Hartford News

Once again, the Pokagon Fund of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians is biting the hand that feeds it.

The event features four world-class corps, representing the Drum Corps International World, and four Open Class corps, including Legends from Portage Central High School.

Here are vital statistics for Wednesday, June 24, 2009: Deaths Overia Brewer, 79, of Kalamazoo .

A search for two people briefly missing on the Paw Paw River ended without incident late Sunday, according to Van Buren County dispatch.

Police late Thursday were looking for two suspects in an armed robbery reported shortly after 8:40 p.m. at a residence in the 7500 block of Mac Arthur Lane in Portage.

A motorcyclist died Wednesday after crashing his cycle while exiting Interstate 94, police said.

A Laingsburg man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Wednesday in Van Buren County.

Take a musical journey through Southwest Michigan this summer, and don't spend a dime for admission, which ought to be music to the ears of anyone on a tight budget.

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

Everybodya TMs hungry for fresh fruit by late spring, which is why early-bearing strawberries are irresistible.

Hartford's "Concerts in the Park" starts Thursday at Harford Ely Park. The Tri-City Record reports "The Kelly Jay Band" will play at 7:00 p.m. The swing band opens a season of concerts every Thursday until August 31st.

Authorities say a 6-year-old Benton Harbor girl died Monday afternoon after running in front of a moving van on M-152 in Van Buren County's Keeler Township, south of Hartford.

The Hartford Township Board of Trustees has formally adopted a policy on industrial facilities tax exemptions, in anticipation of a tax-break application from a local company.

German prisoners of war will return to Hartford, at least in exhibits, with a program titled ``Held in the Heartland'' from 1 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Hartford Public Library.

Carlin Noble was afraid of the man now standing trial in the 2002 slayings of Noble and his wife, a friend of the Nobles testified Tuesday.

In one of the harshest economic climates in decades, Southwest Michigan voters will decide various tax issues Tuesday, including a request for a new Kalamazoo County transit tax to fund public transportation.

Pay for Hartford Township officials is unchanged in the township's 2009-10 budget.

Inside Schlitz Creek's new touring motor home, the Bishop Bradley >> Deputies look for those involved in Monday night rollover crash in Van Buren County by Rex Hall Jr.

Van Buren County deputies believe alcohol played a part in a hit-and-run. It happened Monday night on County Road 687 near Hartford.

Fire has damaged a home in Van Buren County. It started a little after midnight at a home on Springdale Drive.