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By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – The Osceola County Board of Commissioners, at its meeting last week, approved a three-year contract with Point Broadband Service for Internet Services at the new E.M.S. Station in Evart and for the Board Chair to…

By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – Marion High School was scheduled to host a blood drive earlier this week from 10:30 am to 4 p.m. The drive was held in the high school media center. Ages 16 (with parent’s permission) and…

Post-Thanksgiving holiday celebrations are underway hereabouts in earnest.  Here’s a coming week’s mini-sampler: Saturday, Sept. 1: Ox-Bow House Winter Artist Markets, 130 Center St., downtown Douglas; and Crane’s drive-through holiday light shows at the family’s 51-year Fennville orchards, 6054 124th…

By Scott Sullivan Editor It takes bank to deal with eroding riverbanks. To that end, Saugatuck City Council agreed Monday to spend up to $40,000 installing storm sewer infrastructure on west side Kalamazoo River lots fronting Park Street. Owners of…

The Saugatuck-Douglas History Center will roll out its new holiday ornament, commemorating the bicentennial gazebo in Saugatuck’s Wicks Park, during the Saugatuck Center for the Arts Holiday Market Saturday, Dec. 2. Priced at $50, this 4-inch-long hanging ornament is hand-crafted…

Glenn’s annual Circle of Lights Friday feted the winter holidays’ start with visits from Santa and Mrs. Claus in a horse-drawn sleigh and stroll down a luminarty path towards warmer climes. At the Glenn School (photos above and at immediate…

By Scott SullivanEditorIt takes bank to deal with eroding riverbanks. To that end, Saugatuck City Council agreed Monday to spend up to $40,000 installing storm sewer infrastructure on west side Kalamazoo River lots fronting Park Street.Owners of homes at 850…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor In October 2021, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for Otsego Public Schools’ new aquatic center.And now the center is ready for its close-up.OPS will host the grand opening celebration for the Otsego Aquatic Center from 3…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Sometimes you just know when something is right.That’s the way Mark Nieuwenhuis felt when he saw the retail space that was available for lease at 137 N. Main St. in downtown Plainwell.“The first time I saw…

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorAre you looking for some unique Christmas gifts for family and friends? Or maybe you’re in the mood to treat yourself to some tasty offerings or homemade crafts.Either way, the Otsego Holiday Farmers Market has you covered.The…

By Gari Voss The official Ribbon Cutting for the Allegan Downtown Improvement Project / Streetscape on Sat., Nov. 25, 2023, brought a couple hundred people to the new Trowbridge Plaza near Minnie’s. The gathering afforded the opportunity to celebrate the…

By Gari Voss Black Friday and Small Shop Saturday may have seemed like the best of the best for Holiday sales and festivities, but as November slides out on a thin blanket of slick snow and December takes its place,…

By Pamela Holloway It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go in downtown LaFayette. Businesses are lit up with festive Christmas decorations. Beautiful lights hanging, windows art paintings with different Christmas characters and more.

By John BriceCorrespondent In a harrowing turn of events the Chattahoochee Humane Society shelter on Fairfax Bypass in Valley experienced a total loss of power on Saturday, November 25th of 2023. Dozens of rescued animals, many of them in the…

Get ready to bring Christmas Spirit to our little downtown! LaFayette is hosting its annual Hometown “Christmas on the Square.” Businesses are already getting decorated and the courthouse is looking festive!Make plans to come out on Saturday, December 16th, for…

By Paul GarrodStaff Writer PAW PAW – The Paw Paw Area Rotary Club will host its 12th Annual 5K Santa Run and 1 Mile Fun Walk, Saturday, Dec. 9, at Freshwater Community Church, 600 East Michigan Ave., Paw Paw.Proceeds from…

On Wednesday night, Nov. 22, at the Van Buren County Courthouse, family, friends, and members of the Mattawan Fire District gathered on the north lawn of the courthouse to remember Mattawan Fire District fallen firefighter Nathan Fruin. Fruin passed away…

By Paul GarrodStaff Writer LAWRENCE The eighth annual Lawrence Hometown Christmas Celebration will be held Saturday, Dec. 9, with a full day of events, culminating with a Light Up Christmas Parade at 6 p.m.The day begins with a breakfast from…

Do you need help? Write Us!It’s time again for this newspaper’s annual Christmas Wish program. In the next few weeks we are asking readers that find themselves or their family in a dire situation to write us and in detail,…

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — In what is a rare sight at Three Rivers City Hall, city residents packed the commission chamber for Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, many of whom spoke out about their experiences with water quality…