Residents Push South Haven City Council For Lifeguards

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The high number of drownings in Lake Michigan this year and rescues in the water off South Haven have some folks thinking about bringing life guards back to the north and south beaches. The South Haven City Council received a presentation Monday evening regarding lifeguards. Mayor Scott Smith says they will look into the issue.

“But we have to accept the realities that we have a large area to cover,” Smith tells us. “We’ve never covered seven beaches before. So, there are going to be a lot of factors we have to carefully look at and obviously we want people to be safe.”

One question raised was who would have authority to stop people from entering the water and jumping of the piers. It’s been several years since the city of South Haven employed lifeguards.