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By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Each month, FOX 17 recognizes and honors first responders, healthcare professionals and veterans who “have made paying it forward their life’s work.”Otsego resident Rick Kelly is the September Pay It Forward Spotlight Award honoree.An Air Force…

By Gari Voss Activity has increased along 26th St. at the site of the Trowbridge Dam. The boat launch on the Kalamazoo River at the Dam is now officially closed until 2027. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that…

Jordan WilcoxAssistant Publisher On the morning of Thursday, September 19th, Allegan County Central dispatch received a call from the Fennville Shell gas station. They were concerned about one of their employees – Mrs. Mable Mills, a 43-year-old from Lee Township.Mills,…

By Gari Voss The City of Allegan made it official at their September 23, 2024, City Council meeting. Mayor Roger Bird proclaimed September 27, 2024, as Allegan’s Day of Recovery. This puts an exclamation mark on the national Month of…

By John BriceCorrespondent The LaFayette City Council met on Monday, September 23rd of 2024 at the Chambers County Farmers Federation Agricultural Center at the ALFA building in LaFayette. In attendance were Mayor Kenneth Vines, Councilman Terry G. Mangram, Councilman David…

Who needs superheroes when you have police officers? The new LaFayette Chief of Police Christopher Trice paid a visit to Eastside Elementary John P Powell school on last week during the Community Helper Week recognition and gave the students a…

Small Business of the Year – Gimme Some Sugar & Coffee Industrial Business of the Year – Mr. ICE The Greater Valley Area Chamber of Commerce hosted its 61st Annual Membership meeting at the Burrow Warehouse downtown WestPoint Ga on…

A Friday afternoon crash in Chambers County left a Valley child dead.Alabama State Troopers say the 1-year-old was a passenger in a Toyota Camry that was struck by a Mack tractor trailer driven by 51-year-old Christopher C. Caldwell of Alex…

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — As part of its recent partnership with the EPA’s Get the Lead Out Program, residents in Three Rivers may get a knock on their door next week. The EPA and the Three Rivers…

City receives $600k grant from EGLE By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CHICAGO — The City of Three Rivers may soon be on a track to have lead pipe replacement accelerated in the near future. On Friday, Sept. 20, the United States…

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers police are searching for a suspect in an alleged carjacking that occurred Saturday in Lockport Township. According to the Three Rivers Police Department, Ernest Wellington was last seen fleeing on foot…

by Sylvia Benavidez During Monday’s Sept. 16 City Council meeting, Mayor Victoria Snyder welcomed Stephanie Fries, Ford government affairs representative by acknowledging that Ford’s BlueOval Battery Park has been contributing to the community and dealing with challenges over the last…

By Sylvia Benavidez Cleaning up the city before the Festival of the Forks has been a tradition in Albion. When former Mayor Dave Atchison was in office, he held a mayor sponsored Community Clean-up Day and college students played a…

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CENTREVILLE — Advocates and family members of Brittany Nichole Wallace Shank are pushing for St. Joseph County officials to take more action on the unsolved case of her disappearance.During public comment at Tuesday’s St. Joseph County…

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CENTREVILLE — Those who attended Monday’s TK Pro Rodeo at the St. Joseph County Grange Fair in Centreville got a full-fledged rodeo experience with all the bells and whistles right in their own backyard.But what they…

By Pat MaurerCorrespondent Clare City Manager Jeremy Howard introduced the new School Liaison Officer at Monday night’s City Commission meeting. He said:“After the recent full-time retirement of School Liaison Officer Brian David, theCity began the search for a replacement for…

By Pat MaurerCorrespondent A 50-year-old Mt Pleasant man, Anthony Demasi, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison September 12th in United States District Court, Eastern District in Bay City by US District Judge Thomas L. Ludington.Last March,…

By Pat MaurerCorrespondent Allen Leroy Sprague, the Isabella County man facing charges of hitting and killing a dirt biker and attempting to kill a second rider has been adjourned until November 5th.Sprague, 54 of Farwell, has been charged with the…

By John BriceCorrespondent In the aftermath of the school shooting tragedy that took place earlier this month in Winder, Georgia there was a heightened level of safety procedures enacted at Valley High School on Friday, September 13th of 2024.What ensued…