South Haven News

The event features salsa, waltz, foxtrot, tango and line dancing. Lessons are available.

A fire that killed a 65-year-old man early Tuesday in northern Van Buren County was most likely sparked by a cigarette or candle, a Michigan State Police fire investigator said.

I went Saturday on a whim to South Haven with my two younger brothers and unknowingly walked into Harborfest 2009.

TASTE OF PORTAGE TODAY: Plenty of fun and lots to eat are on tap at the Taste of Portage from 4 to 9 p.m. today at the Overlander Bandshell, 7800 Shaver Road, Portage.

When it's 90 degrees, the beach is a popular place. But the Lake Michigan water hasn't been living up to it's end of the deal, murky and full of algae.

Police and Fire Report June 24, 2009 ATTEMPTED ROBBERY: Battle Creek police are looking for a man who attempted to rob the pharmacy at Walgreens, 800 Capital Avenue N.E. Employees said the man came to the pharmacy counter about 4:13 p.m. Monday and told the pharmacist he had a weapon and wanted oxycodone.

Twenty-five years ago, Ron Stolk had an idea. Using the flat, clear-cut paths of old railroad lines, Stolk envisioned a trail connecting Kalamazoo and South Haven.

Harborfest was the draw for thousands who converged on South Haven Saturday afternoon, but one couple had an even more special reason to commemorate the weekend.

It's being billed as one of the biggest cultural events to come to town. The American Wind Symphony Orchestra will perform on the Point Counterpoint II -- a 195-by-38-foot barge out of Pennsylvania -- Aug.

Preliminary discussions about closing South Haven's courthouse and consolidating court operations in Paw Paw is raising concerns in the lakeshore community.

A Sandolo, a replica of a Venetian gunning boat, will be among the vessels exhibited during the 28th Annual Classic Boat Show to be held Saturday at the Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven.

Students Alexis Edwards and Kaiden Cole of South Haven's Maple Grove Elementary School give staff members reason to reflect.

Two divers had just surfaced, their neoprene-covered heads bobbing in the calm lap of Pike Lake, when an update crackled over Sgt.

June 5, 2009 Van Buren State Park is hosting its fourth annual "GO-Get Outdoors" 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, June 13.

I was reminded over Memorial Day of what a good deal rail-trails are for local communities.

A Van Buren County motorcycle crash killed a 64-year-old South Haven area man early today.

The first annual South Haven Renaissance Faire is set for later this month. Organizer Susan Novotny says that a group out of Coloma called the Knightwinds Renaissance Group will be staging performances: Listen: The Renaissance Faire is something Novotny's thought about for a long time, and she says there are plenty of others in Southwest Michigan ...

South Haven High School junior Breanna Bryant may not have ended the KSHSAA Class 1A State Track & Field Championships the way she wanted to, with gold medals around her neck.

Skateboarders aren't doing many tricks in South Haven these days. The city took down a temporary skate park in April, putting more than $50,000 of equipment into outdoor storage while they seek a new home for the ramps.

Increasing demand for water has pushed South Haven 's 80-year-old water-filtration plant to its maximum capacity and forced the city to build a new plant, set for completion by December 2010.