Laureen Ann Searing, 80, of Fennville, passed away on Jan. 17, 2024 at Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids.Laureen was born on Sept. 29, 1943 to the late Robert and Dorothy (Tallman) Millard of Mendon. She had an instinctive ease in connecting with people and an enthusiasm for learning that would set the stage Read More…
Author: Jordan Wilcox
Interurban’s Yff to retire
By Scott SullivanEditorInterurban director Phyllis Yff is retiring.The 10-year transit authority head announced her decisions last week thanking the community for its support and vowing to assist finding and helping establish her replacement.“This service,” Yff said in a letter to The Commercial Record (Page A4) “has been a wonderful asset in our community since 1980, Read More…
Firefighterseye traffic safety truck
By Scott SullivanEditorThe Saugatuck Township Fire District is exploring acquiring an estimated $201,273.52 Traffic Management Apparatus to ensure staff and public safety, especially during freeway crashes. Individual donations toward that end total $9,500 so far.“Since 2019,” chief Greg Janik has apprised member municipal government boards and councils, “our firefighters responded to 207 incidents on highways, Read More…
Emergency calls fell in ‘23
By Scott SullivanEditorThe Saugatuck Township Fire District — which serves Douglas and Saugatuck cities in addition to the township — responded to 981 calls last year, down 4.1 percent from 2022’s record 1,023.Among them, emergent (Priority 1 or 2, involving lights and sirens) calls totaled 430. Average response time was six minutes, two seconds, similar Read More…
Author Bonnie Jo Campbell set to visit Ransom Library
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Author Bonnie Jo Campbell’s latest novel “The Waters,” which released on Jan. 9, is garnering a lot of attention.In addition to being on Oprah Daily’s list of Most Anticipated Books of 2024, “The Waters” was also The Today Show’s January pick for its Read With Jenna Book Club headed up by Read More…
Citadel Health Center opens doors in Otsego
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The area’s newest healthcare facility is officially open for business.Citadel Health Center—located at 900 Dix St., Suite 300, in Otsego—held its grand opening and ribbon-cutting celebration on Tuesday, Jan. 16.Owned by the husband-wife team of Dr. Wesley Eichorn and Dr. Susan Jevert-Eichorn, Citadel Health offers a membership-based healthcare model as opposed Read More…
Third Annual Chocolate Stroll planned for Plainwell
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor What can be better than some sweet treats while shopping at local businesses?That’s exactly what you’ll get at the Chocolate Stroll in downtown Plainwell on Saturday, Feb. 10.City of Plainwell community development manager Denise Siegel serves as organizer of the event, which begins at 10 a.m. and takes place during normal Read More…
Otsego girls bowling takes third at P.N. Invite
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor KALAMAZOO—The Otsego girls bowling team posted a third-place finish at the Portage Northern Invitational on Sunday, Jan. 28.Seeded first after two regular games and eight baker games, the Bulldogs baker-game scores of 187 and 159 to open the playoffs and advance to the final four. Otsego fell to Portage Northern in Read More…
Allegan boys bowling continues winning ways
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor WAYLAND—It was a battle between two of the top boys bowling teams in the SAC when Allegan and Martin met in a doubleheader on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at Rock and Bowl in Wayland.And it was the first-place Tigers who prevailed in both matches, taking the first 22-9 and winning the second Read More…
Obituary: Susan Kay Southard Busfield
Susan Kay Southard Busfield, 69, of Allegan went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 27, 2024. Susan was born on July 7th, 1954 in Allegan, daughter of the late Martin and Kathryn Southard and lived in Allegan her entire life. She graduated Allegan High School in 1972 and worked at Ben Franklin’s in Read More…