By John RaffelCorrespondent ALLEGAN – Allegan County Central Dispatch picked up a call on Aug. 13 on a car-pedestrian crash on 26th St near 108th Ave in Trowbridge Township.Sgt. Bernard Austhof of the Allegan County Sheriff’s Department said the preliminary investigation shows that a Chevrolet Equinox was traveling south bound on 26th St approaching 108th Ave and struck a pedestrian in Read More…
Allegan County News & Union Enterprise
Life as Performance Art
I commend publisher Mike Wilcox for keeping Michigan Newspaper Association plaques and awards gathered under past publishers Cheryl and Walt Kaechele in Allegan County News offices. It is good to appreciate others’ work.If you read articles, unless strictly business or political, in his papers it’s clear volunteer battalions make small towns tick. These people give Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Raid on newspaper office tramples first amendment rights
I received a phone call a couple days ago about the Marion MI newspaper office having been raided by police. Being the owner, I was a bit perplexed, because I knew of no such raid. The caller, however, was adamant that it had taken place.After calling around I was able to discern that the Marion Read More…
Lynx Golf Course set to host Patriot Golf Day
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorThe Lynx Golf Course—located at 900 Lincoln Rd. in Otsego—will host its Fourth Annual Patriot Golf Day on Friday, Sept. 1.The event raises funds for the Folds of Honor Scholarship Fund for military families throughout Michigan, with special emphasis for West Michigan families.The goal for this year is to raise $100,000.“It is Read More…
Nominations open for Chris Hass Volunteer Award
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Do you know someone who has volunteered his or her time to help make the City of Plainwell a better place to live?If so, that person could be the 2023 Chris Haas Volunteer of the Year.The City of Plainwell along with Jeff Haas, Heather Baker and Caitlin, Christopher and Brody Honeysett, Read More…
Practice officially beings for area football teams
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorThe 2022 season couldn’t have gone any better for the Martin football team, as the Clippers claimed the 8-Player Division 1 state championship.Martin coach Brad Blauvelt and his players began the process of defending that title on Monday, Aug. 7.That was the opening day of practice for football—and other fall sports—under Michigan Read More…
Obituary: Wanda May Bergstrom
Wanda May Bergstrom, age 88, passed away on August 2, 2023 at Laurel Oaks of South Haven. She was born on December 27, 1934 to Orville E. and Eva (DeBack) Ketchum in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She graduated from Allegan High School in 1952. She married the love of her life, Oscar Bergstrom on July 10, 1959 Read More…
Life as Performance Art
I am delighted to see that some of our elected officials have decided to spend at least part of their summer vacation time holding hearings to investigate UFOs – Unidentified Flying Objects. They are hard at work, and I appreciate it since we write their salary and benefits checks. I especially like it, because as long Read More…
Allegan Out Loud brightens Allegan’s Riverfront Plaza
By Gari Voss Allegan, Speak Up hosted their 2nd Annual Allegan Out Loud: Pride – The Celebration of the Freedom to Love, on August 4-5, 2023.The Friday evening, August 4th, So You Think You Can Drag competition went into the wee hours of Saturday morning when Luz De La Rica was bestowed the title of Read More…
Feds charge local woman with posing as a nurse
On August 1, 2023, a criminal complaint against Leticia Gallarzo of Plainwell from FBI Special Agent Tiffany Eagles was filed with U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally J. Berens with information regarding identity theft which included possessing, transferring, and using the means of identification of another person. The identity theft allowed Gallarzo to pose as a registered Read More…