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Contact: [email protected] The Allegan County News is a weekly newspaper featuring local news, sports and advertisements. It is published every Thursday.

The deadline for submission of stories, photographs or advertisements is Monday at 4 p.m.

12/11/2024

Allegan girls beat Wyoming Lee

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor WYOMING—The 2024-25 season started on a high note for the Allegan girls basketball team.Traveling to Wyoming to take on Lee, the Tigers used a balanced scoring attac…

12/11/2024

Otsego girls even record at 1-1 with win over Niles

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor OTSEGO—A strong first half helped carry the Otsego girls basketball team to the 44-31 win over visiting Niles in the opening game of Wolverine Conference play on Fri…

12/11/2024

Obituary: Joan (Jody) Huene Simonds

Joan (Jody) Huene Simonds, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away on November 30, 2024, at the age of 96. Joan was born in Chicago on July 14, 1928, to Dorothy and Nevin Huene…

12/11/2024

Obituary: Peggy Rose (Thompson) Arnsman

Peggy Rose (Thompson) Arnsman passed peacefully on December 1, 2024, at Home in Hopkins, Michigan. She was born in Bowling Green, Ohio on April 3, 1937, to her late parents Richard and Alice (Rose)…

12/11/2024

Festive Friday ushers Downtown Allegan into the Christmas season

The fully-lit, giant Christmas tree in Trowbridge Plaza following the ceremony The very last float carried Santa as he passed out gifts and covered the roads in snow. Photos by Jordan Wilcox Severa…

12/11/2024

Canvassers seek pay increase

By John RaffelCorrespondent ALLEGAN — Citing increased duties related to changes in stateelection law, specifically early voting and expanded absentee voting, the Allegan County Board of Canvassers…

12/11/2024

Former parent club member faces charges

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor A former member of the Gilkey Elementary School Parent Club in Plainwell had her first day in court.Tara Lynn Drewyor, 44, was arraigned in district court on Monday,…

12/11/2024

Mike’s Musings: Penny should have not been brought to trial

A 26-year-old former marine has had his life turned upside down after trying to subdue a stranger on a subway in New York City. Daniel Penny jumped in to stop the stranger who was threatening to ki…

12/11/2024

Life as Performance Art

Lately, we have seen the phrase Deus vult — Latin for “God wills it” — in the news.It first used by Pope Urban II in 1095, when he launched the first Crusade. He wanted to convince kings and sub-je…

12/04/2024

Silver ribbon decorates special tree in Plainwell

Beatrice (Brown) VanWeelden (front) is seen with her nephew Bill Brown. VanWeelden recently celebrated her 94th birthday. (Photo provided) By Jason WesseldykSports Editor If you visit Bill and Deb …

12/04/2024

OHS choir takes part in CMU’s Choral Vocal Day

Otsego High School choir director Meredith Lincoln (front row, far left) brought her students to Central Michigan University to take part in Choral Vocal Day. (Photo provided) By Jason WesseldykSpo…

12/04/2024

Wayland picks up road victory over Hamilton

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor HAMILTON—It’s been said that the third time’s a charm.For the Wayland boys basketball team, the third quarter was the charm in its contest against host Hamilton on T…

12/04/2024

Obituary: Dan Beebe

Dan Beebe of Plainwell, Michigan passed away on November 16th, 2024. He was born on April 27th,1957 in Middletown, Ohio. The Family moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan when Dan was a young child. Dan grad…

12/04/2024

Obituary: Alva Jean Morgan

Alva Jean Morgan, 70, lifelong resident of Allegan, MI, passed away in the early hours of Monday, November 25, 2024 at Briarwood Assisted Living. Born February 7, 1954 in Allegan, she was the daugh…

12/04/2024

Obituary: Patrick L Rumery Sr.

Patrick L Rumery, Sr. of Valrico, FL passed away peacefully on October 22, 2024. Pat was born in Allegan, MI on April 5, 1949, the son of Jeanette and Weldon Rumery. He graduated from Ferris State …

12/04/2024

3126 residences hooked up to county broadband so far

ALLEGAN — The $65 million project to bring broadband, hi-speed internet access to unserved areas of Allegan County, continues to connect residents to the world wide web. The county organized the pr…

12/04/2024

Small Business Saturday brings wonderful surprises and a sad goodbye

Board & Brush Creative Studio Just a Second By Gari Voss Even with solid Black Friday sales and specials, the streets of Allegan were lined with vehicles belonging to shoppers taking advantage …

12/04/2024

Mike’s Musings: Words to live by

I found this post on Facebook. I unfortunately don’t know who the author is, but I haven’t read anything lately, that expresses best, how to live our life. Follow these basic tenets and you will be…

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