Posted inObituaries
Service Tuesday for fire chief, businessman Perle Goodman
Perle Goodman Jr. age 83 of Burnips, died Friday, June 16. After serving in the Army at the end of the Korean War, Perle ran Moored Farm Supply in Hopkins for…
Posted inEditorial
Why not let local government control fireworks madness?
ACHTUNG: This is not a fair and balanced story. It is an editorial by the editor. I’ve been railing against the Michigan Legislature’s terrible decision to allow fireworks everywhere on…
Posted inCommunity Notices
WHS grad Baily Sopjes enrolls in med school at MSU
Baily Sopjes, a 2013 graduate of Wayland High School and the daughter of Jack and Erin Sopjes of Dorr, has enrolled at the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.…
Posted inColumns
One Small Voice: Congressman Scalise may suffer mightily
by Lynn Mandaville A little over 48 hours ago, one James Hodgkinson decided that the appropriate redress of his (unknown to us) grievances was to shoot down Republican congressmen who were…
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Army Bob: Trump was right to pull out of Paris Accords
by Robert M. Traxler President Donald Trump took us out of the Paris Climate Accord; the folks in the "anti-everything our President does" crowd are harping and carping overtime. We…
Posted inArticles
Dems had majority in Dorr Twp. less than a decade ago
Once upon a time, Dorr Township was an island of Democrats in a sea of Republicans in Allegan County. Those days are gone. To be sure, there have been pockets…
Posted inEditorial
Hate-filled rhetoric fuels troubling incidents like shooting
To the editor: A person shot up a baseball practice in the Washington D.C. area; not surprising, the target was a team made up of Republican members of the House…
Posted inCommunity Notices
Hopkins Township barn fire kills more than a dozen cattle
Several animals were killed in a barn fire early Thursday morning at Ybema Farms in Hopkins Township. Authorities indicated the fire started overnight by some kind of electrical spark. Local firefighters…
Posted inFeatures
Finally! Clouds portend that a hard rain’s a gonna fall
Randy Maynard took this photo of the swirl of clouds over the overpass at U.S.-131 and 144th Avenue just north of Dorr on Wednesday evening. It wasn't long afterward that…
Posted inArticles
Martin Twp. adopts $800,000 budget for fiscal year 2017-18
The Martin Township Board Wednesday night adopted a budget of more than $800,000 after holding a truth in taxation hearing. The board chose to levy the maximum amount of 0.8625…