Douglas developers step up
By Scott SullivanEditorLocal developer Dave Barker, scheduled for arraignment Sept. 8 on three felony allegations, is proposing a 90-unit Forest Gate condominiums on 13 acres at 485 Ferry St. west of the former Haworth plant and north of Northern Lights…
Plainwell hosts program to help monarch butterflies
Four local organizations hope that residents of Plainwell will soon be busy collecting milkweed seeds for the Seed Exchange at Ransom Library.The seeds will grow milkweed plants, the only food source for monarch caterpillars/butterflies. This effort is part of Mayor’s…
Second severe storm in past month does more damage
Jason WesseldykSports Editor For the second time in less than a month, a strong storm system ripped through the area.The most recent of those storms hit the Otsego and Plainwell between 3:30 and 3:45 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 29. And…
Gus Macker tourney returns to streets of Otsego
Jason WesseldykSports Editor For the seventh time in the past eight years, some of the streets in Otsego were transformed into basketball courts for the Gus Maker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament from Friday, Aug. 26, through Sunday, Aug. 28.And according to…
Allegan tennis finishes runner-up
Jason WesseldykSports Editor For the third time this young season, the Allegan boys tennis team finished runner-up at a tournament or quad match when the Tigers took second place at the Holland High Quad on Saturday, Aug. 27.Holland won with…
Saugatuck football falls to Buchanan
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor BUCHANAN—Junior Will Doucette had an impressive opening game for the Saugatuck football team.Carrying the ball 13 times, Doucette racked up 181 rushing yards—an average of 13.9 yards per carry—and three touchdowns against host Buchanan on Thursday,…
Obituary: William Allen Simpson, 46
William Allen Simpson, 46, of Cutlerville, Michigan, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at Holland Hospital. Born October 14, 1975 in Allegan, Michigan, he was the son of Janis Stora and William Simpson…
Obituary: Carol Lorraine Kollar, 80
Carol Lorraine Kollar, 80, of Allegan passed away Saturday, August 20, 2022 at her beloved cottage on Muskrat Lake. Carol shared many wonderful times with a large circle of friends and was always ready for an adventure. She was a…
Obituary: William Lee Reurink, 69
William Lee Reurink “Wilber,” age 69, lost his ten year battle with cancer and passed away peacefully, while surrounded by his family, Tuesday, August 16, 2022 in Wayland, MI. He is survived by his siblings Tom, Bob, Caroline, Mike, Cathy,…
Obituary: Harold L. Franklin, Jr., 87
Harold L. Franklin, Jr., 87, of Dyersburg, TN, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital.Harold was born on October 12, 1934, in Lansing, MI, to the late Harold Franklin, Sr. and the late Marguerite…
Life as Performance Art
JM Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, also wrote the script for a play, and later a movie, he called The Old Lady Shows her Medals. It is set right after World War One in London. The plot is disarmingly simple: an…
Sorry, but I don’t want to pay for your loan
It’s so great to be a taxpayer in the United States. Our government continues to pile on the middle class with new tax after new tax.Now we are being told we must contribute to the $500 billion slush fund that…
Strong storms blow through county producing outages
Jason WesseldykSports Editor For the second time in less than a month, a strong storm system ripped through the area.The most recent of those storms hit the Otsego and Plainwell between 3:30 and 3:45 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 29. And…
Riverfront to lose zipline; moved to Events Center
By Gari Voss Allegan Event announced that it would be removing the Zip Line from the Allegan Riverfront for use in an outdoor expansion to their Event Center on River Street in Allegan.In 2017, Allegan Event entered into a partner…
Weekend events plentiful as summer comes to close
The last weekend of August 2022 found the Rollin’ On the River and Good Times at the Gazebo presenting their final Summer 2022 concerts. The Fire Department offered breakfast to hundreds while musicians offered music to shoppers at Village Market.…
Passenger train – Ann Arbor to Traverse City thru Clare
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent A passenger train between Ann Arbor and Traverse City is now one step closer to reality, a press release from the project’s development group said last month.In the next few years passengers from southeast Michigan, or Northwest…
Harrison Street Fair begins today!
By Pat MaurerCorrespondent When the Old US-27 Motor Tour stops at Harrison, this afternoon, August 26th, they will be just a small part of Harrison’s annual Street Fair which is scheduled all day both today and tomorrow, (Saturday) with loads…
Keith sentencedJoshua Alan Keith, of Lake, Michigan, was sentenced on August 16, 2022, to serve a prison term of 13 months to 20 years, with credit for 3 days already served. Keith plead guilty on May 17, to Delivery/Manufacture (Cocaine,…
NMC soccer hoping for another big season
by Ben MurphySports Writer Last fall was quite the memorable one for the McBain Northern Michigan Christian boys soccer team. The Comets went 19-2-1 on the year, winning the Northern Michigan Soccer League and claiming a district championship along the…
Clare soccer loaded with 15 returnees
by Ben MurphySports Writer The Clare soccer team will have plenty of familiar faces this fall. Fourth year head coach Jim Bond has 15 players back from last year’s team that went 6-10-2.“Last year’s roster was young and inexperienced, but…
