allegan and Kalamazoo Counties. SWET is Read More…
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Dorr planning chairman resigns- cites stress from data center uproar
By Joseph SchultzDorr Planning Commission Chairman and Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) member Dan Beute submitted his resignation from all township offices, effective immediately. Bob Wagner read the letter at the start of Tuesday’s Planning Meeting. Beute had served on the Planning Commission since 2015 and on the ZBA since 2020.In his letter, Beute wrote Read More…
South Haven softball loses
By John RaffelCorrespondent SOUTH HAVEN — Both teams were strong in pitching on Tuesday, April 21, but Coloma was just a little bit better at the plate in 3-2 victory over South Haven’s softball game. Addison Dekoning started the game for South Haven and recorded 21 outs.Coloma got on the board in the top of Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Let’s keep data centers in industrial areas
If solar panels and windmills weren’t enough, the newest intrusion to our lands and quality of life is the need to grow the number of data centers in America and Michigan exponentially. And that has created a frenzy among the general public who is resisting the location of a data center near them.It has become Read More…
South Haven man pleads guilty to illegal cockfighting
By Elizabeth FersztContributing Writer A new incident of illegal cockfighting was recently uncovered in South Haven. According to the Van Buren County Prosecutor’s Office, defendant Jesse Gamino (age 57) pleaded guilty to one count of animal fighting on April 21, 2026 in 36th Circuit Court, Paw Paw. Gamino agreed to forfeit all animals, weapons, and related equipment allegedly Read More…
Rotarians, kindergartners celebrate Arbor Day together
By Tom Renner Arbor Day in South Haven was celebrated by the traditional planting of a tree in a city park on Friday, April 24. South Haven Rotarians joined kindergarteners from Lincoln School in planting a red oak in Stanley Johnston Park which is known for its stately oak trees. It marked the eighth year of a Read More…
Christian Science Reading Room goes on market
By James Windell Sandra Tyrrell remem bers when the South Haven Christian Science Church was a thriving religious community.“My late husband and I moved to South Haven in 1989 and I became a member in 1991,” says Sandra Tyrrell, one of the last remaining members of the Christian Science Society in South Haven.She says that Read More…
Woman charged in Baseline Road murder of her boyfriend
Jordan WilcoxAssistant Publisher “I just shot my boyfriend,” 44-year-old Jennifer Dana Moore told 911 dispatchers just after 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, while calling to report the shooting inside her homeDeputies with the Allegan County Sheriff’s Office were promptly dispatched to Moore’s residence just north of the Allegan–Van Buren County line on East Baseline Road Read More…
1970 photo from Paw Paw found on Scottish beach
Jordan WilcoxAssistant Publisher On the morning of April 23, Scotland resident Ian Catterall was walking his dog Rany along a beach in Ayr, Scotland, when he saw a photo on the ground of four individuals standing outside a home. When he flipped it over, the back indicated that it was taken on July 20, 1970, at Lyle Read More…
Paw Paw Robotics team receives police escort as team travels to World Championships
PAW PAW – The streets of Paw Paw were filled Monday afternoon, April 27, with flashing lights and school spirit as the community gathered to send its local innovators off to the world stage. A police escort of Village of Paw Paw and Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office led the students of 2Paw Robotics (Team Read More…