By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Motorists travelling on US-131 between Plainwell and Martin should plan for backups and delays for the next several weeks.On Monday, April 14, the Michigan Department of Transportation began a $1.4-million construction project on the four-mile stretch from the Grand Elk Railroad to just north of 112th Avenue.The project, which impacts travel Read More…
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Hart to be honored during Arbor Day Celebration at Ransom Library
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor On Friday, April 25, Ransom District Library, in partnership with the City of Plainwell, will celebrate “the beauty and importance of trees” with an Arbor Day ceremony beginning at 3 p.m.In addition to the City handing out seedlings to the first 50 attendees, the ceremony will also include a tribute to Read More…
Allegan’s Edwards Jr. named Second Team All-State
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor ALLENDALE—Allegan junior basketball standout Quentin Edwards Jr. knows a thing or two about scoring, as evidenced by his school-record 44-point effort in a game this season.But there’s more to Edwards’ game than simply putting the ball in the basket, according to Allegan boys basketball coach DeAndre Thrash.“People see all the points Read More…
Girls Tennis Preview:
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…
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…