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It is published every Thursday. The deadline for submission of stories, photographs or advertisements is Monday at 4 p.m

The Commercial Record has served the Saugatuck-Douglas, Michigan community since 1868.

Saugatuck boys drop three games
02/12/2025

Saugatuck boys drop three games

It was a busy stretch for the Saugatuck boys basketball team, with the Trailblazers playing three games in four days.Unfortunately for the Trailblazers, they dropped all three of those contests, fa…

Blue Star
02/12/2025

Blue Star

By Scott SullivanEditorHotspotsWho knew Grand Rapids’ Gerald R. Ford International Airport is one of America’s Dating Hotspots?The website DatingAdvice advises GRX ranks tops in the state among mos…

Post-election audit shows counts were clean
02/12/2025

Post-election audit shows counts were clean

Allegan County officials are praising the work of local clerks and election inspectors following the results of state-mandated post-election audits that ended Feb. 6.The audits included hand counts…

Obituary: James Yaroch
02/12/2025

Obituary: James Yaroch

James Alan Yaroch April 13, 1951- December 19th, 2024  The Heavens received their own gift this holiday season when God welcomed back James A. Yaroch on Dec. 19, 2024, at 4 a.m. James lived a …

Obituary: William Hebert
02/12/2025

Obituary: William Hebert

William (Bill) John Hebert, age 83, of Hamilton, passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, at his home surrounded by his family and loved ones. Bill was born on July 11, 1941, in Grand Rapids to William H.…

Mike’s Musings: State mandated minimum wage increases will damage small business
02/12/2025

Mike’s Musings: State mandated minimum wage increases will damage small business

You gotta feel for small businesses. Not only are their pricing and services under attack by big box stores and internet giants from here and China, they must weave through a ton of regulations pla…

Life as Performance Art
02/12/2025

Life as Performance Art

In December I wrote our list of Christmas cards was shrinking each year. Often this was because a friend had passed away. Our card would come back with a yellow USPS sticker saying it was undeliver…

More studies needed on Blue Star Trail
02/05/2025

More studies needed on Blue Star Trail

BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR “Hurry up and wait,” remain keywords for Friends of the Blue Start Trail, who learned last week construction on its North Section (from the Kalamazoo River bridge to Hollan…

County OKs ’25 work on township roads
02/05/2025

County OKs ’25 work on township roads

The Allegan County Road Commission Jan. 14 green-lit Saugatuck and Laketown Township major road improvements for the 2025 construction season. Roads deemed minor and private will be funded through …

City eyes plans, priorities for ’25-‘26
02/05/2025

City eyes plans, priorities for ’25-‘26

BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Saugatuck City Council and staff met Jan. 24 at the Saugatuck Yacht Club to review progress made this 2024-25 fiscal year and where to focus resources for the next. “The ci…

Saugatuck girls upend Fennville in Never Forgotten Game
02/05/2025

Saugatuck girls upend Fennville in Never Forgotten Game

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorFENNVILLE—For the record, the Saugatuck girls basketball team bested archrival Fennville 56-33 on Saturday, Feb. 1.But for Trailblazers coach Kevin Tringali, the outc…

Blue Star
02/05/2025

Blue Star

By Scott SullivanEditorBird FluWhy is the bird flu big news? Birds have always flown. You mean avian influenza? OK, that’s different, but still What does that have to do with the price of eggs?Word…

Genetski pulls out of Laketown search
02/05/2025

Genetski pulls out of Laketown search

By Jim HaydenCorrespondentDoes anyone want to be Laketown Township manager?Allegan County clerk and Saugatuck resident Bob Genetski last week withdrew his name from consideration for the position v…

Oompa Loompa!
02/05/2025

Oompa Loompa!

The Saugatuck Public Schools Drama Club presentation of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Friday through Sunday, Jan. 31 through Feb. 2, drew appreciative audiences and a large cast including (fr…

Obituary: Patricia Dewey
02/05/2025

Obituary: Patricia Dewey

Patricia Dewey, 97 Patricia Dewey of Saugatuck passed away at 97 on Jan. 29, marking the end of an era. A native of Chicago, Pat began her lifelong artistic journey at the School of the Art Institu…

Obituary: Nancy McKenna
02/05/2025

Obituary: Nancy McKenna

Nancy McKenna, 69 Nancy McKenna, 69, of Annapolis, Md., passed away on Jan. 26, 2025, after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer. Until the end, she valiantly maintained her sense of humor, with …

Life as Performance Art
02/05/2025

Life as Performance Art

Sixty years ago a classmate said something insulting and demeaning. It left me with a choice: I could either turn his nose to 12 or tattle to the teacher. I chose the latter and right after school …

Mike’s Musings: Even county governments spend unwisely: Case study, Allegan County
02/05/2025

Mike’s Musings: Even county governments spend unwisely: Case study, Allegan County

Our government, whether it is at the local, county, state or federal level, makes numerous decisions on how they spend taxpayers’ money. Some we can agree with, some we can’t. I would like to think…

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