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Ten years ago, a group of residents who live on the south side of South Haven, decided to form a group to improve their neighborhood and the lives of the people who live there.
Rotary Club of South Haven Provides Telemedicine Grant to Bronson
Despite the first year of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, downtown South Haven merchants put together a rather unusual fundraiser that raised $3,500 for We Care INC human service ministry.
LAWRENCE — The Van Buren/Cass District Health Department (VBCDHD) will open its doors Monday at a new location.
Like many farm markets throughout Michigan, last year ended up being a wash for South Haven’s Farm Market. With COVID-19 health restrictions in place, and few vendors to be found, the market absorbed a $9,000 loss.
South Haven girls varsity swim team picked up post-season accolades this past week from the Michigan Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association.
Bangor’s varsity soccer team traveled to Kalamazoo this past Monday to take on the home-schooled Cougars and came home with a 6-1 loss.
South Haven’s varsity softball team picked up a pair of victories this past week in a doubleheader against Coloma.
South Haven’s varsity soccer team kicked its way to two victories in a row this past week, defeating Comstock and Bridgman after suffering a loss to Holland.
South Haven’s varsity tennis team settled for a 4-4 tie with Berrien Springs in a BCS tennis match this past Monday.
Despite a hectic year of coping with COVID-19 health restrictions, nearly a dozen South Haven History Club received top honors at the Michigan History Day competition with five qualifying for a trip to the national competition in June.
As summer nears, Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum is turning its attention to planning two annual events – a spring plant sale and a summer camp for children.
BENTON HARBOR — Lake Michigan College graduates celebrated this year’s commencement ceremony in-person, although not in the traditional way.
COVERT — Stephanie White lives in South Haven now instead of her childhood home of Covert.
Michigan Works of Berrien, Cass and Van Buren counties is one of 16 recipients of grants totaling $2 million to help at-risk young adults prepare for their future careers.
In the 22 years that John Mellein has spent collecting beach glass, he always dreamed of some day finding a message in a bottle.
Voters in the South Haven school district will decide Tuesday, May 4 whether to approve a $34.85 million bond issue to make a wide variety of building and athletic facility improvements.
A pianist who has performed in New York with the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra, will be featured at the final spring 2021 Scott Club Concert Series along with a flutist who has performed with musical groups throughout Michigan.
South Haven’s varsity soccer team put up a strong performance against New Buffalo on Wednesday at Ratcliffe Field, shutting out the Lady Bison, 8-0.
ALLEGAN — Allegan County Clerk’s office is now issuing Veteran Identification Cards to eligible former U.S. military members living in Allegan County.
The Michigan Flywheelers Museum will be offering a spaghetti dinner fundraiser Friday, April 30 at the American Legion Post 49, 129 Michigan Ave., in South Haven.
Despite COVID challenges, South Haven Project CURB has completed another beautification project at South Haven High School. The south entrance of the high school is the location of the most recent work.
Mayor Scott Smith will seek his third two-year term in office in the upcoming August Primary, but will be challenged by two other candidates.
In preparation for the opening of the new Bronson South Haven hospital in late May, four specialty medical practices are moving from the current hospital to new office locations this week. The practices that are relocating include:
Nearly 400 communities in Michigan are located in coastal areas.
Kristina Lindemulder and Sarah Peterson have been friends since second grade. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise the two have decided as adults to go into business together.
Rural and low-cost health care providers are no stranger to the old proverb, “It takes a village.”
Both Allegan and Van Buren/Cass health departments joined other healthcare organizations across Michigan last week in postponing use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
Giving birth to a baby is one thing, raising it is another.
South Haven Rams softball team opened up BCS play, Tuesday, by collecting 26 hits in a doubleheader sweep of the Lady Bobcats from Niles-Brandywine winning by the scores of 7-3 and 23-9.
The Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph Conference has selected its all-division boys and girls basketball teams for the 2021 season.
BENTON HARBOR — Lake Michigan College is offering a virtual Career & Program Expo this week for prospective students.
The tall ship Friends Good Will is shown on Lake Michigan off the shoreline of South Haven in this undated photo. Downtown Association of South Haven is working with the Michigan Maritime Museum to give South Haven High School's class of 2021 a free field trip on the ship in May. Students wi…
First responders are shown at the scene of a head-on collision that occurred Wednesday afternoon on County Road 388 near 70th Street in South Haven Township.
It’s been a little over a year since South Haven City Council decided to reduce the number of lanes on a portion of Business Loop 196 from five to three, while adding bike paths on either side of the roadway.
For the second year in a row the popular South Haven Art Fair will be canceled due to the ongoing pandemic.
Some residents of South Haven know Jennifer Sistrunk for the brochures, logos and billboards she has designed for clients in Southwest Michigan. Others know her as the advertising and marketing manager for Clementine’s and HawksHead restaurants in South Haven and Clementine’s Too in St. Joseph.
Seven months after being vandalized, Sherman Dairy Bar’s iconic Blue Moo and Baby Blue are back.
PAW PAW — Van Buren County Sheriff Daniel Abbott believes in the effectiveness of Neighborhood Watch groups. That’s why he’s setting up several training programs to encourage county residents to form groups in their own community.
HOLLAND – The Department of Theatre at Hope College will present Ordinary Days by Adam Gwon on Friday and Saturday, April 16 and 17, and Thursday-Saturday, April 22-24, at 7:30 p.m. A matinee performance will be presented on Sunday, April 18, at 2 p.m.
Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan, which serves Scouts in Van Buren County, is coordinating with St. Julian Winery in Paw Paw for a rather unique fundraiser.
BENTON HARBOR — While the pandemic has prevented Lake Michigan College’s Visual & Performing Arts Department from physically taking the stage, students and faculty in the music and theatre programs continue to bustle with creative ways to explore their crafts.
PAW PAW — Zach Morris, executive director of Market Van Buren, has been named one of the nation’s 2021 Economic Development 40 Under 40 award winners.
Although people 16 and older are now eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19, that is not the case yet in Van Buren and Cass counties.
For the past year the seven activity centers operated by Senor Services of Van Buren County have remained closed due to health restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. But that hasn’t stopped the nonprofit’s board of directors and staff from undertaking the ambitious task of creat…
ST. JOSEPH — An online series titled “Hidden History: Understanding the Origins of Racial Inequality,” begins next week with the first panel discussion, “Slavery to the Civil War: 1600s to 1860s,” set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 13.
For 100 years, a group of South Haven area community leaders has gathered at noon, every Monday, to grab a bite to eat, socialize, listen to a program, and then come up with ways to help the community.
BENTON HARBOR — Lake Michigan College’s History Department will host a virtual History Colloquium from 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 7, on Zoom.
Help may be on the way for people who are having a difficult time paying their rent and utility bills during the coronavirus pandemic.
