Community Notices

Benches honoring former Watson officials arrive

January 17, 2022

The benches ordered by the Watson Township Board to honor John and Chuck Andrysiak and Barb Wrobleski have arrived. They will be placed near the Watson Township Hall. John was a former sexton, Chuck was a board member and Barb was a Library Board member and was on the Planning...

Allegan County’s Covid death toll approaching 300

January 16, 2022

The Allegan County Health Department reported Friday that six more patients have died from the Covid-19 virus over the past week, bringing the total since mid-December to 53. A total of 296 Covid-related deaths have been reported in the county since the pandemic began in March 2020. The daily average...

Fire severely damages house in Shelbyville area

January 14, 2022

Hopkins, Allegan and Martin fire departments Friday morning responded to a call of a structure fire in Shelbyville. The more than 100-year-old house was damaged severely by the blaze, but no one was injured.

Video of airborne car at Dorr freeway exit goes viral

January 14, 2022

A video of a car that went airborne Thursday near the Dorr 142nd Avenue exit on U.S.-131 has gone viral on the Internet. Troopers from the Michigan State Police post in Wayland said the driver of the vehicle, a man in his 20s, has a history of substance abuse and...

Covid-19 forces Martin Schools to go to all-virtual instruction Jan. 14-21

January 13, 2022

First it was Wayland High School. Now it's Martin Public Schools that have had to go virtual because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Martin Schools Thursday afternoon announced that it is going all-virtual instruction Friday, Jan. 14, and all of next week because of the prevalence of Covid-related illnesses. Wayland High...

Wayland High School to move to all-virtual classes

January 12, 2022

Because of an increase in COVID-19 positivity, Wayland Union High School will go to all-virtual instruction Thursday and Friday this week. Corona virus disease COVID-19 medical web banner with SARS-CoV-2 virus molecule and text on a white background. Horizontal vector illustration Supt. Dr. Christina Hinds said, "We have a high...

Dorr Twp. farmer doesn’t appreciate snowmobiles tearing up wheat fields

January 8, 2022

Richard Snyder of Dorr Township has a bone to pick with an unknown group of snowmobilers who recreationally tore up his wheat fields recently. He posted on Facebook: "Nice job, snowmobile riders. I put signs out in my field, explaining that I have wheat planted there and why I don’t...

Allegan County had 47 Covid deaths in 4 weeks

January 7, 2022

The Allegan County Health Department reported today that 22 more county residents have died of the Coronavirus over the past two weeks. That means 47 people who live in the county have been added to the Covid-19 death toll in the past four weeks. A total of 290 Covid deaths...

More semi traffic crashes continuing on U.S.-131

January 7, 2022

The U.S.-131 expressway southbound this morning was backed up between Martin and 106th Avenue due to an accident involving a semi. This was one of more than a few traffic troubles that have occurred on the expressway Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Motorists are advised by authorities to slow down and...

Semi crash at 100th Street exit closes U.S.-131 freeway

January 5, 2022

A semi-tractor trailer crash at the 100th Street exit bridge caused the northbound U.S.-131 expressway to be shut down Wednesday afternoon and motorists were asked to take a detour at the Dorr-Moline exit and take old 131 (10th Street, Division) north. The Wayland, Hopkins and Martin school districts sent students...

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