Month: August 2020

Miling, Wolbrink win Dorr, Leighton supervisor races

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Jeff Miling Steve Wolbrink Incumbent Dorr Township Supervisor Jeff Miling apparently has been elected to his third term, turning back a challenge in Tuesday’s primary election from Trustee Terri Rios. Steve Wolbrink is the apparent winner of the race for Leighton Township Supervisor, defeating former Supervisor Spencer Moore. Wolbrink had...
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Doesn’t Family Farm & Home take Covid seriously?

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To the editor: I was totally surprised that Family Farm & Home had no mask requirements... most employees did not have one and those who did wore them on their neck. I know everyone will say "shop elsewhere..." It's hard to believe a corporation would not at least attempt to...
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WHS band has 1st practice on stadium artificial turf

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The Wayland High School marching band Tuesday afternoon had the opportunity to rehearse for the upcoming season and practiced for the first time on the renovated Ron Stehouwer football stadium. The field this past summer received an installment of artificial turf under the leadership of Pat Velie, assistant superintendent for...
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Ranger Rick: So what is the election of 2020 all about?

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When you boil it all down, what is this election about?  On one hand,  liberty and freedom.  On the other,  more government, more taxes, more regulation and socialism on steroids. Who will provide one and who will provide the other?  I will take President Donald Trump any day of the...
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Community Notices

Several area departments handle Yankee Springs fire

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Yankee Springs Township, Wayland and Orangeville Township firefighters spent a great deal of time Monday afternoon and evening battling a structure fire on Parker Drive in Yankee Springs Township. A spokesperson for Yankee Springs and Wayland posted on Facebook today, "We would like to thank the firefighters from the following...
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Still no word about hiring of new Wayland City Clerk

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Police Chief Mark Garnsey Wayland City Manager Josh Eggleston told council members Monday evening he is crafting an offer to a new city clerk, but did not disclose who it is. The new clerk will succeed Michelle Herman, who retired last December. Kristin Engel, meanwhile, has been serving as acting...
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Crack seal project under way on U.S.-131 near Martin

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Asphalt crack sealing work was scheduled to begin Monday evening by the Michigan Department of Transportation between 110th and 120th avenues along U.S.-131 just north of Martin. An MDOT spokesperson said there will be nightly lane closures on both northbound portions of the expressway. They will be closed from 8...
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Ramblin’ Road: What a drag it is getting old and injured

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by Phyllis McCrossin I arrived in Michigan from our winter in California with an ankle that sometimes ballooned to three times its normal size. Friends and family were convinced I was going to die. I was pretty sure whatever was wrong happened because I repeatedly whacked my foot on the...
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Former Martin area pastor, coach battling COVID in Fla.

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Dave Nightingale, former pastor of Watson Bible Church and former pastor of Corner Bible Church, is in the hospital with COVID-19 at a hospital in Hudson, Fla. Nightingale was Martin High School baseball and basketball coach in the early 1990s. His son, Chip, who batted over .600 in his senior...
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