Community Notices

The fireworks display planned for Saturday evening, Sept. 5, over Gun Lake officially has been canceled. The Gun Lake Proective Association, sponsor, issued an announcement that said, "Due to the…

The Martin Public School system has announced that its opening day has been moved back to Tuesday, Sept. 8, for a full day. Martin was scheduled to open Monday, Aug.…

Erik Almquist, Democratic challenger to Republican State Rep. Mary Whiteford is calling for a series of debates across the 80th District ahead of the November general election. Whiteford, of South…

Cheryl Mohr was honored by the Martin Lions Club Wednesday night with the Melvin Jones award for her work helping kids in the local community through the #WeekendBlessings program. The program provides…

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Kubiak-Cook Funeral Home in Wayland for Bucky Green, 44, who was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday in Kent County..…

Teachers Robert Wiersema of Hopkins and Pete Boyd of Martin are featured in a video explaining why they resigned their union membership in the Michigan Education Association. Wiersema, who also…

Former Martin area pastor and high school basketball and baseball coach David Nightingale died of the COVID-19 virus Sunday evening at a Florida Hospital. His son, Chad, posted on Facebook,…

Though the Board of Canvassers this week certified that Allegan County Prosecutor Myrene Koch narrowly defeated challenger Michael Villar by just 17 votes, 8,864 to 8,847, Villar has decided to…

The garden produce wagon is by the roadside today for the Martin Resource Center . "Please take what you need and leave some for others." (Photo supplied)