Allegan News

Coldwater parade begins at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Memorial day. The parade tarts at the corner of Hudson and East Chicago streets and winds through downtown along Chicago Street.

Four more animals from the herd of western mustangs brought to Michigan in a failed adoption event the winter before last are bound for Calfornia, according to the horse rescue group sending them there.

According to a survey of officials' pay in 10 counties, Van Buren County officials came within a few percentage points of average.

Otsego was able to hold off Vicksburg to claim the 2012 league championship. The Bulldogs, who finished second in the conference tournament, edged Vicksburg 26-25 to take the title.

A The Dowagiac track team finished fifth at the Wolverine Conference Track & Field Championships in both boys and girls Tuesday.

Allegan County Sheriff Blaine Koops honored the recipients of the Sheriff's Office annual awards at a ceremony on May 17 at the Griswold Auditorium.

A husband and wife team of dog breeders were sent to jail earlier this month, after authorities found more than 350 dogs and puppies crammed into their small rural home and outbuildings, matted in filth.

A new road patrol plan in Allegan County could leave parts of the county unpatrolled when there aren't enough officers available.

Allegan, MI residents George and Cheri Burke were sentenced on Thursday to two months in jail, $500 fines each, and mandatory psychological counseling after they pleaded guilty to misdemeanor animal cruelty in the seizure of over 350 small dogs early last month.

An Allegan County man has been charged with domestic violence after police say he attacked his mother on Mothers' Day.

Puppy mill sentencing: The couple behind the Allegan puppy mill was sentenced to 60 days in jail Thursday.

Acting on a tip from the Council on American Islamic Relations , police shut down a private event in a rented room that was promoting the American constitution and the "American Laws for American Courts" legislation initiative.

Allegan County Prosecutor Fred Anderson said that "justice was served" this morning when a district court judge sent two rural Allegan County dog breeders to jail for 60 days, and barred them for owning animals again during their two year probationary period.

Today's weather forecast - hot, dry, and windy - combined with the lack of snow over the winter has created a high risk of fire today, officials said.

Melissa Borden is actively involved in dog rescue work in Detroit, Michigan. She has been doing this for the past 30 years, yet she is only 38 years old.

The following is a sample of incidents to which officers responded this month. It was provided by the Allegan County Sherifff's Office .

No candidates are on the ballot, but voters in many Lakeshore school districts are being asked to go to the polls today.

Generic drugmaker Perrigo Co posted a higher quarterly profit that beat consensus estimates, but cut its full-year revenue growth forecast, sending its shares down 5 percent in trading before the bell.

Only one dog out of 383 animals rescued from a puppy mill remains at the Allegan County Shelter.

Sharon Hule of Otsego, a regular volunteer at the Allegan County Animal Shelter, cleans the puppy room at the facility.