By Scott SullivanEditorFrom Chicago to Me., Chicago to Me. to here. So’s the road gone for Missy Corey, who, with help from Pennyroyal Café and Provisions partner Ryan Beck, has won a James Beard Award semifinalist designation.While growing up in the Windy City, she recalls food called to her — not only cooking and eating Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorThere will be no tying yellow ribbons around Cook Park’s old willow tree now that all but its stump is gone.Saugatuck Department of Public Works Supervisor Scott Herbert told city council Monday leveling of the 150-year-old icon, partially felled Nov. 1 by a windstorm abetted by carpenter ant infestation, had been completed.Bur, as Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor All three Otsego High School choirs—Chamber Singers, Bella Voce and Concert Choir—participated in a district choral festival on Wednesday, Feb. 19.And for the first time in at least four years, all three received 1 ratings, which is the highest rating possible.OHS choir director Meredith Lincoln described the experience as “quite surreal.”“When Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Allegan County Community Foundation’s Third Annual Day of Giving—known as Allegan County Gives—is scheduled for Wednesday, March 19.And the Otsego District Library is one of the organizations that stands to benefit from the generosity of the local community.Any donations made to the library’s Irene Galloway Endowment Fund on March 19 Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor PAW PAW—The third quarter was the turning point in the girls basketball teams from Otsego and Paw Paw on Friday, Feb. 21.More accurately, the final portion of the third quarter was the turning point.With the Bulldogs leading 43-36 midway through the third stanza, Paw Paw embarked on a 17-2 run to Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Huge.No. Check that. Huge, huge.That’s how Allegan girls basketball coach Sharron Thompson described his team’s home win over a South Haven team that features one of the area’s top scorers in Ly’Nique Cunningham.“This was a huge, huge win for us against the division-leading Rams,” Thompson said.The win, according to Thompson, came Read More…
Linda L. Wilson (Meade), 79, of Allegan, Michigan, passed away peacefully Monday, February 17, 2025, with family by her side. Born December 28, 1945, in Allegan, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Lynn and Lillian (Waanders) Meade.Linda was a lifetime resident of Allegan and a graduate of Allegan High School.Linda was a loving Read More…
Gerald Franklin Nye 85 yrs of age passed through the gates of heaven on Feb 11, 2025 in Traverse city at Munson Medical Center.Born in Douglas community hospital and raised on the farm in Ganges the son of Roy A. Nye and Erma C. (Hathaway) Nye.He graduated from Fennville High School and went on to Read More…
Jean Eleanor Tagg, 97, of Allegan, MI passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital. Born April 15, 1927, in Trowbridge Township, she was the daughter of the late Harold David and Bertha Caroline (Hoskins) McKee and was the wife of the late Benjamin E. Tagg. Jean was a member of Christ Read More…
With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Philip John Madalinski on February 20, 2025. Philip was born June 30, 1960, in Allegan, Michigan, to his late parents Phillip and Josephine (Oleksy) Madalinski. He would meet his bride and best friend Rhonda (Blozvich) Madalinski sharing over 41 years of faithful marriage together. Philip retired after Read More…