By Jason WesseldykSports Editor During the past week, officials from Otsego Public Schools and Plainwell Community Schools emailed a letter to parents/guardians of students in their respective districts.Both revolved around issues involving school safety.The letter from Plainwell officials went out on Friday, Sept. 13.“We want to make you aware of some ongoing rumors that are Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Allegan boys tennis team welcomed five teams—including Holland Christian, the top-ranked team in Division 4—to town on Saturday, Sept. 14, for the Allegan Invitational.The tournament was played using a blind-group-draw format, and the Tigers finished in second place with 14 points.Holland Christian took the title with 21 points. Lakeshore was Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor STURGIS—A dominant showing in doubles helped propel the Otsego boys tennis team past Wolverine Conference rival Sturgis on Monday, Sept. 16.The Bulldogs swept the four doubles flights to go with one singles win to give them the 5-3 victory.The win was a historic one for Otsego, as it marked the first Read More…
Age 68 Grand Junction Passed away Sunday, September 15th, 2024 at his home. Steve was born August 12, 1956 in Sault Ste Marie Michigan, son of the late Howard and Lorraine Pope, and lived the majority of his life in the area. Steve had worked until retirement for GM, retiring in 2006. After that, he worked for his Read More…
I was riding my bicycle last Saturday (yes, the same bike I fell and broke my hip from a year ago) when I was about 8 miles from home, and I heard a loud splat. I knew immediately my bsck tire had gone flat.Thankfully, my girlfriend was riding with me, because I had failed to Read More…
Allegan Cub Scout Pack 3026 hosted a Scout Salute in memory of those lost on 9-11-2001. Members of Pack 3026, Scouts BSA Troop 91 and Troop 191, and Girl Scout Troop 80024 participated in the event at the Allegan Veterans Memorial. Photo credit LaVon Hughes “
After I wrote the Faces in the Crowd piece on teaching penmanship in school, my mind drifted slightly sideways toward learning how to print in the first and second grade, and then cursive writing a year later. That class was worse than arithmetic and spelling combined. We had to practice making each letter of Read More…
By Rita Williams A Kent County Judge has denied a challenger’s attempt to keep an Allegan County Board of Commissioner Candidate from appearing on the ballot.On September 13, 2024, Judge George Quist denied Democratic Challenger Christi Allen’s request to prevent Brad Lubbers, GOP-Appointed Candidate, from appearing on the November 5 General Election ballot. Allegan County Read More…
By Jordan WilcoxAssistant Publisher A shelter in place order was issued at South Haven’s Baseline Middle School on Tuesday, September 10th, following unsettling comments made by a substitute teacher.According to the mother of one of the students in class that day who spoke with News Channel 3, and an eighth grader who spoke with FOX Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — Following two days last week where classes were cancelled due to anonymous threats against schools in Three Rivers, the district’s school board president Monday praised the work done by administrators and police to keep students safe. Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education President Erin Nowak’s comments came Read More…