Editor

First snowstorm of 2018-19 winter dumps 7.7 inches

The first snowstorm of the 2018-19 winter season Sunday night and Monday morning dumped 7.7 inches of the white stuff on this area, according to local weather enthusiast Bob Zapolnik…

Editor November 26, 2018

Editorial

Martin, Hopkins concluded near-great grid seasons

"There are some events that separate the great from the near great.'"— James Wasserman, "The Legendary Luke Warfel." The recently concluded high school football season was the most successful in…

Editor November 25, 2018

Sports

Presley Hudson, CMU win Cavalier tourney trophy

The Central Michigan University women's basketball team won the Cavalier Classic Tournament over the Thanksgiving weekend at the University of Virginia. The Chippewas, now 5-1 for the season, defeated host…

Editor November 25, 2018

Obituaries

Memorial service Nov. 28 for Leon ‘Bub’ Flannery

Leon “Bub” Flannery died Tuesday, Nov. 20, on his way to his Florida winter home. He was 80. He was born on April 14, 1938, the youngest of seven children…

Editor November 24, 2018

Sports

Boys’ and girls’ basketball seasons to begin Nov. 27

EDITOR'S NOTE: Townbroadcast erroneously reported Hopkins will play Lakeview Tuesday, 27. This area's boys' high school basketball season will get under way Tuesday, Nov. 27, when Martin is host to…

Editor November 22, 2018

Columns

Yes It Is, Is True: I believe I’ve been lied to all my life

"We tell lies when we are afraid… afraid of what we don’t know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every…

Editor November 22, 2018

Columns

Army Bob: Ingesting any kind of smoke is bad for you

by Robert M. Traxler “So far in 2018, more than 48,900 fires have burned more than 7,700,000 acres of land in the United States, according to the National Interagency Fire…

Editor November 22, 2018

Obituaries

Funeral slated for Steven Pigeon, 66, of Hopkins

Steven Christopher Pigeon, 66 of Hopkins, died Tuesday, Nov. 20,at his home. Born Nov. 5, 1952, in Allegan, Michigan, he was the son of the late Edmund and Jennie (Stevens)…

Editor November 21, 2018

Features

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

(Taken from the archives at then Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Nov. 24, 1993 Helen Jane “H” Helmey has been chosen grand marshal…

Editor November 21, 2018

Obituaries

Mass of Christian Burial Saturday for Ellen Snyder

Ellen Lucille Snyder (Young) of Dorr died Monday, Nov. 19. She was 74. She is survived by sons, Charles (Colleen) Snyder and Thomas (Donna) Snyder; grandchildren, Jeremy (Alexa), Samantha (Brad…

Editor November 21, 2018