By Gari Voss March 13, 2023, a Complaint for Declaration Judgment was filed in the Allegan County 48th Circuit Court by Charles Lawler of Clark Hill PLC in Lansing on behalf of Allegan County Treasurer Sally Brooks, Clerk and Register…

By Gari Voss Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Richard Lee-Raymond Ward-Perry (24) of Battle Creek was arrested. On Wednesday, March 8, 2023, Ward-Perry was arraigned in Allegan County’s 57th District Court for Assault with Intent to do Great Bodily Harm less…

A 53-year-old Wayland man was detained on the suspicion of driving while under the influence following a crash in Allegan County Wednesday evening.Michigan State Police (MSP) says the crash happened in Leighton Township at the intersection of 142nd Avenue and Division…

At the February regular Board of Education meeting, the Fennville Public Schools Board of Education accepted the retirement of Superintendent Jim Greydanus, effective June 30, 2023.Over the past six years, Mr. Greydanus led the district through the 2017 bond project…

I play a lot of tennis, and Novak Djokovic, the best in the game, and maybe the G.O.A.T, is a hero of mine. Like Jordan in basketball or Brady in football, Djokovic has dominated men’s tennis for a decade and…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor MONROE—A pair of middle school teams from the Plainwell Robotics Club punched their tickets to the VEX World Championship Tournament.Team “Bad Bananas” and team “Trial and Error” are among the teams that earned a spot in…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The 2023 Otsego-Plainwell Battle of the Books is … well … in the books.The event—a quiz-bowl-style competition that is comprised of three rounds of seven questions for each battle—featured 17 teams from elementary schools throughout Otsego…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Calling all art lovers.The City of Plainwell is once again hosting its annual Art Hop, featuring the works of local artists on display throughout the downtown area.The event is slated to take place from 5 to…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor DETROIT—When she stepped onto the mat for her first match at the Division 2 girls individual wrestling state finals on Friday, March 3, Plainwell freshman sensation Madison Nieuwenhuis couldn’t help but feel some butterflies in her…

Bill passed away Thursday, March 2, 2023 at Alamo Nursing Home. He was born July 31, 1937 in Newberry, the son of Paul and Edith (Puckett) Nickerson. Bill starting working at a lumber mill before transferring to the automotive industry.…

Mary Ann Boreczky, 91, died Wednesday, February 1, 2023 in Allegan, Michigan. She was a native of Chicago, Illinois and retired to Brevard in 1990 and moved to Michigan in 2006.Preceding her in death were her parents, John and Angela…

    We see labels everywhere.  If we go into a grocery store we for labels so we know whether we are buying canned peaches or canned mystery meat.  Sometimes we read and compare labels of the ingredients to make certain we are eating…

By Gari Voss The recent 6-day homicide trial of the People v. Nolan Woodworth led by Prosecuting Attorney Myrene Koch began on February 14, 2023 in Judge Roberts Kengis’ Allegan County 48th Circuit Court. The proceedings concluded on Feb. 23rd…

By Gari Voss A March 31st deadline looms over the Sake of Being Humane Animal Rescue outside of Fennville, MI. Ashlynn Cluchey has been rescuing dogs since 2019 and housing them at her rental property on Blue Star Highway. The…

By Gari Voss The new fleet of vehicles for the City of Allegan Police Department has begun to arrive. It was at the April 13, 2021 meeting of the City Council when it was decided to have “Conversations to further…

Why are we still supplying Ukraine with taxpayer money and weapons? Wouldn’t the hundreds of billions of dollars we have sent to fight the proxy war against Russia, be put to better use at home? I certainly think so.We have…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor A planning grant from the State of Michigan could allow Otsego Public Schools to expand access to health care for its students with on-site services.OPS recently learned it was selected as one of 26 districts throughout…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor For the second time in recent months, the Shaffer family was able to celebrate a return to the basketball court.Jurian Shaffer, a sophomore at Otsego High School, was in the starting lineup for the Bulldogs’ JV…

After posting an unbeaten dual-meet record for the first time in school history, the Otsego boys swim & dive team took care of business at the Southwest and Central Swim Conference meet by taking top honors.Plainwell finished runner-up at the…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor PAW PAW—The Otsego girls basketball team got Aly Aldrich and Addi Milheim back for the game with Paw Paw on Friday, Feb. 24, after pair had missed time with injuries.That was the good news for the…