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Summer is here!

(Star photo/Kyle Leppek)

BALDWIN — It was a short end to another school year as students and staff at Baldwin Elementary School cheerfully — and sometimes emotionally — parted ways for the summer on Monday. Baldwin Community Schools had a half day of school on Monday marking the end of the 2012-13 school year. As the morning approached [...]

June 12th, 2013 | Posted in Featured News,Local News | Read More »

Bears showing up in backyards more frequently

HUNGRY: A trail camera behind Bob Dyers rural Baldwin home has detected this 350-pound mother bear looking for food, along with her four cubs. (Courtesy photo)

BALDWIN — Bob Dyers lives five miles outside of Baldwin in a secluded spot that’s tucked away from populated areas. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t get occasional visitors to the bird feeder in his backyard. It’s not just birds doing the visiting. With the use of a trail camera, Dyers has discovered that a [...]

June 12th, 2013 | Posted in Featured News,Outdoors | Read More »

Late Edie Mitchell to serve at Grand Marshall to Troutarama

TROUTARAMA: The 57th annual Troutarama festival is scheduled for July 17 through the 21st. The Grand Marshal for his year’s even is Edie Mitchell, who served as director and festival chairman. This year’s theme for the parade is “For the Good Times,” which is the slogan of Mitchell’s business. (Star file photo)

BALDWIN — The Baldwin Troutarama Committee is pleased to announce that the family of the late Edie Mitchell will serve as the Grand Marshals for the 2013 Grand Parade. Edie served as a director and festival chairman of Troutarama. Troutarama is continuing with the tradition of honoring deceased festival directors. Previously the families of Norma [...]

June 12th, 2013 | Posted in Featured News,Local News | Read More »

Saying goodbye to yesterday

CLASS OF 2013: Sitting together in the front row of the Baldwin High School gym is the graduating Class of 2013. The commencement ceremony included speeches, a slide show and a rendition of the class song by a classmate. (Star photo/Kyle Leppek)

Community celebrates BCS Class of 2013 graduates BALDWIN — It was a moment that was years in the making which many teachers, school officials, family members and members of the community had been waiting for. But most of all, it was the moment which the Baldwin Community Schools graduating Class of 2013 had been waiting [...]

June 5th, 2013 | Posted in Featured News,Local News | Read More »

Ware takes sixth at state meet

Race for the finish: Andon Ware (second from right) of Baldwin tries to get off to a good start in the 100 dash at the state finals last weekend. (Star photo/Matt Wenzel)

BALDWIN — Andon Ware’s high school sports career ended at Baldwin Saturday on a high note. The Panther senior was sixth in the 100-meter dash in the Division 4 track and field state finals at Hudsonville in 11.7 seconds. Alexander Lodes of Climax-Scotts was first in 11.3. Ware also ran in the 200-meter dash but [...]

June 5th, 2013 | Posted in Featured News,Sports | Read More »

Baldwin baseball team falls in district finals

Baldwin baseball: Brandon Childress fires a pitch to the plate against Pentwater in Friday’s district title game. (Star photo/John Raffel)

CUSTER — Baldwin’s baseball team gave up a lot of runs to open the day and a lot more to close it. The results were a 12-11 victory over Crossroads in the semifinals of the Division 4 districts at Mason County Eastern, followed by an 18-8 loss in six innings to Pentwater in the title [...]

June 5th, 2013 | Posted in Featured News,Sports | Read More »

Top of their class

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Valedictorian Alexandria Hibma-Chalmers, Salutatorian Andon Ware discuss time at Baldwin BALDWIN — In one day, the graduating seniors of Baldwin High School will have their last official gathering at the place that has helped nurture them into the young adults they have become. Graduating from high school can mean different things to certain students, but [...]

May 29th, 2013 | Posted in Featured News,Local News | Read More »

Passing the torch

A BRIGHT FLAME: Graduating seniors of Baldwin Community Schools' Class of 2013 hold candles during the annual Candlelight and Senior Awards Ceremony on May 23. In a symbolic gesture, the seniors use their candles to pass the flame on to the next class, the Class of 2014. (Star photo/Kyle Leppek)

BCS Class of 2013 celebrates Candlelight and Senior Awards Ceremony BALDWIN — A day away from their last day of school as students at Baldwin Community Schools, and almost a week away from graduating, the BCS Class of 2013 passed the torch to the Class of 2014. On May 23, BCS celebrated its graduating seniors [...]

May 29th, 2013 | Posted in Featured News,Local News | Read More »

Cullen Finnerty’s body recovered

MAKING A PLAN: Law enforcement officials gather Tuesday at the staging area for the search of Cullen Finnerty, located at the North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin. Finnerty disappeared after a fishing trip Sunday night. Police utilized canines to sweep the search area before allowing other search teams into the area. (Star photo/Kyle Leppek)

Cause of death unknown, body located north of campground LAKE COUNTY — After two days of deploying more than a 100 law enforcement officials, rescue crews, friends, family and members of a college football team, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office confirmed it recovered Cullen Finnerty’s body Tuesday night. At 7:40 p.m. Tuesday, the last search [...]

May 29th, 2013 | Posted in Featured News,Local News | Read More »

Baldwin baseball team splits with Hart

Baseball: Doug Bolles confers with pitcher Da’Ron Copeland during recent action. (File photo)

HART — Baldwin’s baseball team ended the regular season on Thursday with a split against Hart. The Panthers dropped the first game 5-4 in seven innings before taking the nightcap 12-8 in five innings before the contest was called due to darkness. Baldwin led the first game 4-2 in the bottom of the fifth before [...]

May 29th, 2013 | Posted in Featured News,Sports | Read More »

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