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Services Monday in Allegan for Dorr native Patricia Lane, 82

June 12, 2015

Patricia Ann Lane, 82, of Allegan, died Thursday, June 11, at the Allegan County Medical Care Community. Mrs. Lane was born July 14, 1932, in Dorr Township, the daughter of Milo and Margaret (Bieber) Bartz. Pat graduated from Allegan High School, Class of 1957, she was a member of the...

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Army Bob: Shrinking warrior class is 1/2% of U.S. population

June 12, 2015

An offshoot of the “All Volunteer Force” is a growing warrior class; our military is currently composed of one half of one percent of our population according to Military Times. Military Times reports that 80 percent of those serving come from a family where a parent or sibling is or...

Martin summer festival event planned for Saturday, July 25

June 12, 2015

The Village of Martin and Martin Township are planning a local summer festival in the downtown area. Alice Kelsey, a Village Council member and JC Wheeler Library director, told the Martin Township Board Wednesday evening that plans call for the event to be held Saturday, July 25. Kelsey said the...

Leighton officials getting more serious about new twp. hall

June 12, 2015

Leighton Township Board members Thursday evening decided to get a little more serious about plans to have a new township hall built on the same land as the township library. Trustee John Hooker said, “I think it’s time something is done soon. We’ve outgrown this (current) facility.” The township hall...

Chip and cracked seal, fog coat to be done on 144th Ave.

June 12, 2015

The Leighton Township Board Thursday night approved a cracked seal, chip seal and fog coat resurfacing job for 144th Avenue from Kalamazoo Avenue to Ninth Street at a cost of $45,000. Turned down, meanwhile, was a proposal for the same kind of work on Green Lake Road on South and...

Leighton Twp. Plan Commission Chairman stepping down

June 12, 2015

The Leighton Township Board is looking for a citizen willing to serve on the Township Planning Commission. Supervisor Steve Deer Thursday night announced that Plan Commission Chairman Al Zuidema has stepped down because he has moved to Byron Center. Scott Chestnut has been named as his successor as chairman. “We...

Services will be June 28 for Bertha May Lanning, 82, of Dorr

June 12, 2015

Bertha May Lanning, age 82, of Dorr, died Saturday, June 6, at her home. The daughter of Benjamin and Agnes (Hodsky), she was born on April 16, 1933, in Mancelona. Surviving are her husband, Darrel; sons, Lawrence (Donna) Lanning and Darrel B. (Denise) Lanning; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A...

Green Lake residents still upset about ban of dock on beach

June 12, 2015

About a dozen Green Lake residents appeared Thursday night before the Leighton Township Board for the second straight month, and this time things got a bit more hostile and confrontational. The residents in May were rebuffed in their attempt to keep a dock and fire pit on a beach they...

Wayland shocked by death of athletic patriarch Bill Merchant

June 11, 2015

Word was received Thursday morning of the death of Bill Merchant, 55, father of four of Wayland’s finest girls’ athletes and junior varsity basketball coach. Merchant was killed in a traffic crash in Hopkins Township. He was killed in a collision between his sport utility and a tanker truck at...

Motorists warned to be cautious around B-93 Birthday Bash

June 11, 2015

The Allegan County Sheriff’s office reminds everyone that the B-93 Birthday Bash is scheduled for this weekend at the U.S.-131 Motorsports Park. Anticipate heavy traffic and traffic related slow downs on U.S.-131 both north and south of the Martin/M-222 exit. Traffic may back up on the freeway, so if you...

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