Posted inEditorial
Copart decision avoids unnecessary project delays
To the editor: I am a bit puzzled by the criticism of the rezoning for the Copart project. Here is a perfect example of good local government. The board trying…
Posted inObituaries
Raymond Brand’s funeral will be Monday in Hopkins
Raymond Andrew Brand, 62, of Allegan, died Wednesday, March 17, at his home. He was 62. Born May 10, 1958, in Wayne, MI, he was the son of the late…
Posted inArticles
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…
Posted inArticles
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…
Posted inColumns
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…
Posted inCommunity 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.…
Posted inEditorial
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…
Posted inCommunity 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…
Posted inFeatures
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…
Posted inSports
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…