Allegan News

William "Bill" Oss West, 77, of Laurinburg, N.C. passed away on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Morrison Manor.

Between 100 and 400 Consumers Energy customers in Allegan County had power restored Monday morning (April 14) following weekend thunderstorms that mostly swept north of the county.

A woman accused by federal prosecutors of receiving methamphetamine through the mail at the Otsego Post Office is scheduled for a plea hearing in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids. 

Plainwell High School has been selected as one of the Washington Post’s America’s Most Challeng­ing High Schools for 2014. 

Editor’s note: “Home Country” is a column that follows the inhabitants of an unnamed, fictional Western town.

Helen Marie (Wagner) Stodola, 92, of Libertyville, Ill., formerly of Allegan and Big Rapids, passed away peacefully on April 5, 2014, at the Winchester House. Helen was born on Sept.

Plainwell-based childhood cancer nonprofit DC Strong will release a video it hopes will garner national attention Sunday, April 13, at 8 p.m.