Bangor News

The Van Buren County Sheriff's Department says they have arrested a 27-year-old man from Bangor for armed robbery with what was later determined to be a BB gun.

From Allegan to Sturgis, nighttime pyrotechnics and daytime parades are lined up in nearly two dozen southwestern Michigan communities for the Fourth of July.

An author who went to school in Bangor will speak June 23 about his book ``50 Great Hikes in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.'' Author Thomas Funke will make the presentation at 6:30 p.m. June 23 at the Lawrence branch of the Van Buren District Library.

Van Heest is an author, shipwreck explorer and preservationist. The program is sponsored by the Bangor Historical Society.

The economy is down, sewer use is down, and the Bay City Wastewater Treatment Plant is hurting.

A Coloma couple injured in a weekend motorcycle crash were released from a hospital.

A motorcyclist and his passenger are injured after a suspected drunk driver ignores a red light.

Binder Park Zoo is proud to welcome Tom Funke, Director of Conservation of the Michigan Audubon Society, on Wednesday, June 10th at 7:00 p.m. for a presentation on his book 50 Hikes in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

A Bangor man convicted for a second time of trying to take a police officer's stun gun after being granted a new trial was given the same sentence as he got the first time.

Three Bangor men are facing charges in connection with the thefts of more than 20 signs from roads and businesses in Van Buren County, police said.

Voters in the city of Bangor will be asked to pay for a combined city hall and police station this summer.

More than two dozen communities in Southwest Michigan will pay tribute to veterans with events on Memorial Day.

Police arrested a Bangor man over the weekend for using counterfeit bills at area garage sales.

The Buchanan downtown and an individual property in the city are among four sites in southwest Michigan to have been recommended for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Van Buren County Road Commission is preparing to pulverize pavement on some county roads rather than fix the asphalt largely because of cost concerns.

A Van Buren County man has been arrested and police continue their search for another following an investigation into counterfeit money - used to buy goods at garage sales, authorities said.

An 18-year-old Kalamazoo man was arrested and police are looking for a silver minivan after gun shots were fired at a gas station early Saturday morning.

The Allegan Area Educational Service Agency on Thursday officially laid off 20 staff members, reduced the hours of one other, and decided to let the contracts of four administrators run out.

A 13-year-old boy was injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident Sunday afternoon on North Street in Jefferson Township, south of Cassopolis.

Bates is a professor emeritus of Kalamazoo College's Food Science and Human Nutrition Department.