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Martin can resume practice Dec. 21 for Jan. 2 playoff

The Michigan High School Athletic Association has announced that the high school football playoffs indeed will be resumed in the wake of the lifting of the “pause to save lives”…

Editor December 18, 2020

Features

Mary Swainston retiring, drove bus for many years

Mary Swainston's last day driving bus for the Hopkins Public Schools was today, Friday, Dec. 18. She is retiring after many years of service to the school district. She, her…

Editor December 18, 2020

Obituaries

Edith Raab of Dorr, 99, to rest in Salem Cemetery

Edith Raab of Dorr died Monday, Dec. 7. She was 99. Born on April 5, 1921, she was preceded in death by her brothers and sisters. She is survived by…

Editor December 18, 2020

Obituaries

Former Bloomingdale postmaster Bonnie Stech dies

Bonnie J. Stech (Daglow), 68 years of age, died Monday, Dec. 14. Born in Albion, Feb. 17, 1952, she graduated from Litchfield High School and attended Albion College in Albion before…

Editor December 18, 2020

Articles

‘Reimagine trash’ business park plans proceed in Dorr

Representatives from Kent County spearheading the sustainable business park in northeast Dorr Township are proceeding apace with plans. Darwin Baas, director of the Kent County Department of Public Works,…

Editor December 17, 2020

Columns

Army Bob: Americans should mask up, open up

by Robert M. Traxler In this age of COVID-19 there seems to be a debate raging between those who say we should ban attendance at places of worship, and those…

Editor December 17, 2020

Columns

Basura: Lessons abound from Jon’s polio experience

“People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.” — Lemony Snicket, The…

Editor December 16, 2020

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 — Dec. 20, 1995 The Dorr Christian Reformed Church was presenting a live…

Editor December 16, 2020

Community Notices

All Martin schools now are shutting down until Jan. 4

Martin Public Schools have shut down entirely until Monday, Jan. 4, according to an announcement today by Supt. Brooke Ballee-Stone. The superintendent said today, “Due to the number of staff…

Editor December 16, 2020

Community Notices

Middleville man dies in car-truck traffic crash

UPDATE: It was reported Thursday that blinking traffic lights have been installed at the intersection. Troopers with the Wayland post of the Michigan State Police said they don't know why…

Editor December 16, 2020