After re-reading my opinion last week that the Trump/Biden classified documents scandal was much to do about nothing, I realized I left out a couple of major points.First, I minimalized the importance of classified documents, by writing many of them are rendered useless by age. We are going crazy over documents relating to policies and Read More…
By Leslie Ballard Mykola Dziuba is not like the other exchange students at Allegan High School this year. The 17-year old comes from war-ravaged Ukraine, a democracy fighting for its life since the Russians invaded his country on Feb. 24, 2022.Mykola left his hometown of Kyiv in April to stay with some family friends in Read More…
A man left an interview with Michigan State Police in Allegan and hasn’t been seen since.Officials said he drove to a state park after the interview, parked his car in the area and left the keys inside.Todd Michael Lilge has been missing for four years. He was last seen by police on Jan. 18, 2019.He Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor PARK TOWNSHIP—A 52-year-old Otsego man is dead after his vehicle went into Lake Macatawa in Ottawa County in the early morning hours on Sunday, Jan. 22.Officials from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office believe Jon Dowler’s vehicle entered the lake at approximately 2 a.m. The crash has been ruled accidental based on Read More…
By Leslie Ballard During the Jan. 23 City Council Study Session, Doug Kadzbahn, Director of the Department of Public Works, and Tony Magee of Abonmarche gave a presentation based on Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating (PASER) data concerning the state of Allegan city streets. PASER is based on a 10-point scale with 1-4 a Poor Read More…
By Katie McElvy The Chambers Academy JV Boys Basketball Team played as the number three seed in the AA JV State Invitational Tournament over the weekend. Nine teams were invited to participate. In the first game, Chambers faced the #2 Patrician JV Saints. Hunter Andrews kicked things off with a pair of free throws to Read More…
Debra Lamb Walters, 64, a resident of Montgomery, AL died Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Visitation will be Monday, January 23, 2023 at Leak Memory Chapel from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm and one hour prior to the service on Tuesday at the church. Funeral services will be Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at Bridgeview Baptist Church Read More…
By John BriceCorrespondent Residents of LaFayette were afforded the opportunity to watch a live closed circuit television broadcast at the Chambers County Courthouse this past week of the hearing on the Chambers County Board of Education’s Motion for Approval of Site for the New Consolidated High School, for Approval to Build the New High School Read More…
To the Editor and our Chambers County School District Family:I know this has been a trying and difficult month for all of us in the CCSD. I am honored to serve as the CCSD’s Superintendent and assure you it is an enormous responsibility for which I do not take lightly when it comes to our Read More…
by Ben MurphySports Writer The Clare boys basketball team played well early on in their non-conference game at Big Rapids on Tuesday. The Pioneers couldn’t keep the good times going in the second half however, fand this led to them coming up short in the game, falling 65-53.“We played a really good first half, we Read More…