Editor

‘Restore Freedom’ plans 4th parade Saturday in Dorr

The Restore Freedom Initiative Petition Family & Friends group is putting together an Independence Day parade in Dorr, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. A Restore Freedom spokesperson posted on Facebook,…

Editor July 3, 2020

Community Notices

Dorr calls off most events in 4th of July celebration

Until Thursday afternoon, Dorr Township could boast as being one of the very few with a Fourth of July holiday celebration in West Michigan. However, the Dorr Business Association, which…

Editor July 2, 2020

Articles

Watson still weighing plan to switch to Hopkins FD

Representatives from both the Hopkins Area Fire Department and the Martin Fire Department continue to make presentations to the Watson Township Board over the issue of which department offers coverage.…

Editor July 2, 2020

Columns

Army Bob: U.S.-Chinese scientist scandal ignored

by Robert M. Traxler Fifty-four scientists have been booted from government employment for failing to disclose troubling financial arrangements with foreign governments. In the overwhelming majority of cases, more than…

Editor July 2, 2020

Obituaries

Service will be July 12 for Ken Estelle of Monterey

Kenneth (Ken) Estelle, age 80, of Monterey Township, died Tuesday, July 30. Ken was well known for his love of horses. He and wife Donna lived on a farm in…

Editor July 2, 2020

Editorial

American hubris cause for us being No. 1 in COVID-19

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. By just about any standard I can think of, the United States’ ability to…

Editor July 1, 2020

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library) 25 Years Ago — July 5, 1995 Robert Tilson, 28, pleaded no contest in Barry County Circuit Court to…

Editor July 1, 2020

Obituaries

Service slated for Aug. 29 for Bonnie Kemper, 83

Bonnie Lou Kemper, 83, of Wayland, died Sunday, June 28, at Green Acres. The daughter of Rufus R. and Marjorie (Jager) Hunt, she was born on May 04, 1937, in…

Editor July 1, 2020

Columns

Basura: Trump hits a new low in a tawdry presidency

Comments by Paul Begala, former Senior White House Aide "Dignified transfer." That's what the military calls the solemn process of returning fallen heroes to the family they loved and the country…

Editor July 1, 2020

Obituaries

Gun Lake fatal crash victim was Wayland couple’s son

Jacob William Haverkamp, son of Donna Rozema Haverkamp and Daniel Haverkamp of Wayland, was killed in a traffic crash near Gun Lake June 24. Jake was born March 29, 1999,…

Editor June 30, 2020