Editor

Mrs. Ewing was World War II machinist, Weick’s clerk

Mary Lou Ewing, 96, of Hopkins, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, at Allegan Country Estate. Born Sept. 14, 1923, in Grand Rapids, she was the daughter of William and Christine (Meyers)…

Editor September 4, 2020

Sports

Area high school fall sports games are back in business

"Friday night lights" are back. The fall 2020 football season was reinstated Thursday by the Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order…

Editor September 3, 2020

Columns

Army Bob: North vs. South Korea teaches on socialism

by Robert M. Traxler As we have a new chapter in the centuries-old debate over capitalism vs socialism, it is a good time to revisit a column of some years…

Editor September 3, 2020

Community Notices

County’s Covid-19 numbers still remarkably constant

The number of reported cases of the Coronavirus in Allegan County has been strikingly stable over the late spring and summer. While cases have spiked in many areas of Michigan,…

Editor September 3, 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 — Sept. 6, 1995 The Allegan County Sheriff’s Department has joined Barry County…

Editor September 2, 2020

Sports

Wildcat cross teams both capture dual meet victory

Both the Wayland boys’ and girls’ varsity cross-country teams captured a dual meet victory Tuesday afternoon against the Grand Rapids Track Club, 23-34 and 23-36, respectively. The results left the…

Editor September 1, 2020

Columns

Basura: A dishonor roll of those drained from swamp

“He that lieth down with dogs shall rise up with fleas.” — Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac Remember during the campaign of 2016 we often heard the phrase “Drain the…

Editor September 1, 2020

Columns

Ranger Rick: Herr editor’s got it all wrong on economy

I read in awe of ignorance about the economic situation in the United States presently by our esteemed editor. His question was ".... how can stocks (equities) be doing so…

Editor September 1, 2020

Columns

One Small Voice: Will we survive a couple of storms?

by Lynn Mandaville Two storms struck the United States this past week. The second storm to strike chronologically was a sinister force of nature, a hurricane named Laura, the twelfth…

Editor August 31, 2020

Columns

Corn fritters will make you a yummy breakfast treat

by Kathy Hamman Miller Grandma always used the cut kernels from the left over cob of sweet corn for this yummy breakfast treat, or you can use 2 cups drained…

Editor August 31, 2020