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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

Articles

Dorr site condo project clears hurdle for rezoning

The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening recommended by a 6-0 vote a request to rezone an 18.34-acre parcel at 3872 18th St. from agricultural to rural estates. John Langlois…

Editor December 15, 2020

Community Notices

Semi rolls over on U.S.-131; one killed in traffic crash

A semi-trailer left the U.S.-131 expressway and rolled over just north of the Dorr exit Tuesday afternoon, killing one person and causing traffic shutdowns between the Dorr and 100th Street…

Editor December 15, 2020

Columns

Ranger Rick: Trump made the Covid vaccine happen

On Nov. 3, 4, 5, 6... we voted and counted all votes, both legal and not, and the Honorable Joe Biden, former vice president won, or so it seems. Today,…

Editor December 15, 2020

Community Notices

Allegan County’s Covid-19 death toll climbs to 46

The number of Covid-19 virus deaths since March in Allegan County increased from 43 to 46 over the weekend, according to the Allegan County Health Department. The death toll was…

Editor December 14, 2020

Articles

Wayland board members Wood, Mellema, step down

Trustee Gary Wood and President Cinnamon Mellema turned in their last meetings Monday night as members of the Wayland Board of Education. Wood is retiring at the end of this…

Editor December 14, 2020

Articles

Hopkins school board bids good-bye to 3 members

The Hopkins Board of Education bid adieu to three of its members who are retiring, one of whom lamented about lack of candidates in the 2020 election. John Myers, who…

Editor December 14, 2020