March 2021 – Page 7

Copart’s rezoning request wins fast track from Dorr

The Dorr Township Board Thursday night voted narrowly, 4-3, to fast track a rezoning request to make way for a combination auto salvage yard and on-line sales business just east…

Editor March 18, 2021

Articles

Dorr officials lose $5,000 each in salaries to roads

The Dorr Township Board Thursday night adopted the 2021-22 fiscal year budget, but it was a couple of tweaks proposed by Trustee John Tuinstra that got the most notice. Tuinstra…

Editor March 18, 2021

Columns

Army Bob: Sex harrassment charge worse than murder?

Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York, is being investigated for his involvement with the deaths of thousands of elderly Americans in nursing homes. The mantra of the folks who do…

Editor March 18, 2021

Community Notices

Covid-19 temporarily shuts down Walmart in Plainwell

Word on the street is that the Plainwell Walmart store along M-89, just west of the U.S.-131 expressway, closed at 2 p.m. Thursday and will reopen Saturday at 9 a.m.…

Editor March 18, 2021

Editorial

Frank v. Dave: Bernie really wasn’t thrown under a bus

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a special presentation of a point-counterpoint argument, much like that between Dan Akroyd and Jane Curtin on Saturday Night Live in the late 1970s. The…

Editor March 18, 2021

Community Notices

Kentwood man, 45, killed in SUV rollover crash on exit

A 45-year-old Kentwood man was killed Wednesday evening when his SUV rolled over at the Exit No. 61 ramp off the U.S.-131 expressway near the Gun Lake Casino. Troopers from…

Editor March 18, 2021

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — March 20, 1996 Paws with a Cause will have a grand opening…

Editor March 17, 2021

Sports

Hopkins, Wayland hoops shut down regular seasons

The Hopkins and Wayland boys' and girls' basketball teams have shut down the rest of the regular seasons in hopes of staying healthy enough to compete in the post-season basketball…

Editor March 17, 2021

Sports

Martin girls come from behind to win at Watervliet

The Martin girls' basketball team outscored Watervliet 21-16 in the fourth quarter to force overtime and pulled out a 57-55 come-from-behind triumph. The Lady Clippers trailed 34-29 heading into the…

Editor March 16, 2021

Articles

Salvage yard on-line auction business coming to Dorr?

It appears that the Dorr Township water tower site near the intersection of 142nd Avenue and the U.S.-131 expressway will be getting some company. The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday…

Editor March 16, 2021