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Martin semi driver is 1 of 3 injured in traffic crash

A 54-year-old Martin man was one of three people injured in a traffic crash just north of Allegan Friday afternoon. The Martin man was driving a semi tractor-trailer on Babylon…

Editor July 16, 2022

Obituaries

Hopkins native Emma Schafer dies at age 100

Emma Christine Schafer Essenburgh, 100 of Allegan, died Wednesday, July 13, at the ACMCC. Born April 17, 1922, on the family farm in Hopkins, she was the daughter of Henry…

Editor July 16, 2022

Community Notices

Simply Celia’s Restaurant to close on Saturday, July 16

The Simply Celia's Restaurant on South Main Street in downtown Wayland will close on Saturday, July 16, after the Main Street celebration. Owner-operator Celia Gleason posted on Facebook, "All of…

Editor July 15, 2022

Articles

Old Leighton air park issue resurfaces after 4-year lull

Kate Scheltema Clark Galloway Though a proposal for an air park (or airport) was approved by voters in the 2018 August primary, the project’s most vocal opponent was back in…

Editor July 14, 2022

Columns

Army Bob: Is science undeniable or a suggestion?

by Robert M. Traxler We must believe the science, all the science, or be a damned science denier and then (according to some of the progressives who scribble in the…

Editor July 14, 2022

Articles

Martin Twp. voters to be asked to renew fire millage

The Martin Township Board Wednesday night acknowledged a renewal of three-quarters of a mill for fire and emergency services and equipment will be on the Tuesday, Aug. 2 ballot. The…

Editor July 13, 2022

Sports

Four Wildcats compete in all-star softball showdown

Four representatives of the Wayland High School softball team Wednesday took part in the Division 2 all-star game at Davenport University, sponsored by the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association.…

Editor July 13, 2022

Features

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 — July 14, 1997 Local historian James Levandoski died of a heart attack…

Editor July 13, 2022

Obituaries

Mass of Christian Burial is July 19 for Margaret Weber

Margaret Ann Weber, age 95 of Salem Township, and died peacefully Monday. Margaret graduated from Zeeland High School on June 6, 1944, as the U.S. troops landed in Normandy, France.…

Editor July 13, 2022

Columns

How I got a homemade pool pond from youngest son

by Denise Dykstra A (sort of) guest post from my youngest son, Abe “This is your pool pond. I just dug it. And put plastic in it. And filled it.…

Editor July 12, 2022