Oh, the places you’ll go.Dr. Seuss said it best: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”Cody Rozeveld, a 2012 NMC graduate, chose a career in cancer research. It’s taken him to the Mayo Clinic, and the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Soon, he’ll Read More…
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Eccles hired to lead county parks
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – A change has taken place in the directorship of the Osceola County Parks Department.Carl Baumgras has left as director and the department’s new director is Lyndsey Eccles. The 2022 camping season begins on May 6 and ends on Sept. 25. Reservations will be taken up to six months in advance. Read More…
Middle Branch announces tire collection days
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – The Middle Branch Township office has announced hours for the 2022 annual tire collection:The days and hours are: Thursday, June 9, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Friday, June 10 – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday June 11, 2022 – 8 a.m. to noonAll tires must be clean and dry.Rims are Read More…
Osceola board recognizes first responders
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – The Osceola County Board of Commissioners, at its meeting last week, voted to approve acknowledgement and use of the county logo to recognize the first responders by providing certificates for a recent lifesaving award.The commissioners voted to approve placing the Evart Commission on Aging building for sale for a listing Read More…
1,300+ new trees grow in Park
Saugatuck-Douglas Rotary Club, Saugatuck High School Interact Club and Saugatuck Township Parks and Recreation Committee volunteers joined Allegan County Conservation District forester Ben Savoie (pictured left of just behind this young tree) planting 1,350 Rotary- bought bare-root saplings plus more young trees Saturday at the township’s River Bluff Park. The newly-formed volunteer RiverWood Council views Read More…
Summer chamber concerts return to mainstage
The Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck will return for its 35th season to its post-Covid normal exceptional presenting six paired Thursday/Friday in-person evening concerts in the Saugatuck Woman’s Club at the corner of Butler and Hoffman streets. It will also offer three “Art for Your Ears … and Hands!” educational Young Listeners Concerts and three Read More…
Wicks owner appeals city seat limit
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR The owner of a downtown restaurant/bar unhappy with Saugatuck Planning Commission-imposed seating limits on her proposed back addition is seeking court redress for it — and then some. Wicks Park Bar & Grill owner Christine Murphy Pierce filed a May 3 appeal in Allegan County Circuit seeking to increase seating for Read More…
Armed Forces Day Lunch breaks records
The 10th annual Saugatuck-Douglas Community Armed Forces Day Luncheon Saturday at Community Church of Douglas broke fundraising and attendance records. Keynote speaker Jim “Doc” McCloughan moved many to tears recounting his Vietnam War experience. Raised in rural Bangor, McCloughlin and was drafted in 1968 to the Army, where he served as a combat medic, rising Read More…
Cops say rodents, malnutrition contributed to woman’s death
Police say a roach infestation at a Valley home was a contributing cause to an elderly woman’s death. The woman’s husband and daughter have now been arrested on neglect and manslaughter charges. Walter Alfred Hawkins, 74, and Christy Lee Hawkins, 45, were arrested in Valley.Police said Janice Ramsey Hawkins, 72, was found dead in the Read More…