Hearing on Slow/No-Wake Ordinance – May 6th

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment has set a public hearing on the possibility of establishing a high-water, no-wake period on Allegan Township’s Miner Lake. The hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. May 6 at the township hall. “By that time,...

Update on Miner Lake Drain Repair

I received an e-mail update from Becky Rininger related to the work on the Miner Lake Drain. – Sam Martin Dated: 11/13/2009 Just wanted to give you an update on both the level of the lake and also the drain project. Work is to begin next week. The contractor...

Update on Miner Lake Drain – 11/18/2009

The contractor plans on replacing the Melm’s crossing tomorrow. We will will be putting in the stop logs at 8:00 in the morning and will start removing them one an hour beginning at 1:00 p.m. to minimize any flooding of downstream properties. This process will...

Rain, Rain go Away

If you have been out to the lake, you will notice that the lake level is very high — almost to the level it was this spring! The Allegan Co. Drain Commissioner is very much aware of the lake level, and their office has been working over the past couple weeks to get...