by Ben MurphySports Writer Paw Paw girls bounce back with wins over Allegan, Three Rivers The Paw Paw girls basketball team had little trouble with visiting Allegan on Friday. The Lady Red Wolves won the Wolverine Conference North game handily, 59-28.Paw Paw led the game 18-2 after the first quarter and 33-10 and 50-19 after Read More…
Courier-Leader & Paw Paw Flashes
Obituary: Ruth Elizabeth Heinzen
Ruth Elizabeth Heinzen was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She left this world suddenly from her home in Paw Paw, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, at age 82. Ruth was born to Guy and Kathryn Allen, Aug. 29, 1939, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.On June 29, 1997, Ruth married her husband and lifelong friend, Russell G. Read More…
Obituary: Betsy Evans
Betsy Evans passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at her home surrounded by her family. Betsy was born October 7, 1942 in Dowagiac, daughter of the late Bernard and Louise Frank. Betsy was a long-time member of the Paw Paw Seventh-day Adventist Church. Betsy was a very crafty woman and loved to knit, sew, crochet Read More…
Obituary: Darryl Charles Schoudt
Darryl Charles Schoudt, 59, of Paw Paw, passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Paw Paw. He was born Jan. 18, 1963, in Philadelphia, PA, the son of the late Wayne Schoudt and Gealdine (Saxton) Woodruff.Darryl, an avid sports fan, also enjoyed keeping in shape as he was an athlete, always keeping up on the Read More…
Life as Performance Art
It’s the time of year when aspiring writers get out pens and big legal pads of lined yellow paper. Others find their grandparents’ manual Underwood or Royal type-writer, spray WD-40 on the ribbon to refresh it after dec-ades in the closet and settle down to write the Great American Novel. Or they start a new Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Release Assange now, he has endured enough punishment
There are so many innocent people jailed for crimes they haven’t committed. I worked for a time, helping to expose some that were incarcerated, yet innocent. One of those, a man I truly admire is Julian Assange, and I hope and pray at some point, he will be released.Assange, founder of Wiki Leaks, faces an Read More…
Longtime Lawrence Township Sexton and LTES member honored
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer LAWRENCE – A longtime Lawrence Township employee and a member and past fire chief of the Lawrence Township Emergency Services, was honored Thursday, Feb. 10, for his many years of dedicated service to the community.Charles “Charlie” Moses was honored during a presentation at the Lawrence Township Hall for more than 40 Read More…
Trinity Lutheran supplies free food to area children
Trinity Lutheran School and Church, Paw Paw, recently started a new mission, Feeding Kids Ministry. Currently, there are over 30 children in Paw Paw Public Schools and Trinity Lutheran School enrolled in the program, which provides a weekend supply of nutritious food for children when school lunch and breakfast is unavailable on a weekend or Read More…
EGLE sues Breedsville for improper filling of wetlands
After repeated warnings from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), the Village of Breedsville faces civil litigation for improperly filling a regulated wetland area and riverbed, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today.In the complaint, filed on behalf of EGLE, the Department of Attorney General asserts that the Van Buren County Read More…
Mike’s Musings: A day I don’t want to repeat
Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed. One of those days was last week, when I boarded anairplane in Orlando to Detroit.Now all I had heard days before is how this once-in-a-decade blizzard was blanketing Michigan. Iassumed my flight would be cancelled, but lo and behold, not only was it “not cancelled,” Read More…