Mike’s Musings: Is this really you?
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…
Allegan County Fair begins this Friday
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 hires new administrator for Allegan, Plainwell
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…
Balloon Fest in Wayland this weekend
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…
8th Annual Wag & Walk to benefit Wishbone Saturday
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…
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…
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.…
Weaver leads Wayland boys to win at mini invitational
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor WAYLAND—The Wayland boys cross country team eked out a win by the slimmest of margins at the season-opening Wayland Mini Invite on Monday, Aug. 22.The buoyed by the winning effort of Devin Weaver (17:48), the Wildcats…
Allegan swim wins opener
The Allegan girls swim & dive team came home with a 92-89 win over Portage Northern in its first meet of the season.Bella Festerling had the team’s only individual top honors, winning both the 50 and 100 freestyle, while also…
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