By Paul GarrodStaff Writer WAVERLY TOWNSHIP – A Gobles area woman and Lawrence area man face numerous drug and weapon charges, following a traffic stop in Waverly Township, Friday, July 22, according to a press release from the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office.Van Buren County Sheriff Daniel Abbott said Sheriff’s deputies made the traffic stop Read More…
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Fugitives arrested at Waverly Twp address
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer WAVERLY TWP. – Two people wanted by authorities, one for a parole violation and the other, felony larceny, were arrested early Monday morning, July 25, in Waverly Township, according to a press release from the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office.Van Buren County Sheriff Daniel Abbott said Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Read More…
Delaney Bush’s legacy honored with final Delaney’s Run
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The fifth—and final—version of Delaney’s Run took place at Otsego High School’s West Campus on Saturday, July 23.Family members, friends and former classmates were among the dozens of people who showed up to honor the memory and legacy of Delaney Bush, who passed away unexpected at the age of 18 in Read More…
Fire at Gilkey Elementary appears to be intentionally set
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor A fire at Gilkey Elementary School in Plainwell appears to be a case of arson, according to officials from the Plainwell Department of Public Safety.Firefighters were dispatched to the school at approximately 7:58 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19, and found a fire in the outdoor men’s restroom near the district’s baseball Read More…
Lyrics on the Lawn returns to Otsego District Library
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Lyrics on the Lawn is back.Following a two-year hiatus due to COVID, the popular free summer concert series is returning to the Otsego District Library on Thursdays in August. All shows start at 7 p.m.This year’s slate of performers includes the Samuel Nalangira Trio (world) on Aug. 4, Calabogie Road (bluegrass) Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorDownloadI learn doing and undoing. Take the flash. After nine years of natural-light photography I bought a Speedlite for an indoor shoot. Time had come.It arrived the p.m. before the shoot and I quaked unpacking it. My Depression-raised Dad taught me get a return when you invest in yourself; it is not an Read More…
Supreme Court says rehear dunes standing
By Scott SullivanEditorThe Michigan Supreme Court Friday struck down past local and state appeals court rulings that a dunes preservation group lacked standing to appeal 2017 go-aheads given a proposed NorthShore of Saugatuck development north of the Kalamazoo River channel to Lake Michigan.The high court by 5-2 decision remanded the issue back to Allegan County Read More…
No bowl of cherries for toppled truck
First responders don’t get to cherry pick incidents they are called to but an exception came July 13 when a semi and 48-foot trailer hauling 48 crates of cherries overturned on northbound I-196 just north of Exit 34 at 3:41 a.m. “Since the wreck was positioned on the shoulder,” said Saugatuck Township Fire District IT Read More…
Blue Star Trail alive +, backers say
By Scott SullivanEditorRumors of the Blue Star Trail’s death may be premature, witness backers’ response to a temporary state grant turndown and perhaps a July 21 Commercial Record front-page headline “$1.72+ million Trail request dead ends, for now.”Assuming one overlooks “for now.” Defeat and delay are different.Project engineer C2AE’s response to a July 8 letter Read More…
Allegan’s Bronkema records first hole in one
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor SAUGATUCK—With her round coming to an end at Clearbrook Golf Club on Monday, July 11, Zoe Bronkema admits that her level of concentration wasn’t quite where it usually is.“It was kind of a weird round,” said Bronkema, a senior-to-be at Allegan High School who was playing as part of the Girls Read More…