By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The potential for some rainy weather led to changes for this year’s Island City Festival.Most of the festival—originally scheduled to take place in and around downtown Plainwell on Saturday, July 26—was moved inside Plainwell High School’s athletic building. The Car, Motorcycle and Tractor Show was pushed back a week to Saturday, Read More…
By Gari Voss Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on July 21, 2025, the appointment of Christopher Burnett to complete the Honorable William A. Baillargeon’s term on the Allegan County 57th District Court bench.Burnett is a resident of Allegan and has worked as an attorney at Burnett and Kastran, P.C. since 2005. Currently, Burnett serves as a Read More…
The Allegan Summer Tennis Program recently wrapped up its 2025 season.And, as usual, the long-running program brought out dozens of children to learn the fundamentals of the sport at the Gary Ellis Courts on the campus of L.E. White Middle School.The youngest participants were part of the Tiny Tykes group (top right), which includes children Read More…
We often ask each other, “What are your plans for today?” which really means “What are your goals to accomplish and then check off your to-do list?” Or we ask ourselves about our plans for the day. Is there another way of inquiring about short term goals? Perhaps you do that with some of Read More…
Here we go again. This time it is too close to home. Another alleged nut-job gone crazy injuring a dozen people, some critical at a Wal Mart, not with a gun, but with an ordinary pocketknife. If it weren’t for Marine veteran Derrick Perry, who pulled out his legal concealed weapon and a couple other Read More…
By Gari Voss Summer months are packed with outdoor activities, special events, family memories, and more. With the busy family schedules, many residents forget that there is often a “primary” election in August. On August 5, 2025, from 7am to 8pm, polls will be open for this summer’s election. Those municipalities need their residents to Read More…
The Plainwell Department of Public Safety is pleased to announce that several kayakers reported missing earlier Saturday have been successfully located and removed in the Kalamazoo River. All individuals are safe and accounted for. At approximately 7 pm on Saturday, a group of kayakers departed from a launch site near D Avenue and failed to return Read More…
By Gari Voss Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on July 21, 2025, the appointment of Christopher Burnett to complete the Honorable William A. Baillargeon’s term on the Allegan County 57th District Court bench.Burnett is a resident of Allegan and has worked as an attorney at Burnett and Kastran, P.C. since 2005. Currently, Burnett serves as a Read More…
By Gari VossThe news could not have been worse. Village Market employee Jordan Otto and her husband Michael had been in an automobile accident as they were headed home from a shower. Jordan was pregnant and near delivery, but a healthy birth would not be in the cards. A car came from what seemed nowhere Read More…
By James Windell West Michigan is the leader of the blueberry industry because of the ideal acidic soil and the lakeshore climate that promotes a thriving crop. Although blueberries are now grown all over the U.S., West Michigan is still recognized as having the best tasting fresh blueberries. And Van Buren County has thousands of Read More…