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Mattawan baseball in state semifinals

By John RaffelCorrespondent MATTAWAN— Mattawan’s baseball team will be playing this weekend at Michigan State University’s McLane Stadium after winning three games last week.The Wildcats are 32-9-2 overall. They beat Lowell 2-1 in eight innings on June 3 in a regional semifinal game. Then they played Traverse City Central in the regional finals and won Read More…

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Mike’s Musings: Mental Health: A Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore

I used to think alcoholism was the biggest problem facing Americans. Along with drugs it certainly is a disease that affects many of us. However, mental health is a much bigger problem and when you combine it with alcohol. you have a real recipe for disaster.Mental health is often treated as an afterthought. Millions of Read More…

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Plane crashes on South Haven runway, pilot not injured

The pilot in a single engine aircraft escaped injury when her plane crashed while taking off from South Haven Regional Airport on Monday morning.South Haven Area Emergency Services (SHAES) and South Haven Police Department (SHPD) responded at 9:30 a.m. to a report of a downed aircraft in a field at the end of the runway Read More…

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Twelve ducklings rescued from storm drain

Neighbors in the vicinity of Indiana Ave. and Cable Ave. in South Haven were alarmed by the actions of an adult female duck who was making quite a fuss next to a storm water drain on Thursday afternoon.Upon investigation they saw TWELVE ducklings cowering on the top of the drainage pipe several feet underground.A call Read More…

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Elkenburg Park summer recreation program receives needed funds

By James Windell The Elkenburg Park Summer Recreation Program, which has provided a summer enrichment experience for the past 20 years, seemed doomed recently when expected funding disappeared.But thanks to the generosity of the Carol and Don Hodgman Fund, the summer program will be back this summer.“When we lost funding for the Elkenburg Park Summer Read More…

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Diane and Lisa honored by Mayor Annie Brown

By James Windell More than five years ago, Diane and Lisa Van Deurzen-Otey left their home in Tucson, Arizona to come to South Haven to help out a friend. They had no intention of staying in this area because they had established careers as jazz‑blues artists who had deep community involvement.But once here, they decided Read More…

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Two Van Buren County Sheriff’s deputies each receive Distinguished Service Awards

PAW PAW – Van Buren County Sheriff Daniel Abbott has announced that Deputy Eric Calhoun and Deputy Randy Whitmore were both awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Michigan Sheriffs’ Association on June 7.Undersheriff Casey Davis spoke at the awards ceremony and shared the extraordinary bravery displayed by both deputies on July 4, 2025, when Read More…

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Antwerp Board responds to District Library Board’s motion to decline mediation

The following letter, dated May 29, was sent to the Antwerp Township Board in response to Antwerp Township Supervisor Dan Ruzick’s request for mediation with the Van Buren District Library Board.Antwerp Township Board of Trustees: At its May 19 meeting at the Bangor Branch Library, the (Van Buren District) Library Board took up your request for Read More…

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Paw Paw District Library celebrates America 250

As America prepares to mark its 250th anniversary on July 4, the Paw Paw District Library presented the first of several events scheduled over the coming months as part of America 250. On Wednesday, June 3, the library’s Local History Librarian, Martha Deming Maytnier, and history buff and reenactor, Steve Rigoni, of Paw Paw, presented Read More…

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Capman, Lindblom named Citizens of the Year

Deb Capman and Barry Lindblom have been named 2026 “Citizens of the Year” in Sturgis.  The selections were announced by Sturgis Area Chamber of Commerce. Capman moved to Sturgis in the mid-1960s and graduated from Sturgis Public Schools in 1974. She has dedicated nearly 50 years to the banking and trust industry. She began her Read More…