City of Plainwell residents will soon have another option when it comes to staying active and achieving their fitness goals.On Wednesday, March 22, city officials announced it had been awarded $40,000 from Priority Health and National Fitness Campaign (NFC) as part of the 2023 Priority Health Wellness campaign.The $40,000 is conditionally awarded as additional local Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Allegan girls tennis team hosted its annual Early Bird Invitational on Saturday, March 25, as the Tigers welcomed Coopersville and Grand Haven to town.And while Allegan came away with wins in both of its matches, the victories were a bit different in nature.The Tigers cruised past Coopersville 8-0 and prevailed Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor OTSEGO—Dominant.That one word pretty much sums up the season-opening performance by the Otsego girls tennis team against visiting Marshall on Thursday, March 23.The Bulldogs didn’t lose more than five games in any flight and cruised to the 8-0 victory.Four of Otsego’s flight wins came via scores of 6-0, 6-0: No. 1 Read More…
Robert (Bob) Edward Stube of Allegan, Michigan, passed away March 22, 2023. Bob was born September 11, 1941, in Chicago to his late parents Edward and Mary (Mullner) Stube. He would move to Allegan where he would spend the rest of his life. Bob was a well revered mechanic with 60 years of experience and Read More…
Shirley Anne Brown, 87, of Plainwell, MI passed away Monday, March 20, 2023 at Alamo Nursing Home in Kalamazoo, after being a member of the Alamo community for almost 7 years ago. Born March 18, 1936 in Fennville, MI, she was the daughter of the late James Donald and Faith (Fosdick) Barnes. Shirley had been Read More…
A few years back I was starting to look for a new car. I pulled into a dealership that had some makes and models that caught my eye and had a good rating for reliability, safety, and sipping (rather than guzzling) gas. Within seconds, a salesman came jogging up to me, clapped his hands together and demanded, Read More…
By Leslie Ballard “There’s nothing like it on this side of the state,” said Eric Ross of his Museum Obscura located at 114 Locust Street.The Museum is comprised of two rooms, the first devoted to what Eric refers to as “obscure history and oddities.” He became a fan of these after his visit to a Read More…
By Gari Voss Friday, March 26, 2023, about 9am, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy (EGLE) and the Allegan County Health Department were informed that a discharge had been detected in a remote drain field of the sanitary system at the Shangrai La Mobile Home Park near Saugatuck.Per state regulations, Michael Stephens, Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondentALLEGAN – Allegan County Central Dispatch received a call on March 25 at 8:30 p.m. on a personal injury crash near the intersection of 104th Ave and 50th St Grand Junction, Lee Township.Witnesses reported a vehicle upside down in a swampy area. The driver and lone occupant was found to be unconscious and trapped inside Read More…
Editor’s Note: Because I’ve been laid up in a hospitalthe last couple of days (broke my hip) I pulled this oldy but goody columnfrom the vault. BY MIKE WILCOXPUBLISHER Saturday will be April Fools’ Day. It is also thebirthday of a good friend, actually her 80th. I can only imagine what it was like growing Read More…