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Douglas forum set for library Oct. 2
By Scott SullivanEditorSix candidates for four two-year Douglas City Council seats available in Nov. 5 elections have been invited to a Holland Area League of Women Voters-sponsored forum Monday, Oct. 2, in the Saugatuck-Douglas District Library, 174 Center St., from…
Otsego students to be honored as part of Purple Week
Otsego sophomore Christopher Harris (above) and Otsego seventh grader Remy Coburn will be honored before the Otsego football game on Friday, Oct. 4, as part of Purple Week. Otsego Public Schools’ Purple Week is almost here.The event, which the district…
Kelly receives Pay It Forward Spotlight Award
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…
Trowbridge Dam clean-up ready to roll
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…
Death of Lee Township woman being investigated as homicide
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,…
Art of Recovery celebrated on the Allegan Riverfront
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…
Council swears in Trice as new police chief
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…
New police chief visits school
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…
GVAAC names county businesses as the best in 2024
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…
1-year-old dies when Camry struck by Mack truck
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…
EPA, City to do door-to-door in-home water service line verification Oct. 1-4
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…
EPA partners with Three Rivers in lead water pipe replacement process
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…
TR police searching for carjacking suspect
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…
City council hears BlueOval on target for starting 2026 production and hiring despite rocky road to construction
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…
Albion College’s Annual Albion Community Day cleans up city and builds relationships
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…
Advocates, family push St. Joseph County to hand over Shank case to MSP County chair to discuss with prosecutor
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…
Branch Co. native comes ‘full circle’ with rodeo show at St. Joseph County Fair
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…
Clare City, schools have new Liaison Officer
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…
Demasi sentenced to a year and a day
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,…
Sprague murder trial delayed to November 5
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…
