By John RaffelCorrespondent MCBAIN –It’s been a good start to the Highland Conference boys basketball season and coach Bruce Koopman is hoping it continues.The Ramblers are 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the Highland.“We (McBain) are off to a good start at 5-0 with solid nonconference wins over Boyne City, Reed City and Kingsley,” Koopman said. Read More…
Author: Jordan Wilcox
Obituary: Ronald Eugene Moline
Moline, Ronald Eugene – age 68 of Farwell, passed away at his home surrounded by family on Sunday,December 24, 2023. He was born the son of Robert Eugene and Verna Maxine (Cotton) Moline onJanuary 11, 1955 in Mt. Pleasant, MI. Ronald graduated from Farwell High School and married Lori AnnGreen on August 26, 1978 in Read More…
Pat’s Bits and Pieces: Whew, It’s Over
While I love holidays and especially Christmas (after all we are loaded with grandkids), I can’t say I’m completely sorry that the holiday is now officially over once more.It’s been a tough year for the whole world actually with the horror of war in the holy land (on civilians and children no less) on the Read More…
Postcard from the Pines: The Newest Year
It is not possible that 2023 is almost done. We know that time does not fly and that this feeling is just an illusion of our age, but the year seems to have passed at warp speed. Perhaps it is because we, as humans, are always looking forward to upcoming things and to change. They Read More…
May I Walk with You? Years End
Wow! Another year has come and gone, and we’ll soon be flipping the calendars to 2024. We just celebrated the winter solstice, the darkest day of the year, and are moving on to gradual longer daylight days. I like to think that way, so the winter is not so dreary and depressing. We are still Read More…
Obituary: Lawrence Vihtelic
Lawrence Vihtelic, 81 Lawrence George Vihtelic died peacefully at home in Fennville on Dec. 6, 2023, after a multi-year battle with Primary Progressive Aphasia. He was 81. The eldest of nine, Larry was born on May 26, 1942, to Lillian and Frank Vihtelic in Detroit and spent most of his childhood in Whitehall. A high Read More…
What’s the least city hall can do?
By Scott Sullivan Editor Douglas City Council discussed de minimus benefits Dec. 18 in its last meeting of the year. “Internal controls and policies,” treasurer Matt Smith told manager Lisa Nocerini and council Nov. 27, “are an important part of any government’s operation. “They are used to establish safeguards to minimize opportunities to commit fraud, Read More…
School board taps Sherwood
The Saugatuck Public Schools Board of Education has appointed Karen Sherwood to fill an open seat left by Marcy Weston’s resignation. Sherwood, a Saugatuck Township resident, has more than 33 years of public education experience as a teacher, building principal, superintendent and most recently Holland Public Schools deputy superintendent of public resources. She holds a Read More…
Laketown FOIA ask goes unclaimed
By Jim Hayden Correspondent Freedom of Information Act documents that sparked a rare appeal to the Laketown Township board are still unclaimed after more than two months. Answering the request cost the township $175 plus attorney fees. James Smithers, 520 Butternut Drive, filed a FOIA request for “Emails between all board members and Albert Meshkin Read More…
Maggie’s Pantry
By Maggie ConklinAngels Among UsMy dear mother Molly passed away in March and this is my first Christmas without her.Her birthday went by me not unnoticed, but closer to numb. Same with Mother’s Day, other holidays, and then my birthday was somber and reflective, but not weepy.Amid the holidays, I find myself fluctuating between almost Read More…