PAW PAW – The Paw Paw Township Board at its Feb. 12 meeting, approved $15,000 to the Paw Paw Volunteer Fire Department for the purchase of new equipment.Township board members also approved a $1,000 for employee township apparel purchase.Township Clerk Rebecca Payne updated the board that an announcement would be made soon on a community Read More…
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Candidates make their case at forum
By John BriceCorrespondent Political candidates running for local office in the upcoming March 5th Alabama GOP primary were given the opportunity to address voters at a public forum hosted by the Chambers County Republican Club in the Chambers County Farmers Federation Agricultural Center at the ALFA building in LaFayette during the early evening hours of Read More…
Sturgis schools operating millage request fails
A ballot proposal for an operating millage at Sturgis Public Schools was rejected by voters Tuesday in Michigan’s primary election. The measure failed, 54% to 46%. The proposal would have allowed the school district to levy the statutory rate, not to exceed 18 mills, on all property, with exception of principal residence and other property Read More…
Presidential primary recap: Millage increases shot down, many take part in early voting
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — Voters took to the polls Tuesday to vote for one of the Democratic or Republican nominees for president in the presidential primary election. In addition, some areas had key issues to vote on – an operating millage increase for Sturgis Public Schools and a road millage increase Read More…
White Pigeon receives funds for demolition of Tasty Nut Shop building
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director WHITE PIGEON — The days of the Tasty Nut Shop building standing on the corner of Kalamazoo Street and Chicago Road in White Pigeon are now numbered. On Thursday, Doug Kuhlman, the zoning administrator and code compliance officer for the Village of White Pigeon, announced in a statement that the village Read More…
County to begin terminating architect’s contract for Centreville courts project
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CENTREVILLE — TowerPinkster will soon no longer be the architect of record for an ongoing multi-million-dollar renovation project with the courts building in Centreville.In a narrow 4-3 vote at Tuesday’s St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners meeting, commissioners voted to have County Administrator Teresa Cupp begin negotiating a termination of the Read More…
Clare will submit grant for new police equipment, okays SCADA purchase
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent Following a Public Hearing Monday (with no public comment) the Clare City Commission approved a motion to submit an application for a grant from USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) that would pay 55 percent of the cost for new tasers and body cameras for the Clare City Police Department.In his agenda Read More…
Moolenaar honors fallen veterans
Congressman John Moolenaar recently presented certificates to the families of fallen soldiers including one from Clare. He said, “Today, I had the privilege of presenting military honors to the families of the late Kenneth Fink of Clare (photo) and the late John Milburn of Houghton Lake. Fink served as a Specialist in the Army in Read More…
Primary election to select presidential candidates next Tuesday
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent If you are planning to cast your primary ballot the old-fashioned way, Tuesday is the day to do it at your township or city headquarters.If not, you can still take advantage of early voting, or casting an absentee ballot.A MLive post says there are several ways Michiganders can cast their ballots. It’s Read More…
Faces in the Crowd: TeBos Family Farm – Ken and Carol TeBos
There has been a transition with family farms for many decades. Dairy farming has slowly, and not so slowly, accelerated from small family farms milking a small number of cows to milking several hundred and some milking several thousand or they go out of business. Farming has changed the way the crops are raised and Read More…