Friday | Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance
The Bay City Times A group of students and alumni from Saginaw High School play a special African drum part in the song 'Imani' by composer Sean O'Loughlin Tuesday night at a Bay Concert Band rehearsal.
Sarah Palin's first book tour stop draws long lines, national attention in Grand Rapids
Lucy Vigmustad said the wind that swept through the Woodland Mall parking lot was the the toughest part as she huddled with friends overnight -- but it's worth it for a few fleeting moments with her hero, Sarah Palin.
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Leighton, Dorr townships struggle to keep community policing
Time is running out for Leighton and Dorr townships and the Allegan County Sheriff's Department to come up with a funding solution to keep community policing in place.
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Stimulus funds to repair Sibley Street
A stretch of Sibley Street in need of repairs will get attention in the spring, because of a $140,000 boost from federal stimulus funds.
Allegan County already has more requests for Recovery Zone money than it has available.
Arts, Science Center to expand
Ground was broken Monday for West Shore Community College's latest construction project: The expansion and renovation of the Arts and Science Center.
Dorr Township planning commissioner doesn't plan to resign over septic tank controversy
Bob Wagner has been on the Dorr Township Planning Commission more than 40 years, but has come under criticism for an alleged illegal septic tank and is being asked by a group of residents to resign.
'Computer glitch' delays food, cash, day care and Medicaid to needy in Southwest Michigan
An Allegan County caseworker called it a technical glitch. But for Peri Stitzel, waiting two months for an increase in food stamps to take effect meant going without meat and sometimes milk.
Parents in Allegan County can make sure their kids are safe in the car. The Allegan County Sheriff's Department is holding a free car safety seat inspection Wednesday afternoon in Dorr.
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Revised recall petitions for Dorr Township Board members filed, hearing scheduled
Revised petitions, filed with the Allegan County Clerk's Office, seek the recall of four Township Board members.
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Ada to Zeeland briefs: Festival raises scholarship funds
Last year's Ada Autumn Arts Festival raised around $3,000 in donations that went to the Rebecca Vogelsang Memorial Scholarship, given to local college students majoring in the arts.
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Allegan dairy farm transforms into New Salem Corn Maze and Haunted Woods
An insane man tries to escape from a cage in the haunted woods for the upcoming annual Halloween festival at the Lenhart's farm in Dorr.
the Bottom Linehalloween Haunts Dorr farmer creates agritheme park to increase revenue
When times get tough down on the farm, what's a farmer to do? Several farmers seem to be selling wagon rides and attracting families on the wonders of the farm -- visit our baby pigs, calves, goats and chicks.
Some say that remembering the past is key to understanding the present. And what better way to commemorate the past than to refurbish a historic, dilapidated cemetery - and invite descendants and the public to view the results? The DuBois Cemetery rededication and plaque unveiling took place Sept.
The Kalamazoo Township Board of Trustees resolved Monday to accept a challenge to become a more ``green'' community.
Allegan fair celebrates tradition, farming, family, environment
Judy McCabe has been attending the Allegan County Fair since she was in high school, and she said some of her fondest memories of the event involve the years her daughter was a youngster.
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Byron Township farmer's cheese business expands, but success is not measured in dollars
Caption / Abstract: Barbara Jenness, of Byron Center, greets her goats Thursday at home where she runs Dogwood Farm and Dancing Goat Creamery.
Scotland have called up Cardiff midfielder Gavin Rae and West Brom's Graham Dorrans for their World Cup qualifier with Holland.
Man who beat, poisoned Allegan dog is sent to jail
A 23-year-old Grandville man who once worked for a dog day care center was sentenced today to 45 days in jail for trying to kill his dog by feeding it anti-freeze and beating the animal while it hung from its leash.
Court records detail alleged sexual assaults by Hopkins football player
Two female teens who were once friends with a Hopkins High student and football player now say he sexually assaulted them earlier this year in their homes, court documents show.