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Don Black to retire from County Board after serving 20 years

Don Black, 74, Allegan County Commissioner for the past 19 years, has announced he will not seek re-election next year. Black, former Wayland Township Supervisor, has served in the County…

Editor June 22, 2017

Features

A brief history of the ‘little stone house on Hopkins Road’

To the editor: More history of Knobloch Brothers Mobil Gas Station: A wooden outbuilding owned by the predecessor of the Basil Teed farm located about ½ mile west of the…

Editor June 22, 2017

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr). 25 Years Ago — June 24, 1992 Leighton and Dorr Township officials are exploring the possibility of…

Editor June 21, 2017

Columns

Treatment for cancer isn’t the horror show it used to be

by Robert M. Traxler It has been three weeks since the last update on the treatments for what is classified as advanced aggressive prostate cancer. As we Americans age, more…

Editor June 21, 2017

Community Notices

Wayland’s Outstanding People for Education announced

Selected as the 2017 Outstanding People for Education Award recipients from Wayland Union Schools were (from left) Terry "Sunshine" Ellis, community member/volunteer; Chris Rupke, art teacher, and guidance counselor Tricia…

Editor June 20, 2017

Articles

Dorr Plan Commission wants Twp. Board input on marijuana

Discussions about medical marijuana dispensaries continue for area municipalities in the wake of a state law passed last fall and in anticipation of a state-wide ballot proposal likely to take…

Editor June 20, 2017

Articles

Dorr Twp. temp office business site plan, special use OK’d

The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday night approved the site plan and special use permit for McDonald Modular Solutions to operate a temporary office business at the corner of 14th…

Editor June 20, 2017

Obituaries

Service planned for Joseph Ugianskis, 78, of Leighton Twp.

Joseph Ugianskis of Leighton Township died Saturday. He was 78. Born Feb. 18, 1939, in the country of Lithuania, he was the son of Juozas and Sofija. He was a…

Editor June 20, 2017

Community Notices

Dorr motorist avoids jail time in traffic crash injuring officer

Jeffrey Lee Huizinga, 37, of Dorr, pleaded no contest Monday in Kent County Circuit Court to charges stemming from a traffic crash on U.S-131 in February when a Wyoming police…

Editor June 20, 2017

Columns

Ranger Rick: Remove statues of all slave-holding presidents

Nations don’t like to show their warts, those times in their history they are not particularly proud and want to cover up. The period of the Civil War certainly must…

Editor June 20, 2017