January 2021 – Page 8

School board may look into more in-person instruction

The Wayland Board of Education apparently is open to the idea of accelerating the district’s learning plan from enhanced hybrid to more in-person instruction. The board will have a work…

Editor January 11, 2021

Community Notices

Allegan County Covid deaths continue to climb

The death toll from the Covid-19 virus continues to mount in Allegan County, as the number reported Monday was 87. Just before the holiday break, in late December, the Allegan…

Editor January 11, 2021

Obituaries

Service held for 27-year WHS employee Mary Sager

Mary Lorraine Sager, age 97, of Wayland, died at Mercy Health, Grand Rapids, on Friday, Jan. 8, due to complications from Covid-19. Lorraine was a beautiful wife, mother, grandmother, aunt,…

Editor January 11, 2021

Columns

An easy way to deal with leftover holiday potatoes

by Kathy Hamman Miller What do you do with the leftover potatoes from the holidays on a cold winter day? Make potato soup of course. It’s very easy to do…

Editor January 11, 2021

Columns

Ramblin’ Road: DK filling hole left by Cindy’s passing

by Phyllis McCrossin We added to our household After we put Cindy Lou down, I swore no more dogs for a while. A long while. And then King suggested I…

Editor January 11, 2021

Community Notices

Patchy freezing fog causes semi to crash on U.S.-131

A Sunday morning fog south of Wayland on the U.S.-131 expressway created low visibility conditions. In the patchy, freezing fog in the southbound lane of the freeway, a tractor trailer…

Editor January 10, 2021

Sports

Martin football season ends with rare loss, just like 2019

It was déjà vu all over again, with apologies to Yogi Berra. The Martin High School varsity football team Saturday made its second straight eight-man playoff appearance in the state…

Editor January 9, 2021

Community Notices

Post-holiday uptick shows 81 county Covid-19 deaths

The number of Covid-19 fatalities reported in Allegan County jumped from 73 Monday to 76 Wednesday and to 81 Friday since the pandemic began last March. The Allegan County Health…

Editor January 8, 2021

Community Notices

Martin Township Board meeting Jan. 13 canceled

The Martin Township Board has called off its Wednesday, Jan. 13 meeting at 6:30 p.m. Township Clerk Rachelle Smit eplained, "Due to only one item on the agenda of new…

Editor January 8, 2021

Obituaries

Private Hicks Cemetery burial set for Carolyn Taylor

Carolyn K. Taylor of Otsego died Monday, Jan. 4, at Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was 81. Born Dec. 5, 1939, in Allegan Township, she was the daughter of James…

Editor January 7, 2021