By Joseph Schultz For the first time since communities in West Michigan started rallying against planned data centers, Microsoft held an informational open house Tuesday afternoon in Gaines Township. Microsoft…

Technology giant Microsoft has announced that has terminated non-disclosure agreements with four west Michigan communities, including Dorr Township, where it is pursuing data center development. The move releases municipal officials…

Community Action of Allegan County and Apex Clean Energy have announced a new partnership to expand access to crisis utility assistance for families in the Wayland area. Through the Blazing…

Personnel at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr are warning that unless some citizens step up and volunteer the history and genealogy services will cease, perhaps as…

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,…