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Mike’s Musings: Political conventions no longer serve a purpose

Dominating the airwaves this week is the Democratic National Convention. Three weeks it was the Republican National Convention. Despite a lot of pomp and circumstance, very little gets done at these four-day lovefests. In my opinion, they should no longer be a part of our political landscape.When I was a cub reporter back in 1980, Read More…

Allegan County News & Union Enterprise Columns Courier-Leader, Paw Paw Flashes, & South Haven Beacon Saugatuck/Douglas Commercial Record

Life as Performance Art

I just read in my old hometown newspaper that my elementary school principal died. Mr. Were was 95 and his passing brought back memories. This time of year our minds probably slip back to ready-for-a-new-year-of-school days. The whole cast old and new characters post-summer revisited. Where were they all and each one at now?What put smiles on our faces Read More…

Albion Recorder & Morning Star News

Voters to get third vote on a Jackson County Jail millage

By Ken Wyatt Fresh from a Monday morning special meeting of the county board, Commissioner Earl Poleski reported to township boards to expect a 0.25-mill proposal on the Nov. 5 ballot. It will be smaller, shorter, more focused – and it won’t include any funds for county jail construction. Poleski quipped in his presentation at Read More…

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Amtrak empties train in Albion; passenger arrested for false bomb threat

By Sylvia Benavidez One little girl’s first train ride to Detroit was memorable this weekend, but not for the usual reasons of going on holiday or watching the beautiful scenery fly by while riding the rails. A woman is awaiting a court date for making a false bomb threat on that same train trip. Saturday Read More…

Commercial-News, Penny Saver, & Sturgis Sentinel News

One dead, one injured in shooting at White Pigeon McDonald’s

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director WHITE PIGEON — A woman is dead and a man has life-threatening injuries following a shooting incident at the White Pigeon McDonald’s restaurant Friday. According to Michigan State Police, the incident occurred at 4:30 p.m. in the restaurant’s parking lot on the corner of U.S. 12 and U.S. 131 in White Read More…

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‘If you can’t live off that … then it’s time for you to go’: Tempers rise over Lockport, TRPL contract negotiations

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director LOCKPORT TWP. — In what could be best described as an unproductive discussion that turned at times into an equally-unproductive shouting match between Lockport Township board members and the Three Rivers Public Library director, the township agreed Monday to formally reject the library’s services contract proposal and submit their own proposal Read More…

Commercial-News, Penny Saver, & Sturgis Sentinel Sports

TRHS putting finishing touches on renovated football facility

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — Armstrong Field at Three Rivers High School will look pretty different when the first football game of the season rolls around on Aug. 29. Fans will be greeted with a new-look Armstrong Field beginning this fall, with a brand-new turf field, a brand-new track, a brand-new scoreboard, and Read More…