Month: June 2022

Wildcats to have 3 players, coach in all-star game

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Kennedy Cole Wayland will be represented by three players and its coach WEDNESDAY, July 13, in a Division 2 all-star softball game at Davenport University, beginning at 10 a.m. Coach Cheri Ritz will join first sacker Emma Tornes, pitcher Emma Ludema and catcher Kennedy Cole on one of the two...
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Dorr Twp effort to restore millage rate fails yet again

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Dorr Township officials have been looking for ways to expand the current township hall or find a new site because the facility is just too crowded for them to get their work done. Another attempt to use funds from the Headlee Amendment rollback restoration approved county wide in 2020 failed...
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Community Notices

Picklestreet welcoming new associate veterinarian

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Dr, Maggie Pratt Monterey Veterinary Center and Picklestreet Veterinary Services is welcoming new Associate Veterinarian Dr. Maggie Pratt. Pratt grew up in Houston, Texas, where she was heavily involved in her FFA chapter. She raised and showed Red Brangus and American Aberdeen cattle, as well as Boer goats. With her...
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About 130 Hopkins music students do summer camp

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The Hopkins Public Schools' Summer Music Camp 2022 finished up last week with 130 campers and 20 staff coming together to learn and make music as an ensemble for the week. Kids participated in music games, theater games, learned new instruments and performance skills. The group ended the camp with...
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Martin community activist Pat McLaughlin dies at 83

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Pat McLaughlin died Wednesday, June 29, at his home in Martin just one day shy of his 84th birthday. He was born June 30, 1938, in Lake Odessa, the son of Paul and Mabel (Weber) McLaughlin. He served his country in the U.S. Army and worked at Eaton for almost...
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Columns

Army Bob: Only amending Constitution can save Roe

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by Robert M. Traxler Roe v. Wade is no more. As I have written in this column before, abortion is not in my top five areas of concern, but it is on the top of many folks’ list of concerns. This column maintained more than five years ago that the...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — June 30, 1997 Shelbyville Tavern today. Gov. John Engler has proclaimed Allegan County a disaster area after a serious summer wind and rainstorm June 20 that cut power to an estimated 18,000...
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Day of celebrations fuels memories of a lifetime

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These boys have all grown up together. Their stories are going to be epic for all their lives.  by Denise Dykstra We had three graduation open Houses to attend on the same day this past weekend. They were spaced in quite a way that I had the entire day planned...
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Community Notices

Wayland man arrested in shooting at Windsor Woods

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Wayland City Police Monday evening arrested a 24-year-old Male local resident after an apparent shooting in the 3500 Block of the Windsor Woods mobile community. Wayland Police, Allegan County Sheriff’s Deputies and Gun Lake Tribal Police officers responded to a 911 call at 11:24 p.m. The located a suspect vehicle...
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Wayland seems to have weathered Covid crisis

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Though Wayland, like many other public school districts, has gone through some hard times in the last two fiscal years, it appears it has weathered the worst of the storm. Thus spake Assistant Supt. for Finances and Operations Patricia Velie Monday night, who told the school board at a public...
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