The LaFayette Main Street hosted its 2nd annual Love LaFayette Day on Saturday. The day felt like a spring day due to an overcast from expected rain later in the day. The spread of LOVE in the air seemed to form an invisible barrier that seemingly held back the rain.This year’s Love LaFayette Day was Read More…
By John BriceCorrespondent The LaFayette City Council met on Monday, February 12th of 2024 at the Chambers County Farmers Federation Agricultural Center at the ALFA building in LaFayette. In attendance were Mayor Kenneth Vines, Councilman Terry G. Mangram, Councilman David Ennis, Councilman Toney B. Thomas, Councilman Michael C. Ellis and Councilwoman Tammie B. Williams. Police Read More…
Mattawan Age 60, passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. Greg was born in Oxnard, California on May 20, 1963, the son of the late Robert and Nancy (Roose) Banfield. He was a 1981 graduate of Portage Central High School and earned his bachelor’s degree from Purdue University in 1996. Greg worked as a quality Read More…
One day, after a salesclerk said, “Have a nice day,” I turned towards her with my bleakest expression and replied, “Thank you, but I have other plans.” When I bought a couple tomatoes from her later, she said, “Have a good one,” and I tried again, asking, “Which is the bad one. It went right past her.We Read More…
I’ve written about this many times, but as we prepare to vote this year, I would ask you to be mindful of this- we keep electing leaders that have long past the age where we receive social security checks. Age isn’t the only item to consider when you’re voting, but in many cases these lifers Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent MATTAWAN – Dom Vezeau is a junior center who is also a key player for Mattawan’s hockey team, said his team’s season so far “is not going the way we would like but I think we’re turning out toward the end of the year and are finishing strong.”This is Vezeau’s second varsity Read More…
PAW PAW – In November 2022, Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that gives voters the right to vote early and in person at Early Voting sites before statewide and federal elections. Voters now have three options for voting: Early Voting, Absentee Voting and Election Day Voting.The new Early Voting allows a voter to Read More…
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer A Lawton man and Mattawan woman face charges following a high-speed chase last month through Van Buren and Kalamazoo counties where they managed to elude authorities before their eventual surrender nearly a week later in Van Buren County, according to a press release from the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office.On Jan. Read More…
