By Scott SullivanEditor Who’s the money behind a 40-condominium Enclave proposed on 19.3 acres — more than two of them state-protected wetlands, within sight of Saugatuck Township’s first-ever public sculpture? RoundaboutThe 11-foot-tall yellow steel “Canary in a Coal Mine” perches floodlit on a pedestal in the island center of the township’s first-ever roundabout. It was Read More…
Posts
Plainwell MS bridge building program enjoys historic year
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor It’s been a historic year for Plainwell Middle School’s bridge building program.Seven teams from the school qualified for the State of Michigan Design and Build Bridge Challenge, while another advanced to the national level, highlighting the strength of the program and the work being done by students in and out of Read More…
Otsego softball wins two against Wyoming
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Otsego softball team picked up a non-conference sweep Thursday, shutting out Wyoming before turning its attention to a tough conference doubleheader earlier in the week.The Bulldogs opened with a 5-0 win, finishing with 11 hits while limiting Wyoming to just two. Audrey Lingbeek went the distance in the circle, striking Read More…
Allegan track teams shine at home conference meet
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor It came down to the final event.And the Allegan boys track and field team delivered.The Tigers capped a strong night by winning the 1,600-meter relay to secure a narrow victory over Bridgman, completing a sweep of their tri-meet Wednesday, April 22. Allegan also defeated Holland Black River in both the boys Read More…
Life as Performance Art
The U.S. Postal Service announced April 9 first-class stamps would rise from 78 to 82 cents July 12. Not good news but inflation is touching everything.The problem is people are buying fewer stamps because we are sending fewer first-class letters. The good/bad news is we’ve been able to buy Forever Stamps almost since, well, forever.Olds Read More…
Woman charged in Baseline Road murder of her boyfriend
By Jordan WilcoxAssistant Publisher “I just shot my boyfriend,” 44-year-old Jennifer Dana Moore told 911 dispatchers just after 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, while calling to report the shooting inside her homeDeputies with the Allegan County Sheriff’s Office were promptly dispatched to Moore’s residence just north of the Allegan–Van Buren County line on East Baseline Read More…
Over 400 grams of meth seized at traffic stop in Martin Twp
Four Kalamazoo residents are in custody after more than 400 grams of crystal methamphetamine were recovered during a traffic stop in Allegan County this past week. On April 22, detectives with the Southwest Enforcement Team (SWET), in partnership with the Mid-Michigan Investigative Narcotics Team (MINT), conducted a narcotics trafficking investigation in Allegan and Kalamazoo Counties. SWET is Read More…
Dorr planning chairman resigns- cites stress from data center uproar
By Joseph SchultzDorr Planning Commission Chairman and Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) member Dan Beute submitted his resignation from all township offices, effective immediately. Bob Wagner read the letter at the start of Tuesday’s Planning Meeting. Beute had served on the Planning Commission since 2015 and on the ZBA since 2020.In his letter, Beute wrote Read More…
South Haven softball loses
By John RaffelCorrespondent SOUTH HAVEN — Both teams were strong in pitching on Tuesday, April 21, but Coloma was just a little bit better at the plate in 3-2 victory over South Haven’s softball game. Addison Dekoning started the game for South Haven and recorded 21 outs.Coloma got on the board in the top of Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Let’s keep data centers in industrial areas
If solar panels and windmills weren’t enough, the newest intrusion to our lands and quality of life is the need to grow the number of data centers in America and Michigan exponentially. And that has created a frenzy among the general public who is resisting the location of a data center near them.It has become Read More…