Allegan County News & Union Enterprise Obituaries

Obituary: Patrick L Rumery Sr.

Patrick L Rumery, Sr. of Valrico, FL passed away peacefully on October 22, 2024. Pat was born in Allegan, MI on April 5, 1949, the son of Jeanette and Weldon Rumery. He graduated from Ferris State University in Michigan. His professional career included safety research at American Motors, manager of Red Lobster restaurants, sold insurance Read More…

Allegan County News & Union Enterprise News

3126 residences hooked up to county broadband so far

ALLEGAN — The $65 million project to bring broadband, hi-speed internet access to unserved areas of Allegan County, continues to connect residents to the world wide web. The county organized the project using $17 million in federal ARPA funds to leverage funding from 123Net and the state’sROBIN program, also funded by federal awards.As of mid-November, Read More…

Allegan County News & Union Enterprise News

Small Business Saturday brings wonderful surprises and a sad goodbye

By Gari Voss Even with solid Black Friday sales and specials, the streets of Allegan were lined with vehicles belonging to shoppers taking advantage of Small Business Saturday on Nov. 30, 2024. Full parking spaces may have meant walking a couple of blocks to stores and shops, but once parked, there were treasures and information Read More…

LaFayette Sun Sports

Bulldogs win against Long, but drop heartbreaker to Handley

By Pamela Whitlow The LaFayette Bulldogs basketball teams traveled during the holiday Thanksgiving break to Dale County to take on George W. Long.The Boys Junior Varsity team crushed the Rebels with a 44-29 win.The Varsity Bulldogs boys eeked out a 58-54 victory.Kemare Harrington led the Bulldogs with 24 points and Jordan Johnson with 16 points.As Read More…

LaFayette Sun Obituaries

Obituary: Ms. Barbara (Short Cake) Calloway Ashford

Ms. Barbara (Short Cake) Calloway Ashford, 53, of LaFayette died Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, December 5, 2024, at White Hall Baptist Church, LaFayette at 12:00 p.m. (CST) with Pastor Ed Vines officiating. Interment will be at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, LaFayette. The Read More…

LaFayette Sun News

Christmas Committee kicks off holiday season

By John BriceCorrespondent Seasons greetings were in full swing with a tree lighting event outside the courthouse entrance in downtown LaFayette hosted by the Christmas Committee during the evening hours of Sunday, December 1st of 2024.LaFayette Christmas Committee Chair Adrian Holloway welcomed the attendees which was followed by a prayer led by Chambers County Probate Read More…

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Life as Performance Art

 When it started getting cold this year and snow was in the air, someone spotted me walking and wanted to know why my coat was unbuttoned. “Don’t you know it’s cold?” she asked. If I don’t happen to have on my gloves or a hat, a fellow here in town will scold, “Don’t you know it’s Read More…

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Mike’s Musings: Words to live by

I found this post on Facebook. I unfortunately don’t know who the author is, but I haven’t read anything lately, that expresses best, how to live our life. Follow these basic tenets and you will be a great person. Personally, I fall short in many categories. How do you rank?“When we die, our money remains Read More…