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Public Service announcement on school bus laws from Michigan State Police
With the start of the school year quickly approaching, the Michigan State Police wants to remind parents to talk to their children about bus safety and remind motorists to share the road.Parents should...
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Wayland to re-hatch chicken ordinance
By: Virginia Ransbottom, Staff WriterWith residents still squawking over allowing chickens to be raised in the city, Wayland City Council on Monday, Aug. 20, decided to revisit a chicken ordinance that...
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Allegan council debates development of Brady Street riverfront lot
By: Virginia Ransbottom, Staff WriterWith mixed emotions, Allegan City Council discussed the future of the vacant, city-owned Brady Street lot between 2nd Street Bridge and Mahan Park at their council...
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House fire kills one in Overisel Township
OVERISEL TWP.—A person was found dead after a house fire on 46th Street Thursday, Sept. 6.According to the Allegan County Sheriff’s Office, central dispatch got a 911 call about 10:13 a.m. reporting a...
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Kalamazoo River reopens at cleanup site near Otsego
By: Virginia Ransbottom, Staff WriterA ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, Aug. 30, at the Otsego Township Dam impoundment area marked the completion of a two-year cleanup effort and the reopening of the...
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Gun Lake tribe, state lead sturgeon-release ceremony
By: Virginia Ransbottom, Staff WriterStorm clouds parted just in time for a sturgeon release party on Wednesday, Aug. 29, at the New Richmond Bridge County Park. A few hundred people descended upon the...
View ArticleWoman bound for carjacking truck at Otsego cemetery
By: Daniel Pepper, Staff WriterA Galesburg woman was bound over to Allegan County Circuit Court for her part in a series of crimes in Otsego in January.Heidi Ann Hermann, 30, was in Allegan County...
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Dioxin detected in 14 Otsego-area wells
By: Ryan Lewis, EditorWhile the levels were not known, state and local health officials got word to 16 households in the Otsego and Plainwell area over the weekend that dioxin showed up in a test of...
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2018 Allegan County Fair gets underway
It’s the opening weekend to “Get Your Fix” at the 166th Allegan County Fair, which began last night and runs through Sept. 15.It opened Friday, Sept. 7, with 5 Seconds of Summer performing that night...
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Light candle for World Suicide Prevention Day 2018
Editor's note: This announcement was submitted by Sherrie Chase, B.S.,CPS-M.World Suicide Prevention Day is every year on Sept. 10. The Allegan County Suicide Prevention Coalition and the International...
View ArticleDorr's recycling vote will be recounted this week
By: Ryan Lewis, EditorVotes for Dorr Township’s recent recycling ballot proposal will be recounted Thursday, Sept. 13.The proposal passed by a 15-vote margin, 863 to 848.The official recount will begin...
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Open house for Allegan parks and recreation
ALLEGAN—Planners Wightman & Associates are hosting an open house Wednesday, Sept. 12, from 6-7 p.m. at the Griswold Auditorium to discuss the future of parks and recreation within the City of...
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Wayland’s facade program ‘snowballs’ with $200,000 MEDC grant
By: Virginia Ransbottom, Staff WriterStanding in front of a vacant building at 120 S. Main St., in Wayland on Monday, Sept. 10, Main Street/DDA executive director, Ingrid Miller accepted a $200,000...
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Otsego water test results delayed two weeks by DEQ lab
By: Ryan Lewis, EditorThough state and local officials expected full results of water testing in the Otsego area to be complete by now, the Allegan County Health Department announced Sept. 7 they now...
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Winners of the 2018 Allegan County Fair Parade
By: Virginia Ransbottom, Staff WriterThe rain parted just in time for the Allegan County Fair Parade’s 91 entries on Monday, Sept. 10. This year’s theme was “Get Your Fix” at the 166th annual fair.The...
View ArticleBob Evans recalls breakfast sausage
Bob Evans Farms Inc. is recalling some of its pork sausage link products, federal officials announced Thursday, Sept. 13.Products such as 12-ounce overwrapped trays of flavored sausage links are...
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Township will extend water to more homes
By: Ryan Lewis, EditorA water line extension from Allegan southeast to several homes with contaminated wells will go even further.Allegan Township supervisor Steve Schulz said this week that township...
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Woman admits to hitting car on purpose
By: Daniel Pepper, Staff WriterA Grand Junction woman admitted to smashing into another woman’s car on purpose.Michelle Lynn Sterling, 43, was in Allegan County Circuit Court Monday, Sept. 10, and...
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Warnings haven’t changed; sirens sound for high winds
By: Virginia Ransbottom, Staff WriterAfter tornado sirens were activated twice in Wayland in anticipation of severe thunderstorms with high winds moving through Allegan County during the last week of...
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Rep. Whiteford sets September office hours
State Rep. Mary Whiteford, of Casco Township, will host local office hours this month on Monday, Sept. 17.“I take my responsibility representing my friends and neighbors very seriously,” Whiteford...
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