Plainwell’s Josie Longcore (left) placed eighth at the Rustbuster, while Otsego’s Taylor Klimp was 18th. (Photo by Jason Wesseldyk) Otsego’s Logan Brazee (front center), Megan Germain (front right) and Emma Hoffman (back) compete at the Southwest Michigan Rustbuster. (Photo by…

Jason WesseldykSports Editor VICKSBURG—Playing in the SAC jamboree hosted by Schoolcraft at States Golf Course on Thursday, Sept. 1, Allegan placed seventh with a score of 231.Zoe Bronkema finished second in the individual standings with a 41, while Leah Snyder…

Lois Mae Hammond of Allegan, Michigan, age 73, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. She was born to Harold and Una Cole on September 19, 1948, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.Lois was so many things. She was a wife, a…

David Bennie Waanders, 90, lifelong resident of Allegan, MI passed away peacefully Friday, September 2, 2022, at Allegan County Medical Care Community where he had resided for the past five and a half years. Born August 24, 1932, he was…

    King Charles I of England detested coffee, and especially coffee houses.  If he had had his way, coffee would be forbidden in his realm, and coffee houses would slither into the recesses of history.    It had nothing to do with the smell…

Believe it or not, one of the most requested additions readers seek in our newspapers is horoscopes. Unfortunately we just don’t have the space to publish a regular Horoscope column. However I came across this rather humorous (some would say…

The 2021 Allegan County Fair broke records in attendance and brought smiles to young and old alike as people cautiously moved through the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 Allegan County Fair opens this Friday, and the Fair Board and staff feel…

Ascension Borgess is pleased to announce Natalie Ryder, MBA-HM, MSN, RN, NE-BC, as administrator of Ascension Borgess Allegan Hospital in Allegan and Ascension Borgess-Pipp Hospital in Plainwell. In addition, Ryder will continue in her current role as administrator of Ascension…

The Wayland Hot Air Balloonfest will return for 2022. The event will be held September 9-10 at Calkins Field (3755 South Division in Wayland).Tethered rides will begin at 5 p.m. each night. Balloon launches will start at 6 p.m. A…

Wishbone’s 8th Annual Wag and Walk will be on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at Robinson Manor, 701 Marshall Street in Allegan. From 10am until 2pm, walkers with or without four-legged friends can meander down Marshall St., cross the 2nd Street…

The Mayor’s Monarch Pledge program is underway in Plainwell. (Photo provided) 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…

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…

Otsego City Manager Aaron Mitchell (center) drives past Otsego varsity boys basketball coach Matt Dennis during a charity game as part of the Gus Macker. (Photo by Jason Wesseldyk) Jason WesseldykSports Editor For the seventh time in the past eight…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

     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…

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…