Allegan News

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.

Members of Allegan County's cold-case team say they believe a man who disappeared in 1994 was murdered and that someone might know where his body is located.

Heavy rain was falling on Ottawa County late Friday night. Sheriff's deputies told NewsRadio WOOD 1300 that many roads were flooded and impassable.

The weather has closed down some roads in Holland. Flooding forced police to close three roads in the city, including the highway.

The National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids has issued a flash flood warning for parts of Allegan and Ottawa counties for early Friday morning.

Carp will be a sought-after fish Saturday at Allegan Lake. Anglers aren't limited to hook and line during the seventh annual Carp Derby at Allegan Lake, although Derby Chairman Larry Delong said that works just fine.

In early June of 2008, two days of relentless rain fell on West Michigan, causing big flooding problems.