Editor

Wayland City adds $100,000 to 2019-’20 general fund balance

The Wayland City Council Monday night adopted a fiscal year 2019-20 budget that will add almost $100,000 to the fund balance. The council unanimously after a public hearing approved anticipated…

Editor June 17, 2019

Columns

One Small Voice: No More Deaths efforts are not criminal

by Lynn Mandaville Day after day I find myself wondering how we got here as a nation. By that I mean, how did we get to where the federal government…

Editor June 16, 2019

Columns

Yes It’s True: New used car dealer proves it’s a good neighbor

“And like a good neighbor, Broadmoor is there.” — With sincere apologies to State Farm Insurance My family's cleaning lady, whom I playfully call “Wal-Mart Annie,” gets a weekly good-bye…

Editor June 16, 2019

Community Notices

Man nabbed in car theft spree after shootout with deputies

Allegan County Sheriff's authorities this morning captured a man whose violent car theft spree began Saturday evening in downtown Martin. Deputies said they responded to a report of a stolen…

Editor June 16, 2019

Obituaries

Mass of Christian Burial slated for Bob Lippert of Gun Lake

Robert Leon Lippert age 79 of Gun Lake died Friday, June 14, Bob was born Aug. 29, 1939, in Chicago, to Leon and Sylvia Warta Lippert. Some of his fond…

Editor June 16, 2019

Community Notices

Austin Marsman serving as Sen. Peters’ campaign intern

Occasional Townbroadcast contributing writer Austin Marsman, a 2018 graduate of Martin High School, is continuing his political activism this summer as an intern for the re-election campaign of Democratic U.S.…

Editor June 15, 2019

Editorial

Hopkins Township Board must end its futile war with Tribe

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “There are no coincidences, but sometimes the pattern is more obvious.” — Neil…

Editor June 15, 2019

Community Notices

Martin man to be sentenced Sept. 16 for sex offense in 2018

Sentencing for a 23-year-old Martin man who admitted to having sex with a mentally disabled client at a facility will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 16 in Allegan County Circuit…

Editor June 15, 2019

Obituaries

Celebration of Life is June 23 in Martin for Grace Hirst, 81

A Celebration of Life for Alta Grace Hirst is planned for 1 p.m. Sunday, June 23, at the Dover Farms Community Building in Martin, just east of 131 on the…

Editor June 15, 2019

Columns

Basura: So let’s all get behind Sarah Huckabee Sanders

“Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.” — Proverbs 12:22 The Republicans are well blessed with not one, but two Sarahs! Of course,…

Editor June 14, 2019