South Haven News

LAGUNA NIGUEL When the son of an Arkansas sharecropper found himself in the driver's seat of a Marine Corps amphibious tank the first vehicle he had ever driven the thrill was unparalleled.

Four people are under arrest, accused of brutally beating, kidnapping and murdering a woman nearly 12 years ago in Van Buren County.

An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a vintage handgun, which has been recovered, police said.

Below are the results for all the races in Van Buren County. DECATUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS Ballot Proposal Request to borrow up to $12.05 million for improvements and equipment and upgrades to athletic facilities, primarily at Decatur High School and Marion Davis Elementary School.

Businessman Robert Burr defeated incumbent Dorothy Appleyard by a wide margin Tuesday to win the mayor seat in South Haven.

Van Buren County: South Haven will have a new mayor, following Tuesday's election.

"What it really comes down to is small fingers picking the smaller fruits and vegetables," said Joel Stonington, a recent graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

TGIF folks. Here's our nightly missive........ THE ECONOMY/CONSUMER SPENDING -The market giveth and the market taketh away.

LANSING a ' Attorney General Mike Cox Friday announced the arrest of Van Buren County resident Kenneth Michael Pomeroy for using the Internet to commit child sexual abusive activity.

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.

About 5,000 people should boil their water in the South Haven-area for the next few days.

A new study has found that tourism does bring in big money to the area. South Haven's Visitors and Convention Bureau says 1.6 million people visited Van Buren County in the last year and those people spent $101 million in local restaurants, hotels and shops.

On October 26, people are needed to create a crowd for a beach boardwalk scene for the film "Whata s Wrong With Virginia" starring Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Emma Roberts, Amy Madigan and Harrison Gilbertson.

A 24-year-old South Haven woman and her 4-year-old daughter escaped serious injury after striking a tractor-semitrailer and rolling the Pontiac Grand Prix in which they were riding, police said.

Here's your chance to go Hollywood right here at home. Extras are needed for crowd scenes Monday on the beach along Lake Michigan in South Haven.

Cynthia Sinclair Liu, a Jenison Public Schools elementary principal who faces a drunken driving allegation from a Sept.

Voters will have a clear choice in the race for South Haven mayor, as the candidates' stances differ on issues from tourism to development.

We're in the midst of apple picking season and one of the delicious results of that hard work is cider.

From school boards to city councils, more governing bodies are using computers and the Internet during public meetings.

Friends and family prepare to say goodbye to a toddler killed in an Allegan County house fire.