Donna M. Hotchkiss of Allegan, MI passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2022, peacefully at her home. Born September 6, 1929, in Allegan, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Lillian (Miller) Truax and was the wife of the late Kenneth Hotchkiss who passed away in 2017. Donna graduated from Allegan High School in Read More…
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Obituary: Joanne C. Craig
Joanne C. Craig, 82, of Sioux City, IA passed away Thursday, April 21st evening due to cancer in the comfort of her home. She was born in Menominee, MI to Virginia and Peter Christiansen who preceded her in death as well as her brother Donald Christiansen and sister Alice Mae Rosenbaum.Joanne is survived by her Read More…
Obituary: David Donald Hagger
David Donald Hagger of Fennville passed away peacefully as the sun was setting on April 21, 2022, surrounded by his two loving daughters Dana and Julie. David was born in Douglas on June 30, 1941, to Walter and Margaret (Haan) Hagger. David loved the outdoors and anything in nature. He could always be found outside Read More…
Obituary: Benny LeRoy Koteras
Benny LeRoy Koteras, 75, of Allegan, passed away on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI. He was born in Allegan on December 16, 1945, son of the late Bernard and Iva Koteras. He grew up on Miner Lake on the farm with his father. They raised pigs, chickens, and geese, and Read More…
Obituary: Isabella Mary Hanse-Amundsen
Isabelle Mary Hanse-Amundsen passed away on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Advent Health Hospital in Ocala, Florida. She was born on October 8, 1948, in Passaic General Hospital, Passaic, New Jersey to the Rev. John Chapman Hanse and Isabelle Maxwell Turnbull Hanse, both are deceased. Isabelle was also predeceased by her younger brother, John Kevin Read More…
Obituary: Danielle Ruby Coster
Danielle Ruby Coster, 37 of Allegan, Michigan, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2022. Born August 3, 1984 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, she was the daughter of Steven Coster and Angelia (Hinton) Nash. Danielle was a vivacious woman who had a deep love for her children and loved being home with them and participating in their Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Our tax dollars fund useless projects
Why is it that our federal government feels it can spend our tax dollars on projects that make little sense? Is it because there is no accountability? Or is it because out bureaucracy needs to spend the dollars allocated to their department to perpetuate their employment?Whatever the reason spending is out of control. One of Read More…
Life as Performance Art
If you have ever gone to a big potluck dinner or noshed your way through an all-you-can-eat buffet, you know the drill. Spread out before you at serving stations or trestle tables is a vast array of food. With a plate in one hand, you make your way through the food and take what you want, Read More…
Tigers continue to show improvement at Allegan Duals
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Allegan girls tennis team won a pair of flight championships and finished runner-up in five other flights at the Allegan Duals on Saturday, April 23.The Tigers placed second in the team standings with 16 points. Hudsonville won the event with 21 points, while Elk Rapids was third with seven points Read More…
Otsego tennis opens league season with two victories
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Otsego girls tennis team opened the Wolverine Conference portion of its schedule with a pair of 8-0 wins.The Bulldogs shut out Paw Paw on Wednesday, April 20, before doing the same to Vicksburg on Monday, April 25.In the Paw Paw match, Otsego dropped two or fewer games in six of Read More…