By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Children’s theater is returning to Plainwell for the upcoming summer.The Plainwell Arts Council recently announced the Missoula Children’s Theater (MCT) will put on a production of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” featuring more than 60 local students.The performance will take place on Saturday, June, 21, at the Plainwell Performing Arts Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor SCHOOLCRAFT—After hosting the Tiger Invitational on Saturday, April 19, the Allegan girls tennis team returned to SAC/Lakeland action on Monday, April 21, with a road match in Schoolcraft.And the Tigers came away with the 7-1 win, including a sweep of the doubles flights.Allegan’s No. 1 doubles team of Taylor Fuller/Hanna Kievit Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor KALAMAZOO—The Otsego baseball team squared off with Kalamazoo Central in a non-conference twin bill on Monday, April 21, and came up short in both contests.The Bulldogs dropped the opener 11-1 before suffering the 13-2 defeat in the nightcap.In game one, Jaydon Watson had an RBI double to account for Otsego’s lone Read More…
On the whole, as things go, this past week’s surprise natural gas outage, wasn’t really all that bad. It could have been worse; a lot worse. Fortunately, the disruption came when the weather was moderate, so we did not have frozen pipes, or worse, frozen people. Still, it was uncomfortable, and by last weekend, Read More…
I was flipping channels the other night when a question was asked. What did you fear most as a kid? There were a variety of answers but one of the answers was quicksand.I immediately concurred. Quicksand was fear of mine for no particular reason other than as a kid I had heard horror stories of Read More…
By Gari Voss The weekend of April 18-20, 2025, was again packed with possibilities for all ages. The events really began on Thursday, April 17th and did not slow down until the afternoon of Saturday, April 19th.The “weekend” really began on Thursday, April 17th when the lower level of the Griswold Auditorium filled with people Read More…
By Gari Voss Conversations arose when the City of Allegan was informed by City Manager Joel Dye that the council needed to find ways to finance a laundry list of projects over the next 10 years. During that meeting, the proposal was made to transfer the police protection from the City of Allegan Police Department Read More…
By James Windell If you’ve lamented the closing of Sherman’s Dairy Bar, a South Haven summer ice cream shop for the past 66 years, take heart.Sherman’s Dairy Bar, which closed last October, is now reopened under a new owner as Sherman’s of South Haven.According to Mike Schimanski, the new owner, nothing will change – at Read More…
By James Windell Based on the interest in the proposed Community Recreation Director agreement, which the South Haven City council did not approve on April 7, it was not surprising that the topic would come up at the South Haven Area Recreation Authority regular meeting on April 15, 2025.What was surprising was the intense emotions Read More…