Editor

Martin football season ends with rare loss, just like 2019

It was déjà vu all over again, with apologies to Yogi Berra. The Martin High School varsity football team Saturday made its second straight eight-man playoff appearance in the state…

Editor January 9, 2021

Community Notices

Post-holiday uptick shows 81 county Covid-19 deaths

The number of Covid-19 fatalities reported in Allegan County jumped from 73 Monday to 76 Wednesday and to 81 Friday since the pandemic began last March. The Allegan County Health…

Editor January 8, 2021

Community Notices

Martin Township Board meeting Jan. 13 canceled

The Martin Township Board has called off its Wednesday, Jan. 13 meeting at 6:30 p.m. Township Clerk Rachelle Smit eplained, "Due to only one item on the agenda of new…

Editor January 8, 2021

Obituaries

Private Hicks Cemetery burial set for Carolyn Taylor

Carolyn K. Taylor of Otsego died Monday, Jan. 4, at Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was 81. Born Dec. 5, 1939, in Allegan Township, she was the daughter of James…

Editor January 7, 2021

Articles

Watson may explore other Internet service options

The Watson Township Board isn’t satisfied with its Internet service with A T & T and may look into other options. Township Treasurer Stephanie Caulder said he was unable to…

Editor January 7, 2021

Columns

Army Bob: OK, Mr. Biden. You won. So now what?

by Robert M. Traxler Janet Hook and Evan Helper of the Los Angeles Times basically said that President-elect Joe Biden kept his number one campaign promise, so the other campaign…

Editor January 7, 2021

Editorial

Guest column: Let’s hold the enablers responsible

by Mark Ludwig I've run twice for office in GOP-dominated Allegan County. It was mostly cordial, a pleasant experience. No more. I've watched my State Rep. (Mary Whiteford) and worse…

Editor January 7, 2021

Community Notices

Allegan County Covid cases now total more than 6,000

More than 6,000 Coronavirus cases now have been reported in Allegan County (6.030) and the number of deaths in the two days have risen to 76 from 73. There are…

Editor January 6, 2021

Columns

One Small Voice: My real time take on Capitol mess

by Lynn Mandaville Republicans, do you see what you have enabled all these four years that an unstable, megalomanic has sat in the role of President of the United States?…

Editor January 6, 2021

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 — Jan. 10, 1996 Hopkins junior guard Tim Kisner scored 41 points, his…

Editor January 6, 2021