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Burning permits issue in limbo for Michigan residents

March 12, 2015

To burn or not to burn: That is the question. At least that’s a puzzling question many Allegan County residents will be grappling with at the start of spring, when they rake their yards of leaves, debris, waste and grass clippings. Last year, county residents had a handy on-line service...

Special ceremony May 10 to honor Civil War veteran Andrew Bee

March 12, 2015

A special ceremony honoring the man said to have captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis after the end of the Civil War will be held at East Martin Cemetery Sunday, May 10. Scott Kuykendall, Martin Township Sexton and a bit of an Allegan County history buff, said the Sons of the...

Wayland School Board cautiously endorses ECAC program

March 12, 2015

All seven members of the Wayland Board of Education Monday night cautiously voted to endorse the Early College/Allegan County program through Lake Michigan College. Through the ECAC, students can graduate high school with an associate’s degree, beginning this fall with about 50 students, perhaps as many as 10 students in...

Corey LaValley to face murder and arson charges after trailer fire

March 12, 2015

Detectives from the Allegan County Sheriff's Department have met with the Allegan County Prosecutor’s Office and charges have been filed against Corey LaValley, 34, in the deaths of a mother and her two children Tuesday at a mobile home park in Dorr Township. A three-count warrant was authorized for three...

Hopkins ‘Tech Vikes’ robotics team ranked 12th in the state

March 11, 2015

The Hopkins High School Tech Vikes robotics team placed first and won the Excellence in Engineering Award at a competition at East Kentwood March 7 and now is headed to Grand Valley State University March 20 and 21 for the next level. Hopkins currently is ranked 12th out of 340...

Father of 1 of victims arrested in Dorr Twp. triple homicide

March 11, 2015

Authorities now are saying they believe the three victims of a mobile home fire in Dorr Township Tuesday were shot and killed befre the blaze was started. Corey Lee LaValley, 34, was arrested Tuesday night in connection with the deaths of the three victims. Allegan County Sheriff’s detectives took LaValley...

Wayland Christian Reformed Church expansion plans OK’d

March 10, 2015

The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved, with several conditions, a proposed site plan from Wayland Christian Reformed Church for expansion of its current building near the corner of Forrest and Elm streets. The church now has a special land use as a church located in a residential neighborhood....

Public Safety Beat: Three killed in Dorr Twp. mobile home fire

March 10, 2015

A fire determined to be “suspicious” by authorities claimed the lives of two school-aged children and an adult in a mobile home Tuesday in Dorr Township. The fire was reported at Briarwood Street near 138th Avenue and Woodland Drive. Allegan County Undersheriff Frank Baker at first reported the deaths of...

Wayland school board hears pleas on behalf of support staff

March 10, 2015

Several people in the audience at Monday night's Wayland Board of Education meeting questioned the school district's policy of attempting to avoid paying health care benefits for some of the lowest paid employees. The suggestion was that the schools may be penny wise and pound foolish in cutting hours and...

Leukemia victim Dawson Babiak, 4, gets some good news

March 10, 2015

The up and down struggles of the Babiak family were on the upswing this week when it was learned that 4-year-old Dawson Babiak currently is leukemia free. A posting today on the "Prayers for Dawson" site, presumably by his mother, Allison, said: "We finally received the news from the oncologists...

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