Paul Henry Smith died in Dorr on Feb. 18. He was 78 years old. He was born in Grand Rapids, on June 5, 1947, and grew up in HudsonvilleI on…

By Joseph Schultz Kate Balfoort Monday night was the last Wayland City Council meeting that Kate Balfoort attended as the city’s finance director. Balfoort is stepping down from her position…

All three of this area’s girls’ basketball teams will play Wednesday evening in the semifinal round of the Division 2 districts at South Christian’s athletic complex. Wayland, with its 13-7…

The Hopkins Public Schools will sponsor two public forums later this month and in April to offer information and answer questions about the bond proposal on Tuesday, May 6. The…

By Kathy Hamman Miller Ingredients: 2 - 3 pounds of beef tip roast Olive oil 1 pound bag of baby carrots 1 - 1 1/2 pound bag of medium size…

Rex Greenawalt, a 1966 graduate of Wayland High School who was very active in the Vietnam veterans’ advocacy movement, died Wednesday, Feb. 25. Born on Oct. 7, 1947, in Plainwell,…

Louie Harnish Wayland High School junior Louie Harnish Saturday finished fourth in the singles qualifying block at the state bowling championship tournament at Waterford, thereby enabling him to survive the…

The Wayland Union high school concert band received straight 1s from the adjudicators at the annual Michigan School Band & Orchestra District (MSBOA) District Band Festival  this weekend. Concert Band…

Pictured is Smallegan's team with their first-place medals. Five Wayland Union Schools teams competed in the regional Odyssey of the Mind competition at Thornapple Kellogg.Four of five teams will advance…

The Dorr Township Board likely will spend all of March and perhaps part of April trying to find a successor to Trustee Chandler Stanton, who resigned abruptly effective Feb. 19.…