Allegan News

It took fire departments from Martin, Allegan, Otsego and Plainwell more than two hours to put out a six-acre grass-and-building fire Monday in Martin Township.

Building skills: Juan Morales, 27, attaches house wrap on a model green home after being taught the technique by Steven Ray, right.

A murder suspect is due in court Tuesday in Allegan County. Police caught up with Van Buren Hutchinson on Friday in northern Indiana.

ALLEGAN, Mich. - A suspect in the slaying of an Illinois woman whose body was found 16 years ago in the Kalamazoo River is fighting extradition from Indiana to Michigan.

The suspect in the rape and murder of an Illinois woman, whose body was bound and dumped in the Kalamazoo River, is fighting his return here following his Friday arrest, authorities said.

More than a month before country-music sensation Kelly Clarkson performs at this year's Allegan County Fair, a small but celebrated group of local musicians plan to rock the same stage to help the fair weather budget cuts.

A state auditor general's report shows the Michigan Department of Transportation incorrectly distributed gas tax funds to 35 county road commissions in the past two budget years.

The Allegan County Sheriff's Department needs your help in tracking down a cold case suspect.

ALLEGAN, Mich. - Authorities in southwestern Michigan say they've arrested a suspect in the rape and slaying of a woman whose partially nude body was found in April 1993 in the Kalamazoo River.

The Allegan County Focus Investigative Team is seeking the public's help in locating a suspect from a rape and murder of a woman whose body was found in April 1993 by a fisherman in a log jam on the Kalamazoo River.

Guardrails hang over the washed-out section of 48th Street south of Ottagan Street.

The Friends of Fiber Knitting and Crochet group is hosting a Fiber Festival charter bus trip to Allegan, Mich., Aug.

Allegan County commissioners are still adding up storm damage from the torrential rain storms that swept over West Michigan, earlier this month.

The likelihood of an linked, nine-county trail system stands a greater chance of becoming a reality if municipalities and other entities work together.

ALLEGAN, Mich. - A 36-year-old western Michigan woman accused of stabbing her 14-year-old stepson in the back with a kitchen knife has pleaded guilty in the case.

ALLEGAN -- Severe thunderstorms swept across southern Michigan over the weekend, spawning three tornadoes, dumping as much as 8 inches of rain in places and knocking out power to 130,000 homes and businesses, authorities said Sunday.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Air Quality Division has declared today an Ozone Action Day.

The city of Allegan is considering going into the electricity-generating business.

The clean-up continues after powerful thunderstorms brought heavy rains to West Michigan Friday night, storms that led to flooding and left thousands without power.

Officials in Michigan say tornadoes have destroyed or heavily damaged at least three homes and several other buildings in the western part of the state.No injuries were reported after the twisters struck late Saturday.The National Weather Service said the first tornado touched down near the city of Allegan.