GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Kent and Ottawa County health department officials are gearing up for the first heat wave of the summer season, opening area cooling centers and warning West Michigan residents to ...

MARTIN, Mich. — Allegan County officials have declared a local state of emergency following a series of tornadoes that swept across West Michigan last week, leaving widespread damage, power ...

Allegan’s historic downtown architecture tells stories of yesteryear while housing today’s small businesses. Photo credit: Brandon Bartoszek Tucked along the picturesque Kalamazoo River in ...

ALLEGAN COUNTY, Mich. — The Allegan County Board of Commissioners has officially declared a local state of emergency in response to the damage caused by the severe storms that rocked West ...

Support also came from the very top of the MEA with its president, Chandra Madafferi, speaking during the board meeting’s public comment period. State Rep. Denise Mentzer, D-Mount Clemens, of the 61st ...

House Bill 4345 is specific to the 2024-25 school year and to districts who are in counties covered by an already-issued emergency declaration from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

He founded Allegan’s Sobriety Court, which he has presided over for 10 years, and the West Michigan Regional Veterans Treatment Court, which began in 2014 and serves Allegan, Ottawa and Van Buren.

ALLEGAN, Mich. (WOOD) — After years on the bench, the chief judge of Allegan County’s 57th District Court is set to retire. Judge William Baillargeon will retire from the court effective Aug. 1.

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of Michigan’s outdoor recreation season, and Allegan offers abundant options for those who prefer their entertainment without walls. The Allegan State Game ...

Republican Matthew Kishman, of Minerva, defeated Democrat Doremus C. Redvine to win the vacant House District 50 seat, according to unofficial election results. Kishman led Redvine by more than ...

In a nearby mid-Michigan district that was among the most competitive U.S. House races last year, a poll taken at the beginning of first-term GOP Rep. Tom Barrett's telephone town hall showed ...

“We’re talking about the county roads, which really need some help,” Bohnak said. “I was just looking at a map and we have a lot of poor roads in our district.