It is the time of year when we start drawing up our list of New Years Resolutions. Adults do it, even if they know they will shatter everyone of them by the first week in January. Many of us will trot out the old familiar ones: Lose weight, save more money, quit wasting time, be a nicer Read More…
I never thought I would be writing about 2024. When I was a youngster, the year 2000 seemed so futuristic, let alone 2024. We are almost a quarter of the way through the 21st Century, yet my mind always reverts to the 20th Century, where I have spent most of my formative and adult years. Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent PAW PAW – Paw Paw boys basketball team ended a three-game losing streak and improved its record to 3-6 on Dec. 23 with a 50-30 win over Allegan at the Parchment Holiday ShowcaseEarlier in the week, Paw Paw lost to Niles 58-55 and to Dowagiac 56-49.The Red Wolves return to action on Read More…
Passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at his home in Bloomingdale. Jim was born June 5, 1944 in St Joseph, the son of Louis and Angeline (Fello) Scherer. He farmed in Keeler where he was married to Andrea Springsteen and had 4 children. He moved to Bloomingdale to farm in 1979, where he owned and Read More…
Carole M. (Long) Schaefer, 89, of Lawton, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at Vineyard Assisted Living, Kalamazoo. She was born Dec. 28, 1933, in Chicago, the daughter of Martin Long and Stephanie (Rainie) Long.Carole had many hobbies and interests throughout her 89 years of life. She was an avid book reader and Read More…
Richard Dean Rivers died Dec. 12, 2023, from the effects of cancer. He was surrounded by family members and Hospice caregivers at his home in Laurium, MI where he had lived for the past three years. Previously he had lived in Jenison, MI, Cadillac, MI and Marion, MI. He was 89.Mr. Rivers was born on Read More…
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer PAW PAW – The West Michigan Regional Veterans’ Treatment Court on Thursday, Dec. 21, saw its 50th graduate of the program, a Marine Corps Reserve, who had fallen into drugs and alcohol.Michael Ryan left the Marine Corps Reserve five years ago and following that, he then found himself using drugs and Read More…
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer WAVERLY TWP. – A 33-year-old Mattawan man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 28-year-old Decatur woman. The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office said the man intentionally hit the woman with a pickup truck early Saturday morning, Dec. 23, then drove into a Waverly Township home.Van Buren County Read More…
My father would sometimes say the least expected and most odd things. For example, if we were driving somewhere, enjoying a mild April Sunday on country backroads, he might say, “I hope I don’t hit a skunk.” Or, if it was cold and snowy, he’d say something about the skunks hibernating and there was little Read More…
The story of Christmas is ever evolving for you and I. The biblical story never changes but your story is always changing. How we celebrate and view the story of Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus may change throughout life. We view the story one way as children when gifts around the Christmas tree Read More…