Month: August 2022

Editorial

Election worker insists the process isn’t fraudulent

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Full disclosure, my wife sent this letter after spending 14 hours at the Leighton Township polling place Tuesday as an election worker. To the editor: Over the past few years people have heard over and over about the possibility of elections being fraudulent. I was a poll worker...
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School bond defeated; Smit wins 43rd District Rep. seat

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Rachelle Smit The Wayland School District’s $48.5 million bond proposal was defeated in Tuesday's primary election by a count of 2,703 to 2,478, or roughly 52 to 48 percent. The proposal to build a new swimming pool and enable renovations at all district buildings was turned down heavily in Dorr,...
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Arlene Wykstra of Martin area dies in Kalamazoo

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Arlene Wykstra died Monday, Aug. 1, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. She was 68. She was born Feb. 28, 1954, in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Earl and Pearl (Tammeling) Koning. Arlene worked at Parker Hannifin for 20 years until her retirement in 2010. She was also a consultant for...
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WHS exchange student from Ukraine in Germany

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Olya Schenky with her diploma in 1996. Wayland High School graduate Olya Schenky, foreign exchange student from the Ukraine, has settled in Germany, where she finally received approval for residency after having to flee her native land because of the invasion of Russia last March. Her remaining family members finally...
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Wayland Police Dept. has 2nd annual block party

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The second annual Wayland City Police Block Party in the Park was held Tuesday afternoon and early evening. A surprise guest was Kaitlyn Sills. shown above in front of the members of the department. Sills, who now lives in Ohio, still keeps in contact with with WPD. She was chosen...
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Salsa Por Favor closes at downtown site after 2 years

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Salsa Por Favor has closed its Wayland location at 135 N. Main St. after being in business for two years. Billed by Townbroadcast as Wayland's first authentic Mexican restaurant downtown in more than 25 years, Salsa Por Favor opened in 2020 in the building that for many years was Brooks...
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Some thoughts about working in today’s election

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by Denise Dykstra Tuesday, Aug. 2, we can take ourselves to our area precincts and cast our votes in our state primary election. Some years ago, I was asked by our township clerk if I would like to be an election worker. I had never even considered it, but when...
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Wayland Union marching band preparing for season

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The Wayland Union High School marching band was out in full force Monday at Ron Stehouwer Stadium to begin work on their programs for this fall's season. The Wildcats, under the direction of Kelly Tlley Smith, will feature creepy "Decomposers," such as Johann Sebastian Bach, with the promise of the...
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Articles

City Council agrees to revisit golf cart proposal

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Former Mayor Burrell Stein The Wayland City Council Monday night agreed to revisit the question of an ordinance permitting use of golf carts and sider-by-side within the city limits. The action followed additional prodding by former Mayor Burrell Stein, who had suggested the move at the council’s July 18 meeting....
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Mayor-elect Antel resigns post to open 1 council seat

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Jennifer Ante; Joe Kramer Mayor Pro Tem Jennifer Antel officially resigned her seat on the Wayland City Council Monday night in order to be eligible to become the city’s first female mayor next November as the only candidate on the general election ballot. Her successor on the council will be...
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