Douglas has closed Westshore Street betweenSt. Peters Drive and Hamilton Street on heels a watermain break there Friday. The break has been repaired, city officials said, but water over the roadway has created potential safety concerns due to erosion. City engineer Prein & Newhof advised closure to ensure public safety and allow the city to Read More…
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Stanberry shined as four-sport athlete for Trailblazers
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorTo say recent Saugatuck graduate Cass Stanberry stayed busy during his high school days would be an understatement.In addition to being actively involved in several leadership and service programs—including Interact Club, Be Nice, PALS and the Douglas Elementary Leadership Program—he was also a four-sport athlete for all four years.In the fall, you’d Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorPorch GeeseThere is no better sign America has been made great again than the return of porch geese.“Life-size decorative goose statues for the lawn, garden or porch aren’t a new idea,” reports the Washington Post’s Kate Morgan. “They were popular in the 1980s, particularly in the Midwest.“Now they’re making a big comeback as Read More…
Venetian Fest ‘25
… was a blast. See more photographs inside.
Christian Neighbors hosts Back to School Celebration
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor With July drawing to a close, the start of a new school year is creeping ever closer.Otsego Public School’s first day of classes is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 19, while Plainwell Community Schools will welcome students back on Monday, Aug. 25.And to help make heading back to school as smooth as Read More…
Weather alters plans for Island City Festival
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…
Burnett appointed to 57th District bench
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…
Allegan Summer Tennis wraps up another successful season
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…
Life as Performance Art
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…
Mike’s Musings: Traverse City violence too close to home- action needed
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…