Emergency Services

Jackie Straub, Frank & Marilyn Bastian join Hall

March 21, 2019

Jackie Straub Jackie Straub and Frank and Marilyn Bastian will be inducted as newest members of the Wayland Union Schools Alumni Hall of Fame at the Scholastic Honors Night Celebration, April 16. Ms. Straub, who died of cancer several years ago, will be inducted posthumously with her brother, Robert Bilski...

Dorr OKs 2019-20 fiscal year budget nearly $1.3 million

March 21, 2019

The Dorr Township Board Thursday evening adopted a fiscal year 2019-20 budget of nearly $1.3 million, with anticipated revenues and expenditures just about even. The board originally believed to be spending $3,360 less than taking in revenue of $1,296.950, but members agreed to last-minute budget adjustments of $15,000 for updating...

Community Notices

Plainwell woman rescued after SUV plunges into river

March 8, 2019

Martin Township Fire Department, Allegan County Sheriff's Department and Michigan State Police personnel Thursday evening rescued a 68-year-old Plainwell woman whose SUV was submerged in the Gun River. Allegan County deputies were dispatched just before 10 p.m. to the scene at Second Street south of 116th Avenue in Martin Township. Emergency...

Dorr Township Parks Board is experiencing turnover

December 27, 2018

The Dorr Township Parks Board is experiencing some turnover lately, and the Township Board Thursday night appointed one new member. William Mallow was approved on a 6-0 vote, with Trustee Terri Rios absent, but Trustee John Tuinstra had misgivings about appointing someone he's never heard of. He said he didn't...

Bala re-elected mayor, GOP dominates county races

November 7, 2018

Tim Bala Wayland Mayor Tim Bala won re-election to his sixth two-year term and all City Council candidates won without opposition. Meanwhile, Democrats filled every one of the seven county commission slots, but lost every one to Republicans. Allegan County’s results turned out to be very, very red, as Republicans...

Dorr Township Library to seek millage vote next year

October 25, 2018

Dorr Library Director Elyshia Schafer (left) and her predecessor, Natalie Bazan Sarosta. The Dorr Township Library Board is grappling with economic issues heading into next year, in the wake of the defeat of a millage request last August. Voters in the primary election turned down a request for a levy...

Leighton decides not to adopt solicitation ordinance

September 13, 2018

The Leighton Township Board Thursday night decided against adopting a solicitation ordinance. Treasurer Char Troost explained, "If you have an ordinance, you have to have fees and you have to police it." She recommended the township instead simply provide guidelines, such as allowing the practice during weekday hours and forbidding...

Martin Township to ask voters for fire millage Nov. 6

September 13, 2018

Krista and Joshua Simmons, assessors for Martin Township. A millage request for three-fourths of a mill for fire and emergency services equipment will be on the Nov. 6 general election ballot in Martin Township. The levy would apply to township taxes for four years, 2019 through 2022. The ballot proposal...

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

August 29, 2018

25 Years Ago — Sept. 1, 1993 The first day of school for the Wayland district was marred by a school bus accident when a van forced a school bus into a ditch, but no one was injured in the incident. Gas station at the corner of South Main and...

Matt Weston selected as new Leighton Twp. Fire Chief

August 9, 2018

Capt. Matt Weston has been selected as new chief of the Leighton Township Fire Department. Weston's hire was approved unanimously Thursday night by the Leighton Township Board. He succeeds Tony Banas, who has accepted the captain's full-time post at Texas Township near Kalamazoo. Banas, who served on the Leighton department...

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