Here’s a sobering statistic. There have been 2032 school shootings in the U.S. since 1970 and the number of shootings is increasing in frequency. Yet very little is being done to help our vulnerable school children.We can talk. We can be angry and call for justice in the name of our dead children. But until Read More…
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Saugatuck boys secure eighth consecutive SAC title
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor CONSTANTINE—Three days after winning a Division 3 regional championship, the Saugatuck boys track team was in search of another title at the SAC Championship Meet on Tuesday, May 24.Securing the league crown would be no easy task, however.“We had some guys a little banged up after the regional meet and we Read More…
Life as Performance Art
We know the well-established choreography after every mass shooting: Politicians, police officers, and other head to the microphone and trot out the well-known, safe and approved line, “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims….” Immediately afterwards there is the kickoff of the usual and obligatory debates over how we can prevent Read More…
Obituary: Florence “Flo” Fluty
Florence “Flo” Fluty, 84, of Gobles, MI and Punta Gorda, FL, went to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday, May 29, 2022, at her home on Baseline Lake surrounded by her family. She was born August 26, 1937, in Chicago, IL, the daughter of Frank and Dorothea (Belton) Baker and lived in the Gobles Read More…
Obituary: Harry “Butch” Eugene Winslow
Harry “Butch” Eugene Winslow, 74, of New Carlisle, IN, died Sunday, May 22, 2022, in Memorial Hospital after a valiant fight against bladder cancer from Agent Orange. After his older sister, Linda Lou Winslow, passed away at just 9 months old, Harry charged into the world July 23, 1948, in Watervliet, Michigan, son of the Read More…
Plainwell High School names top graduating seniors
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor As a junior, Elijah Veen established himself as one of the top cross country runners in Division 2, finishing 18th at the state finals to earn All-State honors.Veen brought that same passion and desire for excellence to the classroom. And as a result, he earned the distinction of being named valedictorian Read More…
Plainwell celebrates graduation for Class of ‘22
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Plainwell High School Class of 2022 went from the ranks of active students to that of alumni as the school held is commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 26.Despite a threat of rain, the weather cooperated and the ceremony took place at Streidl Field rather than being move into the gymnasium.“I’m Read More…
Alamo Elementary DI team places second at Global Finals
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor KANSAS CITY—Team members, coaches and parents from the Bubble Buddies—a Destination Imagination team from Alamo Elementary School in Otsego—were starting to get nervous.The team had finished competing in the Global Finals in Kansas City and were now at the Closing Ceremony, watching as results were revealed.The Bubble Buddies had selected the Read More…
Concert, 10k race headline 2022 Bridgefest
Bridgefest Returns in 2022 Celebrate the historic Second Street Bridge, now the centerpiece of the award-winning Riverfront Park, on the second Saturday of June in Downtown Allegan!The fun begins on Friday night with the kickoff to the free summer concert series, Rollin’ on the River, from 6:30pm-9:30pm. The concert series takes place on the Riverfront Read More…
Allegan pays tribute to soldiers who died fighting for us
Led by members of the Gen. Benjamin Pritchard Camp 20 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the Allegan Memorial Day Parade 2022 stepped off from the Allegan County Courthouse Parking Lot and proceeded up Ely Street and through neighborhoods to the Oakwood Read More…