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Travel locally with your Farmers Market Passport

Published by admin on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 9:12am

    In honor of  National Farmers Market Week, this week (Aug. 5 to 11) pick up a “Kalamazoo Area Farmers Market Passport” at the Paw Paw or Lawrence Farmers Market, or Mattawan Market. Visit five different markets in five weeks to be entered into a prize drawing.

Firefighters escort kids to Burn Camp

Published by admin on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 8:51am

   Van Buren County firefighters on Sunday, Aug. 5, helped provide the escort for about 80 campers from the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo to Great Lakes Burn Camp at Pretty Lake in Oshtemo Township.

Writers’ Conference will offer tips for self-publishing

Published by admin on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 8:49am

    Once upon a time, aspiring writers had few paths to publication without first securing a literary agent. Thanks to the advent of self-publishing, over 785,000 print and eBooks were issued an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) in 2016, a 218% increase since 2011.

SENIOR SERVICES of Van Buren County

Published by admin on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 8:41am

Decatur
Senior Activity Center
Hard Times Café, 108 N. Phelps St., Decatur
OPEN: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

CELEBRATE AT THE FIESTA!

Published by admin on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 8:34am

    To close out the Summer Migrant Education Program each year, the Van Buren Intermediate School District hosts “Fiesta”, a carnival for the families whose children have worked hard on their academics through the summer.  These families may have moved around in search of work during the school

PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS

Published by admin on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 8:33am

    Van Buren County voters weighed in on county, township and school proposals, and the many candidates in Tuesday’s primary election. An overall turnout of 15,139 votes cast represented just 27.2 percent of the county’s 55,599 registered voters.

County road 12-yr. millage increase turned down

Published by admin on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 8:24am

    LAWRENCE - A proposal for an additional road millage  of three mills across Van Buren County did not pass, according to unofficial election results following Tuesday’s Primary Election.
    Unofficial results reported  7,592 “no” votes and 6,316 ”yes” votes.

Webinar will offer help with Social Security

Published by admin on Mon, 08/06/2018 - 9:24am

    DECATUR - Planning for retirement may seem daunting. However, navigating Social Security planning resources is actually quite easy.

Township voters to be asked to support funding for senior services, programs

Published by admin on Mon, 08/06/2018 - 9:04am

    Senior Services of Van Buren County will seek voter approval for two millage requests on the Aug. 7 primary election ballot.

RESULTS OF JUDGING AT THE 2018 VAN BUREN Y0UTH FAIR

Published by admin on Mon, 08/06/2018 - 9:01am

Dairy Awards
   Senior II Showman - Meredith Overacker, Young Explorers, Mattawan.
   Senior I Showman - Lenny Latta, Open Class, Bloomingdale.
   Young Showman - McKinley Wilkes, Open Class.

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