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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

February 7, 2018

25 Years Ago — Feb. 10, 1993 Local school superintendents indicate they don’t believe Gov. John Engler’s plan to solve public schools’ financial woes will work. James Cooper of Hopkins said, “We have to get away from property tax dependency.” Bob Brenner said Wayland would lose almost $3 million in...

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

January 31, 2018

25 Years Ago — Feb. 3, 1993 Though the Moline sewer project has experienced many problems, Leighton Township Supervisor Dar VanderArk announced that it is nearly complete. He added, “If someone asked me now about another sewer system, I’d tell them to go jump in a lake.” The Dorr Township...

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

January 24, 2018

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Jan. 27, 1993 Does anyone know when downtown Hopkins experienced and endured this flood? More than half of Michigan homeowners can expect property tax increases in 1993, 14.4% in Allegan County and...

Pine Street 5th-graders to play instruments they made

January 23, 2018

Pine Street Elementary fifth-graders are making music with instruments they crafted in class. Students created them as part of their science of sound unit and will be playing them in class. (Photo courtesy of Laurie Zywiczynski)

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Local State Police trooper, secretary win state honors

January 18, 2018

Trooper Blaine Bachman Two members of the Wayland post of the Michigan State were awarded the Dr. Carl Gerstacker Trooper of the Year and the Floyd R. Bell Jr. Civilian of the Year awards at a special ceremony in Lansing today. Trooper Blaine Bachman was named Trooper of the Year...

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

January 17, 2018

25 Years Ago — Jan. 20, 1993 The old Wayland Cleaners building on Pine Street. Some things change, some don't. “Arnold” and “Pork Chop,” two Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs owned by Windsor Woods two mobile home park families, the Tim VanPolens and the Jeffrey Saltkowskis, have won the right to be...

Construction at Martin schools continues in winter

January 11, 2018

by Austin Marsman In just over five months, a 17.1 million dollar bond project has changed the landscape of the Martin Public Schools campus. Superintendent David Harnish recently gave Townbroadcast a tour of the construction, which includes a solar project, gymnasium, auditorium, administrative offices, and athletic fields. The tour began...

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

January 10, 2018

25 Years Ago — Jan. 13, 1993 These young lads were members of the St. Therese School junior high basketball team in the mid-1960s. A bright new rescue truck costing $105,000 has arrived at the Dorr Township Fire Department, which had not purchased a new vehicle since the mid-1970s. The...

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

January 3, 2018

25 Years Ago — Jan. 6, 1993 Jim's Radio & TV, owned by local historian Jim Levandosky, did business on West Superior Street in 1973 and 1974. A few customers inadvertently were locked inside the post office one day just before Christmas. They were freed from captivity shortly afterward, but...

2017: That was the year that was in NE Allegan County

December 31, 2017

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is a survey of the year 2017 and an analysis by the editor. Dorr Township’s fall from grace and relapse back into the land of bad government unfortunately was the No. 1 story of the now dearly departed...

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