Editor

Martin/Delton golf team competing in Division 3 state meet

The Martin/Delton Kellogg varsity golf team will be competing today and Saturday in the state Division 3 golf championships at Ferris State University. The group, coached by Jim Hogoboom, qualified…

Editor May 31, 2019

Community Notices

Sesquicentennial year adds to Dorr 4th of July celebration

This summer’s Dorr Fourth of July celebration will be a week-long affair, from Sunday, June 30, through Saturday, July 6, because the township will observing its 150th anniversary. “The Fourth…

Editor May 30, 2019

Columns

Army Bob: Why don’t Green New Deal backers speak up?

by Robert M. Traxler To all the supporters of the Green New Deal: where are you? After four columns, not one supporter has posted a comment in defense of the…

Editor May 30, 2019

Articles

Dorr Township deadlocks on vote to drop MTA membership

The Dorr Township Board Thursday night came within one vote of not renewing its membership in the Michigan Townships Association. The board was deadlocked 3-3 on paying this year’s bill…

Editor May 30, 2019

Obituaries

County Commission candidate Kathryn Bamberg dies at 60

Allegan County Commisioner (District 3) candidate Kathryn Bamberg, 60, died Tuesday, May 29, in Williamsburg. Bamberg last fall was a Democratic candidate to be commissioner from a district that included the…

Editor May 30, 2019

Community Notices

Wayland High School library also is getting a facelift for fall

The Wayland Union Schools' bond issue a year and a half ago is funding the middle school addition for sixth grade and construction of new tennis courts, but it also…

Editor May 30, 2019

Sports

Wayland Middle School relay team captures 1st in 2 races

The Wayland Middle School 4x200-meter relay team has struck again. Ava Makowski, Elliot Antel, Faith Rollandini and Kayla Baar again broke their school record of 1:54.30 and captured first place Wednesday…

Editor May 29, 2019

Obituaries

Memorial service delayed for Ralph Long, 59, of Wayland

Ralph Donald Long, Jr., 59, of Wayland, died Thursday, May 16, at The Laurels of Sandy Creek. Born Dec. 30, 1959, in Mississippi, he was the son of the late…

Editor May 29, 2019

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — June 1, 1994 Cellar Door Production has withdrawn its plans to build…

Editor May 29, 2019

Obituaries

Celebration of Life service is Saturday for Trevor Sniezek

Trevor Lee Sniezek, age 44, of Dorr, died Sunday, May 26, at Spectrum Health Butterworth after a short battle with cancer. Trevor was born in Plainwell, on Jan. 30, 1975,…

Editor May 29, 2019