Editor

Steeby Principal Mike Haverdink retiring this year

Mike Haverdink will retire at the end of this academic year as the principal of Steeby Elementary School. Supt. Norman Taylor, in acknowledging Haverdink stepping down, said, "We will be…

Editor March 8, 2019

Community Notices

Plainwell woman rescued after SUV plunges into river

Martin Township Fire Department, Allegan County Sheriff's Department and Michigan State Police personnel Thursday evening rescued a 68-year-old Plainwell woman whose SUV was submerged in the Gun River. Allegan County…

Editor March 8, 2019

Columns

Army Bob: Chicken Littles are wrong. Sky isn’t falling

Senator Bernie Sanders: "We cannot go too far on climate change." So why have children? After all humanity will be extinct in 12 years, or at best on an irreversible…

Editor March 7, 2019

Articles

Nasty winter delays work on middle school addition

Tower Pinkster architects, contractor Triangle Construction and Maintenance Supervisor John Huyck last month reported that work on the new Wayland Middle School addition has been running behind because of recent…

Editor March 7, 2019

Editorial

Let’s use pot tax money to help ‘fix the damn roads’

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. "See? It told you so." — Title of a book by Rush Limbaugh in…

Editor March 7, 2019

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 — March 9, 1994 The Wayland Township Board voted 4-1 to ask Erwin…

Editor March 6, 2019

Sports

Martin girls overcome bad FT shooting, bad quarter

Martin girls had to overcome an astonishingly terrible offensive second quarter swoon, a surprising opponent with only seven players and just 24 students in the school altogether and a pretty…

Editor March 6, 2019

Columns

Ranger Rick: ‘Flyover country’ folks want lower taxes

I was in conversation with a close friend and the TV commentator said, "In flyover country, there is a storm with high winds, cold air, and snow." My friend asked,…

Editor March 6, 2019

Obituaries

VFW luncheon Sunday to honor the late Paul Manning

Paul Manning, 87 of Allegan, died Saturday, March 2, at the Allegan County Medical Care Community. He was born on April 3, 1931, in Wayland, the son of the late…

Editor March 6, 2019

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Four 4Qs pass away in just 9 months

The grim reaper is breaking that old gang of mine — the 4Qs, a novelty musical group formed during turbulent times in 1968 and 1969 at Grand Valley State University.…

Editor March 5, 2019