Month: August 2017

Ranger Rick: Trumpkins of the world unite, enjoy the ride!

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Whenever I would write an article and mention Barack Obama and was chastised for not addressing him as President Obama, I agreed with their viewpoint, and as much as I loathed the Destructor in Chief and Marxist President Obama, I addressed him correctly since then. As for you TDS (Trump...
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Driver in Wayland Twp. fatal crash makes plea agreement

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A North Carolina woman will spend up to a year in the county jail in connection with a traffic crash that killed her 15-year-old passenger last March. In a plea agreement reached at a preliminary hearing Monday, Alyssa Stark, 20, of Mebane, N.C., pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle...
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Leighton Twp. Board finally approves air park proposal

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After nearly two years of debate, discussion, painstaking deliberations and wailing and gnashing of teeth, the Leighton Township Board finally gave tentative approval Monday night to a proposed air park near 144th and Kalamazoo Avenues. The board voted 4-0 to tentatively approve a rezoning, from rural residential to planned development, to...
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Lumber Yard Events Center owner clarifies parking issue

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The new owner of the Lumber Yard Events Center, formerly the Smith Lumber & Coal building, has clarified some confusing information about the parking issue delaying final approval for the new business. After the Wayland City Council last week insisted the parking issue be cleared up, Mark Shepherd said, "The reason it...
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Vikings have rough day at Cereal City Volleyball Invite

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The Hopkins varsity volleyball team had a rough day Saturday at the rugged Cereal City Invitational in Battle Creek, winning just one of four encounters. The Lady Vikings finished the day with an overall record of 10-7-2 In pool play, Detroit Renaissance defeated Hopkins 25-16, 14-25, 17-16; Coldwater swept Hopkins...
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Hastings motorcyclist killed in traffic crash near Gun Lake

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A 39-year-old Hastings man was killed in a motorcycle crash was killed Sunday afternoon north of Gun Lake. Troopers from the Wayland post of the Michigan State Police said Shane Doorn of Hastings was operating his motorcycle on Briggs Road near Chief Noonday Road near Payne Lake in Yankee Springs...
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The Subterranean: Waging bloody war in clean office space.

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Review of Drone ***1/2 out of five stars Currently available in video  "Drone" is a taut little thriller about Neil Wistin (Sean Bean), an employee of a military contractor to the CIA who pilots attack drones from his office in Washington State to targets in the Middle East. No one...
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United Church has special blessing of about 50 quilts

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The United Church of Wayland had its Blessings of the Quilts at the church Sunday after a number of members and friends took part in a series of quilting bees earlier this year. About 50 quilts will be given to Wings of Hope Hopice, which reportedly needs about 80 for the...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Like old CBS ad, ‘Have we got a fall for you’

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"Surprise, Surprise, Surprise" — Gomer Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Gomer Pyle USMC." It’s only been a little more than a week into the fall sports season, and already three astonishing things have occurred, most notably from Martin. Submitted for your approval, three developments that I didn’t see...
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Martin easily defeats White Cloud 50-0 in home opener

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By Austin Marsman Excitement was high heading into Friday night’s season opening game, and Martin's home crowd got quite the treat, as the Clippers posted a blowout 50-0 victory over White Cloud. Head coach Mike McGuire predicted the game would be “all about which team can execute” and that was...
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