Paw Paw News Archives

The federal stimulus package might have saved thousands of teaching jobs, but many thousands more remain in jeopardy -- as well as virtual-school programs, higher-education funding, and other school initiatives -- as a result of lingering budget crises in states from coast to coast.

A state court administrator has ordered Van Buren County District Court to distribute its cases between the South Haven and Paw Paw courthouses based on a lottery rather than on where the involved parties live.

The economic downturn continues to threaten the capacity of school districts nationwide, even in light of federal stimulus funds, according to a study released today by the American Association of School Administrators.

In an apparent nod to states' rights, the Obama administration on Monday said federal drug agents won't go after pot-smoking patients and growers in states like Michigan that allow marijuana use for medicinal purposes.

A passer-by rescued a 66-year-old Cassopolis man through the drivera s side window of his burning Land Rover on Sunday afternoon.

Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital will celebrate completion of its expanded emergency department with a community event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

Sweet Leaf Tea Company announced that it secured multiple distribution deals, bringing Sweet Leaf Tea into key metropolitan areas in five states.

Births BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL Mr. and Mrs. George Burrell Jr., of Kalamazoo, twin sons.

A 25-year-old Grand Rapids-area man was arrested Saturday on charges of assaulting a woman and home invasion.

Special to the Kalamazoo Gazette KALAMAZOO - Tom Hite, of Paw Paw, started smoking in 1977.

The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office is looking into why two command officers failed to disclose some details of a crash that killed two drivers, including that a responding police car struck one of the vehicles involved.

Six people were treated for minor injuries before being released from Bronson Methodist Hospital after a two-car collision Friday night on I-94 near Paw Paw Township.

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded Van Buren County $4,458 to cover some costs of incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens who committed serious crimes.

GOBLES, Mich. A fire has broken out in downtown Gobles. Officials say the fire broke out in the basement below Jan's Trailside Cafe around 7:50 Friday evening, and spread to the large apartment above the cafe.

The father of a Decatur man who was in what police called a "devastating" a head-on collision then had his pickup truck struck again by a responding police car has retained an attorney.