News Saugatuck/Douglas Commercial Record

Fat Tuesday pub crawl to enliven streets

A Second Line Pub Crawl will bring the Great Lakea Brass band performing in and parading through Saugatuck streets and watering holes on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 13. Proceeds will go to the Red Horse Center Collaborative Leadership Center, which furnishes Allegan County youth with therapeutic mental health, art and leadership development through interacting with nature, Read More…

News Saugatuck/Douglas Commercial Record

Who cleans up the dead?

By Scott Sullivan Editor  A letter printed here Jan. 11, “County should get off carcasses,” noted Allegan County was not heeding requests to remove roadkill deer from near Blue Star Highway. The writer said Saugatuck Township — unlike Douglas and Saugatuck cities, whose public works departments handle such cleanups — had informed him Allegan County Read More…

Saugatuck/Douglas Commercial Record Sports

Saugatuck cruises to wins

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorRollin’ along.That’s exactly what the Saugatuck girls basketball team is doing, as the Trailblazers ran their winning streak to seven with a 57-30 victory over Howardsville Christian on Monday, Feb. 5.Saugatuck improved to 12-1 overall.The Simpson sisters had a little outside-inside game going, with senior Brook leading all scorers with 20 points Read More…

Columns Saugatuck/Douglas Commercial Record

Blue Star

By Scott SullivanEditorTransformersApple Vision Pro headsets now out usher in the age of “spatial computing,” the tech giant says.For $3,500 we can don goggles that let us experience “the intersection of the physical world around us and a virtual world fabricated by technology, while enabling humans and machines to harmoniously manipulate objects and spaces.”In politics, Read More…

News Saugatuck/Douglas Commercial Record

Douglas eyes uses for old plant site

By Scott SullivanEditorWhat’s new with 200 Blue Star Hwy., apart from the parcel that once housed Douglas’s largest private employer/taxpayer now marking 10 years vacant?City council met Monday with its Brownfield Redevelopment Authority to discuss contract planners’ latest conceptual design for the south Douglas gateway property.Based on 667 responses to a Dec. 1-24 survey, consultant Read More…

Allegan County News & Union Enterprise News

Otsego schools hosts district-wide Inclusion Week

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorEveryone wants a sense of belonging. To know they are valued. To be included.That was the message shared during Inclusion Week at Otsego Public Schools that began Monday, Jan. 29, and ran through Friday, Feb. 2.And after being exclusively an Otsego High School event the previous two years, OHS RISE students and Read More…

Allegan County News & Union Enterprise News

Plainwell schools wrestles with water main break

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor A water-main break at Plainwell High School led to a boil-water adversity for Plainwell Community Schools’ main campus.The water-main break was discovered on Friday, Feb. 2, near the high school’s athletic entrance on Friday, Feb. 2. No students were in the building at the time, as that was a scheduled off Read More…

Allegan County News & Union Enterprise Sports

Plainwell swim & dive gets past Otsego

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor OTSEGO—In a battle of the top two teams in the Southwest and Central Swim Conference, Plainwell bested Otsego by a score of 99-86 on Thursday, Feb. 1.Otsego actually won seven of the 12 events, but Plainwell displayed better depth on this day.“That was a focus meet for us this year, as Read More…

Allegan County News & Union Enterprise Sports

Allegan bowling competes three days in a row

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor SOUTH HAVEN—Competing for the third straight day, the Allegan bowling teams secured wins over Saugatuck on Thursday, Feb. 1.The 30-0 win by the Allegan boys kept that team unbeaten at 11-0 in the SAC Lakeshore and 13-0 overall.After winning both baker games, the Allegan boys team took the match-play games 761-439 Read More…