By Jason WesseldykSports Editor ALLEGANNew season.Same expectations for Allegan.“It’s the same expectations every year for us,” Allegan coach Damien Arthur said. “Allegan girls tennis has a long history of contending for conference and regional championships as well as top-10 finishes at the State Finals.“Last year we fell short on two out of three major goals, Read More…
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Proposal presented to eliminate city police department
By Gari Voss The Monday, April 14, 2025, meeting of the Allegan City Council began with clarification of a conversation that occurred during the April 10th Budget Session. It continued on a lighter note with Mayor Traci Perrigo making the 2025 Arbor Day Proclamation. From there, commission meetings were shared, resolutions were adopted, and property Read More…
Natural Gas Leak affects thousands from Fennville to Saugatuck
By Gari Voss News came on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 2:40pm that a natural gas leak had occurred in the Allegan County Game Area in the area of 57th Street and 122nd Avenue. Approximately 5,200 residents and business lost gas service, including the City of Fennville, Clyde Township, Ganges Township, Saugatuck Township, the City Read More…
Paw Paw baseball is now 4-4
By John Raffel Varsity baseball traveled to Three Rivers Friday to open conference play. The DH ended in a split for two tightly contested games. In Game No. 1 the Red Wolves outhit the Wildcats but just couldn’t get the key hit and lost a close one 3-1.Andrew Lehto pitched 4 strong innings, allowed 4 Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Give tariffs a chance, they may work
Let’s give the tariffs time to work. If they don’t work I will be the first to admit I was wrong. President Trump seems to be backing off his hardline positions with a 90-day reprieve for most, and taking tariffs off cellphones, electronics and associated items made in China. I think that is a good Read More…
Life as Performance Art
Sometimes we learn more about ourselves and our fu-ture by looking back in histo-ry.Today, we go back about a century to the Roaring ‘20s. Babe Ruth is slamming home runs, the Four Horse-men are playing for Knute Rockne at Notre Dame, the Charleston is all the rage and the stock market is going up. So Read More…
Op-Ed from Allegan City Manager, Joel Dye
To the editor: I am writing to correct the misinformation in the April 17 edition of the paper that mischaracterizes the April 14 meeting of the Allegan City Council. If you just read the headline, you’d be left with an entirely wrong idea of what happened during the meeting. As with so many other Michigan Read More…
South Haven fails to act on lifeguard recommendations
By James Windell When TV camera crews showed up at the South Haven City Council meeting on Monday, April 7, 2025, it was clear that there was a hot-button issue on the agenda. But it was not short-term rentals this time.And when the first three citizens who addressed the City Council discussed the need for Read More…
South Haven couple will cycle in all 50 states
By James Windell When Deanne and Roger Fridley began dating, Roger bought a bicycle because Deanne was an avid cyclist. Not only did he take up the sport, but now the couple are one state away from accomplishing a cycling goal: Riding their bikes in all 50 states.The Fridleys are looking forward to their final Read More…