Mattawan News

The Mattawan Village Council has set a public hearing for 7 p.m. Monday for a variance for McGillen's Crossing.

The program is part of the Green Living Series: Tips for Living Lightly on the Earth.

Members of Michigan's Strategic Task Force on Jobs toured a lot of empty space Thursday in Kalamazoo but said they saw the potential for the types of effort the state needs to put more people back to work.

Children's event in Mattawan Summer Fishing Day for Youth is being held at Wolf Lake Fish Hatchery, 34270 County Road 652, Mattawan.

Here are the births, deaths and marriages for Tuesday, June 30: Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL Jamie Bigby, of Kalamazoo, a son.

Here are the births, deaths, marriage licenses and divorce decrees for Monday, June 29: Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL Abby Bower and Andrew Brooks, of Kalamazoo, a daughter.

Here are vital statistics for Thursday, June 25, 2009: Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL John and Sarah Abbott, of Kalamazoo, a daughter.

Tour in Mattawan Wolf Lake Fish Hatchery Visitor Center, 34270 County Road 652, Mattawan, is hosting a summer garden tour.

The Allegan City Council has approved improvements on Davis Street. The council recently awarded a $252,794 contract to Allegan-based Milbocker & Sons to reconstruct Davis Street between Western Avenue and Delano Street and to install a sanitary sewer line there.

Here are vital statistics for Friday, June 19, 2009: Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL Megan Gabriel and Anthony Rodriquez, of Kalamazoo, a daughter.

Fundraising fun in Augusta Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center, 8450 N. 43rd St., Augusta, is hosting a country fair.

All three crashes happened last Sunday and all the same way: A driver didn't notice a motorcycle, police said.

It's a bright sunny morning and Mattawan Consolidated School Superintendent Jim Weeldreyer is doing something typical for him: spreading cheer as he greets children getting off the school buses.

Colin Omo, 7, left and his friend Coleman Stauffer, 9, both of Mattawan, enjoy the day.

Van Buren County deputies are looking for the man who stole a pick-up truck and crashed it into a tree.

A Mattawan man was arraigned on felony larceny charges Monday for stealing a Children's Miracle Network donation canister from a counter at a Wayland Speedway service station, police said.

The 2009 Downtown Kalamazoo Comprehensive Plan is in the works, using six elements that are important to the community which are accessible, prosperous, diverse green, vibrant, and progressive.

Left, Camille Berg, 10, laughs as she and 11-year-old Samuel Miller, left, apply whipped-cream topping to "Clown Town," the award-wining dessert created by teacher Kimberly Eicholtz's fifth-grade class at Mattawan Later Elementary School.

Here are the vital statistics for May 28, 2009. Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL Dave and Kelly McWhinnie, of Mattawan, a son.

It ends at the new Veterans' Memorial at Portage Central Cemetery, 7737 S. Westnedge Ave., Portage, where speeches are to be presented.