Jason WesseldykSports Editor For the seventh time in the past eight years, some of the streets in Otsego were transformed into basketball courts for the Gus Maker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament from Friday, Aug. 26, through Sunday, Aug. 28.And according to Otsego City Manager Aaron Mitchell, this was the biggest Macker yet.“We had about 325 teams Read More…
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Allegan tennis finishes runner-up
Jason WesseldykSports Editor For the third time this young season, the Allegan boys tennis team finished runner-up at a tournament or quad match when the Tigers took second place at the Holland High Quad on Saturday, Aug. 27.Holland won with 18 points, while Allegan was a single point behind at 17. DeWitt was third (13) Read More…
Saugatuck football falls to Buchanan
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor BUCHANAN—Junior Will Doucette had an impressive opening game for the Saugatuck football team.Carrying the ball 13 times, Doucette racked up 181 rushing yards—an average of 13.9 yards per carry—and three touchdowns against host Buchanan on Thursday, Aug. 25.That was the good news for the Trailblazers. The bad news was Buchanan jumped Read More…
Obituary: William Allen Simpson, 46
William Allen Simpson, 46, of Cutlerville, Michigan, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at Holland Hospital. Born October 14, 1975 in Allegan, Michigan, he was the son of Janis Stora and William Simpson and the husband of Amanda (Dickens) Simpson. Will, as he was known to many, was Read More…
Obituary: Carol Lorraine Kollar, 80
Carol Lorraine Kollar, 80, of Allegan passed away Saturday, August 20, 2022 at her beloved cottage on Muskrat Lake. Carol shared many wonderful times with a large circle of friends and was always ready for an adventure. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother and Nana to her flock. Listening without judgement and solid advice could Read More…
Obituary: William Lee Reurink, 69
William Lee Reurink “Wilber,” age 69, lost his ten year battle with cancer and passed away peacefully, while surrounded by his family, Tuesday, August 16, 2022 in Wayland, MI. He is survived by his siblings Tom, Bob, Caroline, Mike, Cathy, Patty, Tim; sons Logan and Ross; and grandson, Benjamin.Wilber’s faith was one of the most Read More…
Obituary: Harold L. Franklin, Jr., 87
Harold L. Franklin, Jr., 87, of Dyersburg, TN, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital.Harold was born on October 12, 1934, in Lansing, MI, to the late Harold Franklin, Sr. and the late Marguerite Harvey Franklin. His career spanned over sixty years and included management roles at General Motors, Read More…
Life as Performance Art
JM Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, also wrote the script for a play, and later a movie, he called The Old Lady Shows her Medals. It is set right after World War One in London. The plot is disarmingly simple: an older woman invites a young soldier home on leave to come to her house for Read More…
Sorry, but I don’t want to pay for your loan
It’s so great to be a taxpayer in the United States. Our government continues to pile on the middle class with new tax after new tax.Now we are being told we must contribute to the $500 billion slush fund that will be used to pay $10,000 to $20,000 to Americans with college loans. Essentially productive Read More…
Strong storms blow through county producing outages
Jason WesseldykSports Editor For the second time in less than a month, a strong storm system ripped through the area.The most recent of those storms hit the Otsego and Plainwell between 3:30 and 3:45 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 29. And while there were no reports of streets flooding as with the earlier storm, this one Read More…