By Genine Hopkins Now that Mother Nature has all but ensured we are having snow this December 2025, get ready for all the great events coming up in Harrison, Clare, and Farwell to get ready for Christmas!Friday, December 12th is Harrison’s Annual Christmas Parade will be held down First Street North of Main to Main Read More…
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Saugatuck boys basketball drops games
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor After starting the season with a pair of road games, the Saugatuck boys basketball team played at home for the first time when it hosted Parchment on Monday, Dec. 8.Unfortunately, the home-court advantage didn’t translate into a win as the Trailblazers fell 62-27.“We need to get better in all reads of Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorKant Get EnoughI can’t “get” Kant. The German Immanuel Kant is considered one of the central figures of the Enlightenment. But I wish he’d enlighten me.In his 1781 “Critique of Pure Reason” Kant contends space and time are mere “forms of intuition” that structure all experience, while the objects of experience are just Read More…
A parade of joy
Saugatuck’s annual Whootville Chrismas Parade bought out a large and fittingly festive crowd o marchers, including local Girl Scout Troop 80469, and spectators to downtown Saturday. See more photos by Scott Sullivan on Page .
Schools buy 50acres from church
By Scott SullivanEditorThe Saugatuck Public Schools district has bought 50 acres 50west of Community Church of Douglas on Wiley Road for $1.25 million and invites the community to take part in envisioning its uses.SPS superintendent Mark Neidlinger announced Monday the purchase was made possible through return of unused 2020 bond contingency funds plus strategic investment Read More…
City eyes $1.5 million Elizabeth Street repairs
By Scott SullivanEditorSaugatuck City Council Monday approved paying engineers Fleis & Vandenbrink $32,000 to assist with an estimated $1.5 million in Elizabeth Street improvement project over the next two years.Work, as shown in the city’s capital improvements plan, will include addressing aging street and water utilities along 1,750 feet of Elizabeth between Allegan and Francis Read More…
Creviston, Zupko join OHS band for holiday concert
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor As Otsego High School band director Mitch Piersma was eating breakfast in the early morning hours on Thursday, Dec. 4, his phone rang.He was hesitant to answer.“I immediately starting saying, ‘No, no, no,’ before I answered it,” Piersma said.When he answered, his fears were confirmed: Otsego Public Schools was closed for Read More…
Plainwell High School Student Senate hosts PCS Holiday Night
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Want to have fun while making a positive impact on the community?If so, then the Plainwell High School Student Senate has just the thing for you.On Monday, Dec. 15, the PHS Student Senate will host PCS Holiday Night, a family-friendly event at Plainwell High School that will support the Plainwell Volunteer Read More…
OMS robotics teams wrap up successful season
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor “How am I going to use this in real life?” or “When will I need this?”Those are questions many teachers have heard from students over the years.Members of the two Otsego Middle School robotics teams learned the answer to those questions during the recently concluded season.OMS science teacher Jen Sutton is Read More…
Otsego boys pick up hardwood win against Hopkins
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor HOPKINS—It was a busy first week of the season for the Otsego boys basketball team, as the Bulldogs played three games in five days.And after dropping the first two of those contests, the Bulldogs collected their first win by besting host Hopkins 73-52 on Saturday, Dec. 6.Otsego’s Wyatt Dennis led all Read More…