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Bangor's varsity boys basketball team reached a milestone this month, when the team earned its fifth victory of the season by defeating Hartford 53-49.
ALLEGAN — Allegan County Board of Commissioners has named a new chairperson.
After losing a nail-biting 37-36 game to Bridgman on Jan. 20, the South Haven Rams varsity basketball team regrouped this past Tuesday, Jan. 24, to earn a victory over former Wolverine Conference rival, Three Rivers.
South Haven’s varsity swim team earned a convincing conference victory, this past Tuesday, over Sturgis, 119-57.
LAWRENCE — Van Buren County has become the latest county in Michigan to record a death due to Xylazine, a potent sedative used commonly in veterinary clinics.
With snow and cold temperatures on the horizon for the end of this month, South Haven is gearing up for one of its most popular cold-weather events – Ice Breaker.
Normally, Gospel Tabernacle Baptist Church in Covert Township provides help to Covert area residents in need. But when Rev. Henry Allen recently drove by a South Haven church and saw a sign promoting a fundraiser to help children in war-torn Ukraine, he couldn’t help but wonder how his congr…
Once again, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is offering free tax help to people in Van Buren County who make $58,000 or less and need assistance in preparing their tax returns.
Coming up with a way to help young artists pursue their talents has resulted in a state grant for the South Haven Center for the Arts.
South Haven’s varsity girls team defeated Parchment by a combined score of 21-9 last week, while the boys won, 23-7.
Two South Haven wrestlers helped propel their team to a fifth-place finish out of 12 teams at the annual Hopkins Invitational earlier this month.
Over the next several months, state health environmental agency officials will monitor a former South Haven factory site that has been linked to high levels of PFAS contamination.
While South Haven officials await results of a study indicating the economic impact of short-term rental properties, they have received results of another study examining the overall health of the city’s economy.
In years past, people could access property parcel information by traveling to Van Buren County courthouse in Paw Paw to view parcel maps. Now, people will be able to do so on their computer or cell phones, thanks to a new mapping and parcel online site launched this week by county officials.
A grant from a South Haven area industry is allowing South Haven Area Emergency Services (SHAES) to upgrade the equipment that would be needed for confined space rescues.
BENTON HARBOR — Lake Michigan College Visual & Performing Arts Department has announced its schedule of student and faculty performances for the Spring 2023 semester. All events will be held on the LMC Benton Harbor Campus, 2755 E. Napier Ave.
Like several other lakeshore towns in Southwest Michigan, South Haven has basked in the limelight over the years for being named a popular beach town by travel magazines.
For more than a decade, South Haven groups and individuals gathered at South Haven High School to fill several thousand bags of rice to distribute to area food pantries as part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day – a day set aside to honor the Civil Rights leader and to serve others.
The good news for lakeshore home owners is that Lake Michigan’s water level dropped in December. The bad news is that the level still remains higher than average for this time of year.
Ice skating enthusiasts look forward each year to skating at South Haven’s outdoor ice rink, but over the past several years a key piece of the rink’s operation has made skating difficult at times.
A new dog park, installation of outdoor pickleball courts and safely protecting the shoreline from erosion are among the leading priorities included in a new South Haven area parks and recreation plan.
Even as efforts persist to repower the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert Township, regional planning groups are proceeding with strategies to absorb the negative economic impact that the plant’s closure in 2022 will have on the region in the future.
Ava Rosema of Fennville has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2022 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. Rosema is pursuing a bachelor of arts degree in social welfare and justice. Students named to the dean’s list must be full-time students and carry at least a 3.7 gr…
Thanks to a grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. and donations gathered by a South Haven non-profit group, an automated outdoor gas-fired fireplace will be installed later this year in a popular downtown park.
Thanks to a South Haven service club, We Care Community Resource Center has received a significant boost in funding to help with its mission to help under-served families and individuals in the greater South Haven area.
ALLEGAN — Allegan County officials have signed an agreement this month with a company that will provide wired broadband infrastructure and service to 12,000 unserved addresses in rural areas throughout the county.
The South Haven Garden Club is seeking applicants for its $1,000 scholarship that it awards to a high school graduate from Van Buren, Allegan or Berrien counties who plans to attend a Michigan college, university, community college or tech- nical school to major in horticulture or an environ…
A veteran banker in the South Haven area has joined Sturgis Bank to serve Van Buren County as assistance vice president, mortgage loan originator.
Bangor’s girls varsity basketball team lost two hard-fought Southwest 10 conference games, Jan. 12 and Jan. 17, to Decatur and Centreville.
South Haven varsity girls bowling team earned a convincing victory over Comstock, Jan. 16, while the boys suffered a loss.
South Haven’s varsity grapplers sent both Watervliet and Coloma wrestlers home with losses following a tri-meet hosted by the Rams this past Wednesday.
Youth who want to learn how to safely shoot .22 rifles are being invited to take part in a gun-shooting safety program offered through the South Haven Rod & Gun club.
Two South Haven High School seniors who aspire to one day become teachers have been crowned Mr. and Miss South Haven for 2023.
One could call Dawn Hinz a trailblazer.
PULLMAN — As Allegan County Sheriff’s Department continues to investigate a shooting that left a family of four dead a week ago other family members and the community are grappling with its aftermath.
BENTON HARBOR — Voters will be asked on May 2 to approve a tax renewal to help fund Lake Michigan College.
Joan Gruber passed away on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023 encircled by loved ones. She was born Aug. 5, 1934 to parents Evelyn and George Newsome in Detroit.
Limiting Lawton to only 11 points in the second half while going on a 25-point scoring spree in the fourth quarter helped give South Haven an easy at-home 53-30 victory, Tuesday, Jan. 10.
South Haven’s varsity boys swim team won 10 swimming and diving events this past Tuesday against Marshall to coast to a 116-65 conference victory.
South Haven city officials are not giving up hope of redeveloping a former factory site into an affordable housing complex.
Kaitlyn Longworth of South Haven was named to the Chancellor’s List at Troy University for the fall semester/term 2 of the 2022-23 school year. The Chancellor’s List honors full-time undergraduate students who earn a grade point average of 4.0. Troy University is located in Troy, Ala.
ST. JOSEPH — A Southwest Michigan organization whose mission is to help older adults has received a grant to in-home care for seniors.
Michigan Maritime Museum will kick off its annual lecture series this month with a program highlighting a shipping company that transported fruit grown from Southwest Michigan farmers to Chicago markets during the early 1900s.
Three Bangor Police officers received life-saving awards from the City Council this past week for their quick actions in helping to rescue people from a burning home in December.
An organization in the process of constructing an off-road recreational trail from South Haven to Saugatuck received a boost in funds this past month from a group of women dedicated to helping area non-profit groups.
When it comes to prices at the gas pump, what goes down usually comes up.
