By Rachael Humphrey The 50th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival is now underway, and with a new title! It was recently voted the Favorite Festival in the 989!So far, festival goers in Clare have listened to the Chelsea House Orchestra at the Ideal Theater, seen the Irish Comedy Tour at the Doherty Hotel, picked the Read More…
A federal jury convicted Dale Thrush for not paying employment taxes and not filing his own individual income tax returns this week. Earlier in December, Thrush was convicted of fraudulently obtaining a PPP loan.According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Dale Thrush, of Farwell, owned and operated several automotive repair service locations and Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent FARWELL — Farwell’s powerlifting team had several place finishers over the weekend at the state finals.Coach Owen Murphy said Ivy Frisch placed seventh, Lindsay Esterline was 10th along with Anna VanBuskirk, Chloe Miller was 13th, Allena Wunderlich was 14th, Jacey Stover 15th and Ethan Morford 19th.“The season went very well,” Murphy said. Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorBatman and Robin. Mario and Luigi. Snoopy and Charlie Brown. Those are some iconic duos.The Saugatuck girls basketball team has a terrific tandem of its own in junior guard Tali Laskowski and sophomore guard Mylah Simpson.The pair racked up a combined 44 points and 18 steals to lead the Trailblazers to the Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorPsychoGreat news on the crazy front. A new website aims to share knowledge and lead discussions about psychopathy, a disorder characterized by fearlessness, difficulty inhibiting behaviors plus severe lack of empathy and remorse.We all know psychopaths. Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, the Boston Strangler, Jack the Ripper … and those are just mass murderers. Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorBirders were abuzz about a barnacle goose seen and photographed in a Saugatuck Township field and along the Kalamazoo River last week..If it can be documented as a wild bird, likely having migrated here from Greenland or northeast Russia, it would be the first ever seen and confirmed in Michigan.Township resident Brendt Sheridan Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorWork to improve Pier Cove Park will start March 24 thanks to state grants and local matching funds.Ganges Township — with help from a $266,000 Michigan Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund grant, its own $65,500 match plus $15,000 from Friend of Pier Cove Park, has hired Riverworks Construction to:
You’ll get twice the charge — but at a charge — from the Beery Field electric vehicle charging stations soon.The City of Douglas, which for five years has offered the service free east of the park’s restroom/storage building, will implement a 35-cent per kilowatt hour fee beginning March 26.The new fee, the city said in Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Oh, the sights you will see and the songs you will hear—Otsego High School’s production of the “Seussical” is almost here!The musical, inspired by the works of the one and only Dr. Seuss, will take the stage at OHS beginning Thursday, March 27, and run through Sunday, March 30The Thursday, Friday Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor As a member of the Van Andel Institute’s Student Ambassador Program, Otsego senior Landon Eastman volunteers for events that raise money for Parkinson’s research.It’s a cause that hits close to home for Eastman, whose father is battling the disease.Eastman recently had the opportunity to share his father’s story at the 20th Read More…