By Paul GarrodStaff Writer PAW PAW – Paw Paw Wine & Harvest Festival’s three-day event, Friday, Sept. 9, through Sunday, Sept. 11, will feature something for everyone, including the return of the popular “Refresco Grape Stomp.”The Refresco Grape Stomp will be held Friday, from 4 to 5 p.m., at Lakefront Park, then Saturday, from 10 Read More…
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Boat parade salutes veterans, first responders
A Salute to Veterans and First Responders Boat Parade and Flyover was held Aug. 20 in South Haven. Veterans started the day at 5 a.m. fishing on Lake Michigan, with a parade and The Hooligans Flyover at noon. Van Buren County Undersheriff Kevin Conklin, served as parade grand marshal.
Bikes, backpacks handed out at Public Safety Night
The Paw Paw Police Department and Paw Paw Walmart recently sponsored Public Safety Professionals Night. Organizers said the great turn out saw participation from numerous local agencies and organizations, including Michigan State Police, Van Buren County Sherriff’s Office, Lawton Police Department, Decatur Police Department, Bangor Police Department, Mattawan Police DepartmentPaw Paw Fire Department, Van Buren Read More…
Obituary: Helen Corlett Higgins, 97
Helen Corlett Higgins died peacefully on Aug. 22, 2022, at age 97.She and her husband Charles Wheaton Higgins (deceased 2015) raised four children, Charlie (Abby Huntoon), Beth (Rick Ramsson), Tom (Lucy) and Cathy (Tom Kamm). She was Nana to Sarah, Robert, Gretchen, Eric, Thomas, Meredith, Caitlyn, Jordan and Jenny, and to her great grandchildren Natalie, Read More…
Obituary: Robert Deets, 69
Robert “Bob” Deets, 69, of Fennville, MI passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on Aug. 5, 2022.Born Aug. 17, 1962, Bob had a gift of engaging in meaningful conversation; thoughtful, precise and caring. A loving man, he was always there for his family and friends, always willing to go the extra mile for them. He retired Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorEnergyTwenty-four hours is a long time to stay alert riding tandem bike loops around Belle Isle. Sights, other bikers, spinning wheels, meal stops, varied becomes familiar. My friends’ crash convinced them this day and night’s ride was over.Mitchell, by his accounts a Kansas inventor’s son who ran off, joined a carnival, then the Read More…
Music of the streets
Frank Banko, who claims he grew up in Cleveland near “Polka King Frankie Yankovic,” loves busking near Saugatuck’s downtown Butler Street Rose Gaden, offering accordion polka standards, French tunes evoking the Left Bank of Paris and more. He plied his passion here again last week. (Photos by Scott Sullivan)
Douglas developers step up
By Scott SullivanEditorLocal developer Dave Barker, scheduled for arraignment Sept. 8 on three felony allegations, is proposing a 90-unit Forest Gate condominiums on 13 acres at 485 Ferry St. west of the former Haworth plant and north of Northern Lights Condominiums. He plans to plead not guilty in Allegan County 57th District Court.It and a Read More…
Plainwell hosts program to help monarch butterflies
Four local organizations hope that residents of Plainwell will soon be busy collecting milkweed seeds for the Seed Exchange at Ransom Library.The seeds will grow milkweed plants, the only food source for monarch caterpillars/butterflies. This effort is part of Mayor’s Monarch Pledge Survey from the National Wildlife Federation to help monarch butterflies. The City of Read More…
Second severe storm in past month does more damage
Jason WesseldykSports Editor For the second time in less than a month, a strong storm system ripped through the area.The most recent of those storms hit the Otsego and Plainwell between 3:30 and 3:45 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 29. And while there were no reports of streets flooding as with the earlier storm, this one Read More…