Month: August 2024

Columns

Load the cookie gun for peanut crinkles throwback treat

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by Kathy Hamman Miller I found a Cookie Gun! Let’s make Peanut Crinkles. I remembered these as being a thin, rich and tasty cookie Grandma made that had a very nice peanut butter flavor. I’m sure you could use a small scoop to make these too. Ingredients: 1/2 cup peanut...
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Viking girls 7th, boys 10th in midnight C-C meet

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The Hopkins girls’ varsity cross-country team opened its 2024 season with a reasonably successful performance at the “Under the Lights” meet at the South Christian athletic complex, taking seventh place among 16 teams with 229 team points. The Viking boys, under second-year coach John Wamhoff, finished 10th among the 20...
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Editorial

Arny Rodriguez tells his side of the parking story:

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My personal and professional supporters encouraged me to respond to the inaccuracies and personal attacks I am receiving here. I hesitate to answer the accusations considering the biased source. Let me start by asking why none of you have come to talk to me about your concerns. Is it because...
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Wildcats even season record with win over Cedar Springs

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The Wayland boys’ varsity tennis team; Thursday evened its season record at 1-1 with a  convincing 7-1 triumph at home against Cedar Springs. Coach Ben Adams quipped, “This is the second match this week against a ‘Hawk’ team (Hamilton Hawkeyes and Cedar Springs Red Hawks), and the Wildcats are 1-1.”...
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Articles

Dorr Township grapples with how to empty ARPA fund

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The old Crosswind Church, the new Dorr Township Hall Dorr Township still has $262,857 in its federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) fund and needs to spend it before the end of 2024. The Township Board had several discussions Thursday night about using the money wisely and within the rules,...
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Dorr Marathon being sold by Fifelskis after 55 years

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The Dorr Marathon gas station, owned and operated by the Fifelski family for the last 55 years, is being sold to Merle Boes Fuel Hauling. The station, located at the corner of 142nd Avenue and 18th Street in downtown Dorr, was owned by former Dorr Township Fire Chief William Fifelski...
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Columns

Army Bob: For Dems this week, no bad news allowed

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by Robert M. Traxler The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has been blasting the holy crap out of Hamas in the last week. Have you seen much coverage on the “mainstream media?” Probably not, as the truth would upset the “from the river to the sea” mob, and that would not...
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Tom Jessup to fill Allegan County Board vacancy

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New Allegan County Commissioner Tom Jessup (right) was sworn in by Chief Deputy Clerk Jackie Porter while Board Chairman Jim Storey looks on. Former Allegan County Board of Commissioners member Tom Jesus Wednesday was appointed by the board to fill out the remainder of the late Dean Kapenga’s term. The...
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Shelbyville man, 48, dies of motorcycle crash injuries

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Kevin Trumbull of Shelbyville died Monday, Aug. 19, after a tragic motorcycle accident. He fought for five days in the hospital before passing. He was 48. Kevin was born on April 1, 1976, in Grand Rapids to Glenn and Darlene. He was the youngest of three children, with an older...
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Boiled dinner, party to honor the late Calvin Griffith, 70

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Calvin Griffith, pegged as the patriarch of the local Griffith family, died Monday, Aug. 19. Calvin Jay Griffith, 70 of Watson Township, was born in Allegan and lived in Hastings as well as Watson Township, where he raised two children. He was an avid gardener spending the majority of his...
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