By John RaffelCorrespondent ALLEGAN – Voting in the presidential primary during the state’s firstventure into early voting yielded sparse participation in the county.“The low turnout set off alarm bells for the budgets of local governments that must staff polls with trained, paid workers during the early voting days,” Allegan County Commission chairman James Storey said. Read More…
Author: Jordan Wilcox
Construction manager takes part in Hillside activities
Every once in a while, a community member steps up and becomes a integral part of a school. Steve McCaskey, a Project Superintendent for Owen, Ames, Kimball, has gone above and beyond his duties for the construction company and become part of the Hillside Learning Center family.Over the past year Hillside has undertaken a number Read More…
Group to address county’s lack of housing
Led by a coalition of non-profits and government entities including Allegan County Community Foundation, Community Action of Allegan County, Allegan Area ESA, United Way of Ottawa and Allegan County, OnPoint, and Allegan County government, Bowen National Research was commissioned to do a comprehensive housing assessment for Allegan County. The assessment report was published in the Read More…
Obituary: Augusta Jean (Montai) Dahms
Augusta Jean (Montai) Dahms, 92, died peacefully on Feb. 16, 2024, at Maple Lake Assisted Living, Paw Paw. She was born March 26, 1931, in Watervliet, MI, to August and Gertrude (Heuermann) Montai.Jean graduated from Watervliet High School in 1950. In her senior year, she was voted the Football Queen and given the crown by Read More…
Gobles eighth-grade girls triumph
By John RaffelCorrespondent GOBLES – The eighth girls basketball team is at 4-5 with 21-13 win at home v. Delton-Kellogg last week.The Tigers came out pressing and playing tough defense and fell behind 2-4 after the 1st quarter then after an 11-1 run to finish the second quarter the Tigers went into halftime with an Read More…
Life as Performance Art
If you are a Republican, the Democrat next door is not your enemy, nor vice versa. If you are pro-life and your neighbor down the street supports Planned Parenthood, he or she is not your enemy. If you believe in enforcing gun laws, National Rifle Association members are not your enemy, nor are you theirs. And so on.As Read More…
Almena Township Board asks for Supervisor’s resignation
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer ALMENA TWP. – With no contact from the Almena Township supervisor to the Almena Township Board since early last December, the Almena Township Board at its Wednesday, Feb. 21, meeting, approved a resolution requesting his resignation.In the resolution, the township board said Supervisor Bill VanTassel “is not available to the public, Read More…
Metzger named new probate judge
LANSING – On Feb. 13, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the appointment of Susan Metzger to the Van Buren County Probate Court. It was one of four appointments announced by the governor.Metzger is a solo practitioner with a primary practice of domestic relations mediation and arbitration. Additionally, she is contracted with the Van Buren County Courts for the Juvenile Court and a defense Read More…
Paw Paw Township receives MSHDA grant
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer PAW PAW – Newly appointed Paw Paw Township Supervisor Tom Palenick announced on Monday, Feb. 26, that Paw Paw Township was the recipient of a recent MSHDA grant Under the Housing Readiness program. Palenick had applied for the grant two weeks ago.“Two weeks ago, we applied for a MSHDA grant Under Read More…
Nearly 20 fire departments battle late Feb. 25, blaze near Marcellus
The late Sunday night, Feb. 25, structure fire at 51540 M-40 Highway, Marcellus, that destroyed Tri-Star Molding facility, a custom plastics injection molding company, saw nearly 20 area fire departments from two counties battle the blaze. Paw Paw and Mattawan fire departments were two of the many fire departments that assisted in fighting the Cass Read More…