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WHS grads’ parade planned for 6:30 Thursday, May 21

Because the annual commencement for the Wayland High School Class of 2020 has been postponed by the COVID-19 crisis, the Wayland Grad Bash Committee is planning an alternative celebration. A…

Editor May 13, 2020

Articles

Martin decides to go ahead with cleanup day May 23

Martin Village and Martin Township will have their annual spring cleanup day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 23. This, despite recent state orders against people gathering in…

Editor May 13, 2020

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — May 17, 1995 Cindy tenHaaf of VanDyken Disposal wrote a letter in…

Editor May 13, 2020

Articles

Two State Reps. weigh in on COVID-19 lockdowns

As another protest at the State Capitol approaches Thursday, two local state representatives appear to be making statements about protests of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s the stay at home orders. State…

Editor May 13, 2020

Community Notices

Byron Center woman killed in Salem Township crash

A 27-year-old Byron Center woman was killed Tuesday afternoon in a traffic crash in Salem Township. Deputies from the Allegan County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash on 30th Street near…

Editor May 13, 2020

Columns

Ranger Rick: Don’t let COVID-19 control our lives

State of Confusion: I was listening to the radio in my truck Monday when the program announcer said they were going to talk with a barber from Owosso named Karl…

Editor May 12, 2020

Community Notices

Gun Lake Casino honored as a top employer in area

Gun Lake Casino was honored as one of the “West Michigan’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” by the National Association for Business Resources, according to Grand Rapids Business Journal.…

Editor May 12, 2020

Columns

Introducing ‘Ramblin’ Road,’ writer Phyllis McCrossin

EDITOR’S NOTE: Townbroadcast is introducing a column from Allegan County native Phyllis McCrossin, a retired newspaper reporter who spends her warmer months living in Hamilton. McCrossin and this editor briefly…

Editor May 12, 2020

Obituaries

Wayland native Jack Deering dies at 87 in Newaygo

Wayland native Jack Deering died Sunday, May 10, at his Newaygo home on the Muskegon River. He was 87. Jack was born in Wayland on March 22, 1933, to Jacob…

Editor May 12, 2020

Columns

Yes It’s True: Once again a pox on GOP, Dem houses

I really don’t know if Tara Reade’s sexual assault accusations against former Vice President Joe Biden are true. I also don’t know if Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s charges two years…

Editor May 11, 2020