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The Commercial Record Contact: [email protected] The Commercial Record is a weekly newspaper featuring local news, sports and advertisements for the Saugatuck and Douglas area.

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 cross country teams place second at Holly
09/17/2025

Saugatuck cross country teams place second at Holly

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorHOLLY—Under the leadership of the husband/wife team of Rick and Angelina Bauer, the Saugatuck cross country team has never shied away from tough competition.Case in p…

Blue Star
09/17/2025

Blue Star

By Scott SullivanEditorWild ThingA girl raised by apes has been found in northern India. The press there likens her to Mowgli, the wild boy in Rudyard Kipling’s novel “The Jungle Book,” which has b…

Lakeshore Harvest Riders outlast rain
09/17/2025

Lakeshore Harvest Riders outlast rain

Once showers cleared, early fall colors came out for more than 400 cyclists in Saturday’s Lakeshore Harvest Ride. Tour stop Summerhouse Lavender Farm provided tents and a respite from early rain. M…

Township OKs 30-home Singapore Retreat
09/17/2025

Township OKs 30-home Singapore Retreat

Proposed 30-home Singapore Retreat layout. To the north lies 135th Avenue. By Scott SullivanEditorNeighbors did not back down from opposing the proposed Singapore Retreat development.But the Saugat…

Life as Performance
09/17/2025

Life as Performance

   On several occasions, Pat told me that one thing she loved about her father was the first thing he would say in the morning.  “Great Day!  Wonderful Day! Great Day!  Tha…

Mike’s Musings: A Father’s Painful Choice Shows True Honor
09/17/2025

Mike’s Musings: A Father’s Painful Choice Shows True Honor

Many of us are grieving the assassination of TPUSA founder, 31-year-old Charlie Kirk. Its unimaginable to me that in this day and age, a person debating students at an outdoor rally in Utah would b…

Drain assessment takes city by surprise
09/10/2025

Drain assessment takes city by surprise

By Scott Sullivan Editor It’s better late than never for Saugatuck city property owners whose parcels will be assessed for Warnock Drain work under Ferry Street in Douglas. The Allegan County Drain…

Township to hand off harbor reins
09/10/2025

Township to hand off harbor reins

After two years hosting and coordinating Kalamazoo Lake Harbor Authority meetings, Saugatuck Township is ready to hand off duties to either KLHA partners Douglas or Saugatuck cities. “With that ser…

Laketown offers Fox revised contract
09/10/2025

Laketown offers Fox revised contract

By Jim Hayden Correspondent The Laketown Township Board agreed at a Sept. 2 special meeting offer a revised contract to Stephanie Fox to become the township’s next manager.  It comes with an a…

Saugatuck volleyball falls short in battle with Fennville
09/10/2025

Saugatuck volleyball falls short in battle with Fennville

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorFENNVILLE—The volleyball match between archrivals Fennville and Saugatuck didn’t start exactly the way Blackhawks coach Rebecca Hughes had hoped.Saugatuck took an ear…

Blue Star
09/10/2025

Blue Star

By Scott SullivanEditorCall of the WildGreat news from Lansing, where the same state government that gave us the Flint water crisis has banned using chocolate as bait for bears.We can poison poor p…

Car blaze makes Crossfire toast
09/10/2025

Car blaze makes Crossfire toast

This Kia Crossfire was fully engulfed in flames when witness Shawn Janik took this shot, By Scott SullivanEditorA Kia Crossfire was toast after catching fire on the corner of Blue Star Highway and …

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