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Mary Whiteford runs for final term as state representative, GOP, August 2020
State Rep. Mary Whiteford was first elected in March 2016 to the remainder of an expelled representative’s term. She won election to her first full term in November 2016 and again in 2018. Term limits...
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August 2020 primary election preview
This page ise devoted to providing you with information about the local races and ballot proposals facing your community in the upcoming Tuesday, Aug. 4, primary election.Candidates in contested...
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4-H Responds to COVID-19 and Allegan County Fair Decisions
By Gari VossHow will the MSU Extension 4-H Staff work to not disappoint the many 4-H members who have spent the past year preparing animals and projects for the Allegan County Fair 2020?When the...
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Tent Sale to Benefit Allegan Firefighters Association
Few things stir my soul more than the sound of a fire truck barreling down the road, the low guttural drone of the siren with flashing red and green strobe lights dancing around. Fortunately, I have...
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Faces in the crowd - Karen Allen
By: by G Corwin StoppelAllegan is full of hidden gems, and sometimes I think it almost takes a visitor or new-comer to see them. Those who have lived in a community sometimes take them for granted....
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Allegan welcomes new Library Director
By: By Michael Kiella, PhDThe trustees of the Allegan District Library announced that they have completed their national search for the next Library Director to follow Ryan Deery, who departed in...
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Possibilities are many for Trowbridge Dam project
The Trowbridge Dam Removal Project was announced in May 2019 as a DNR press release stated, “Trowbridge Dam is the highest-priority dam removal project in the state due to public safety concerns...
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Fisherman Drowns in Kalamazoo River
By: By Michael Kiella, PhDOn Thursday, August 20, 2020, the City of Allegan Police Department responded to a 7:15 PM call regarding a missing person.Kyle Franklin, 26, did not show up for an...
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Migrants leaving because of increased COVID testing
Michigan farmworkers are leaving unpicked fields and orchards. They say it’s driven by the state’s new emergency order requiring mandatory testing for COVID-19.In Grand Junction, late-season blueberry...
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Griswold Auditorium is crown jewel of Allegan
By: By Gary VossIs it a pearl or a diamond in the rough? Anyone who lived in Allegan in the 1970s may remember the rumbling about razing the Griswold Auditorium. For some, the wounds of losing the...
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Faces in the Crowd:
Kara JonesBy: by G Corwin StoppelThe first time I walked into Minnie’s Sephora Restaurant I thought I had stepped into a place straight out of a Damon Runyon story. Surely, in a booth tucked away in a...
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Recount fails to alter prosecutor race
By: By Gary VossVolunteers representing precincts across Allegan County assembled at the Allegan Township Hall on September 2-4, 2020 to recount the ballots from the August 4, 2020 primary election....
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Allegan Floral makes its mark in new downtown location
A vacant storefront, especially in a downtown business district is much like a missing tooth. No matter how handsome the man or beautiful the woman, the first thing we notice is the empty space.Chamber...
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Downtown Allegan: putting it all in to focus
By: By Gary Voss“Downtown Allegan is committed to creating a well-designed place where the community comes together and fosters the local economy.” (Vision for Downtown Allegan, 2020)The Downtown...
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Wings of Hope remembers with butterfly float
The beautiful Butterfly Float could not roll through the streets of Allegan in the 2020 Fair Parade, but Wings of Hope Hospice and the Wings Home continued their remembrances along the rail of...
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New writer/reporter no stranger to county
By: by G Corwin StoppelGari Voss is a name long familiar to some of you in this part of Allegan County, and as you may have noticed, she is now a reporter and staff writer for the Allegan County News....
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Jewel in the Crown: Allegan County History Museum
By: By Gari VossWhether referring to the Old Jail on Walnut Street or the John Pahl Historical Village at the Allegan County Fairgrounds, the Allegan County Historical Museum “stops time. Things that...
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Faces in the Crowd:
Matt DrewBy: by G Corwin StoppelThere is something about fire trucks and fire houses that almost naturally draw the attention of many young people. Perhaps it is the size of the trucks and all of the...
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Fennville FD to observe Fire Prevention Month by visiting schools
By: by G Corwin StoppelPaul Hapke III has been part of the Fennville Area Fire Department off and on since 1999. The ‘off’ years occurred when he had moved out of the area. Two years ago he was named...
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Dorr uses vending machine to promote literacy
The vending machine takes gold tokens that a student can earn by doing a good job or by being helpful or kind. The goal is to encourage positive behavior and to help kids grow in their love of...
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