July 2017

Retro Room 1st business in new battle vs. ‘Corner Curse’

Wayland's newest downtown business continues the more than four decades battle against "The Corner Curse." The Retro Room, a place to buy and sell old recordings and electronics devices plans…

Editor July 31, 2017

Community Notices

Shear Concepts buys former Goodwill donation site

The Goodwill Donation Center at 1124 W. Superior St. in Wayland is closing and Shear Concepts next door has purchased the building. A phone call to the donation center, which…

Editor July 31, 2017

Columns

One Small Voice: Hurrah for Sen. John McCain’s last hurrah

In the early morning hours of July 28, as I watched Arizona Senator John McCain cast one of the three earth-shaking votes against the "skinny repeal" of the Trumpcare bill,…

Editor July 31, 2017

Columns

The Subterranean: ‘Feast for the eyes. Famine for the mind.’

(Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets) Currently in wide release *** out of five stars by Walter G. Tarrow Valerian and the City of a Thousand…

Editor July 31, 2017

Obituaries

Visitation will be Tuesday for Gary Funk, 66, of Dorr

Gary E. Funk of Dorr died Saturday, July 29. He was 66. He was born Sept. 21, 1950, in New Salem, the son of Gerald and Louise (Steffes) Funk. Gary served…

Editor July 31, 2017

Community Notices

Martin Reformed Church youth serve in Kentucky

by Austin Marsman Martin Reformed Church sent 21 teens and adults on a week-long mission trip in Neon, Ky., earlier this month. After a day of travel, the group arrived…

Editor July 30, 2017

Columns

Basura: So is Donald Trump the ‘Macho Man’ he projects?

“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire…

Editor July 30, 2017

Obituaries

Memorial service will be Aug. 7 for Evalene Tein

Memorial services to honor Evalene Tein of Wayland will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 7 at Kubiak-Cook Funeral Services, 312 N. Main St. Wayland. She died April 19. There…

Editor July 29, 2017

Editorial

Steven Johnson will be a vulnerable incumbent in 2018

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. Wise observers of our corrupt and rigged election system in West Michigan have posited…

Editor July 29, 2017

Community Notices

Fire destroys utility barn in Leighton Twp. near Caledonia

Fire destroyed a utility barn Friday morning after the structure caught fire in Leighton Township near Caledonia. No one was reported injured but the barn and its contents were a total loss,…

Editor July 28, 2017