By John RaffelCorespondent GOBLES — Gobles’ undefeated football season came to a close with a 52-22 loss at home against Martin on Friday.Martiin (8-1) avenged a loss to Gobles 20-14 during the regular season.“We always expect our playoff opponents to play their best game,” Gobles coach Greg Eichler said prior to the game. “This is Read More…
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Mike’s Musings: Here’s Hoping Civility Will Reign Once Election Over
I’m writing this on Election Day. I have no idea who is going to win the presidential race, but I do fear whoever wins, there will be discord in our nation. I have had this uneasy feeling in my stomach that looting, riots and thousands of challenges from political operative lawyers will ensue the day Read More…
Life as Performance Art
Because of the newspaper deadline, I am writing this just before the election so it is at the office in time to be published two days after the election and five before Veterans Day. This year, these two days flow together.Nasty campaigning is nothing new in our country. It has been that way ever since Read More…
Obituary: Frank Longcore
He was an honorable man. Born Aug. 7, 1926, to Clarence and Nola Longcore, Frank was raised in Paw Paw, MI, with his siblings, Clover (Rogers), Clarence, Jr., Richard, Melva (DeVries), Linda (Boley) and Bruce. At the tender age of 17, he and a couple buddies decided to join the war effort. He initially wanted Read More…
Obituary: Beverly C. Schafer
Bev was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan the daughter of Andrew J. and Catherine D. (Stevens). Bev grew up in the Oakwood neighborhood of Kalamazoo. She graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School. She married her husband, Bill in 1962; they were married for 56 years at the time of Bill’s passing. She started working for KalEquip Read More…
Shop ‘Til You Drop through the decades this weekend
By James Windell What better way to kick off the holiday season in South Haven than by going on a shopping spree. And to make it even more enjoyable, more than 40 business in the downtown area will be decked out in the fashion and décor of one of the decades of the 20th century Read More…
Bill Clinton trumps for Harris in South Haven
By James Windell Former President Bill Clinton came to South Haven on Wednesday, October 30 for a quick campaign speech promoting Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.Appearing in Michigan for the first time during this campaign season, Clinton gave a speech in Muskegon and stopped off briefly in South Haven before going on to Benton Harbor. Read More…
The Great Lakes Coalition (GLC) hopes to improve area shoreline
By James Windell Michigan can boast a unique distinction among all the states in U.S. We have 3,288 miles of freshwater shoreline. Van Buren County alone has nearly 14 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline.While this is great for tourism, the amount of shoreline we have in Michigan and particularly in Van Buren County and the Read More…
Spooky courthouse invited trick-or-treaters
The second annual “Fall in the Courthouse Celebration” was held Thursday, Oct. 31, at the Van Buren County Courthouse, 212 East Paw Paw St. Van Buren County Courts and partners continued the court-to-community event as area residents, young and old, walked through the “spookiest” courthouse in the county. Courthouse staff, along with elected official offices Read More…
Injured adolescent bald eagle rescued
Van Buren County Sheriff Daniel Abbott said that on Nov. 3, at approximately 9:35 a.m., a passerby called in to Van Buren County Central Dispatch regarding what appeared to be an injured bald eagle near the intersection of County Road 681 and 72nd Avenue in Hamiliton Township. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the location and found Read More…