Allegan County News & Union Enterprise
Plainwell, Lee Township hope to expand broadband
By John RaffelCorrespondent ALLEGAN – Progress continues to be made in getting broadband in the area.Broadband Action Workgroup (BAW), created by the Allegan County Board of Commissioners to spearhead the expansion and availability of higher speed internet to county residents, recently learned about two potential projects for use of American Rescue Plan funds in a Read More…
Otsego mayor battles mysterious medical condition
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Kind. Joyful. Giving. Selfless. Compassionate.Those are just a few of the words that come to mind when Anthony Trobeck thinks about his mom Cyndi, a longtime realtor in the area and the current mayor of Otsego.“Oh man, my mom is the person to pour her whole self into everyone and everything Read More…
Data breach affects 567 county employees
By Leslie Ballard A confirmed data breach occurring on February 11 could potentially affect 567 Allegan County employees.In a February 15 e-mail, Vickie Herzberg, Executive Director of Human Resources for Allegan County, informed employees that “one of our employees fell victim to a social engineering scheme and forwarded W-2 information pertaining to a number of Read More…
Mike’s Musings: High cost of energy fuels inflation
Inflation is at a 40-year high in the United States. Prices that were stable a year have taken a 7.5% jump. Going to the grocery store has put a strain on most of our pocketbooks. Used cars are 41 percent higher than a year ago, and new cars, if you can find them, are much Read More…
Life as Performance Art
Marinell Barretta of north-ern Italy died at age 70. That part, with the mortality rate holding steady at 100 per-cent, was not surprising. What followed was.Local authorities found her mummified remains Feb. 4 some two and a half years after she’d died. There was no sign of foul play or chem-ical abuse.The last thing she Read More…
Life as Performance Art
It’s the time of year when aspiring writers get out pens and big legal pads of lined yellow paper. Others find their grandparents’ manual Underwood or Royal type-writer, spray WD-40 on the ribbon to refresh it after dec-ades in the closet and settle down to write the Great American Novel. Or they start a new Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Release Assange now, he has endured enough punishment
There are so many innocent people jailed for crimes they haven’t committed. I worked for a time, helping to expose some that were incarcerated, yet innocent. One of those, a man I truly admire is Julian Assange, and I hope and pray at some point, he will be released.Assange, founder of Wiki Leaks, faces an Read More…
Otsego posts victory over Plainwell
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor OTSEGO—Cali Miller, Hannah Fitzpatrick and Kaitlyn Payseno formed quite the tremendous trio for the Otsego girls basketball team in its game with archrival Plainwell on Friday, Feb. 11.Those three combined to score 44 points in leading the Bulldogs to the 54-33 victory.Miller led the charge with 20 points, followed by Fitzpatrick Read More…
Allegan places second at quad
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor A record-setting effort from Titus Smith in the 100-yard butterfly highlighted a runner-up finish for the Allegan boys swim & dive team at its home quad meet on Saturday, Feb. 12.Smith posted a time of 54.23 to break the school record and qualify for the Division 3 state finals.As a team, Read More…