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Dorr Plan Commission OKs special use for dog kennel

Digital Camera The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening voted 6-0 to grant a special use permit to Daniel Noorman and Stacy Miller to allow their property to have kennels…

Editor May 17, 2022

Columns

How do we survive what ‘Crazy May’ hands us often?

by Denise Dykstra The author and son Abe Crazy May arrives like a visitor you have been so looking forward to hanging out with. The fun we will have! The…

Editor May 17, 2022

Obituaries

Retired State Police Trooper Terry Whitley dies at age 80

Alec Tyrrell Whitley, died Sunday, May 15, at Green Acres Assisted Living Facility in Wayland after a long struggle with cancer. Terry was born Oct. 4, 1941, in Frankfort, to…

Editor May 17, 2022

Sports

Streaking Wildcats have revenge on their minds?

Hannah Rairigh Is revenge on the minds of the Wayland varsity softball team this week? The Wildcats Monday inched closer to yet another O-K Gold Conference championship by sweeping Grand…

Editor May 17, 2022

Sports

Viking girls capture 2nd slot in Comstock Relays

Logan Klinge The Hopkins girls’ track team captured the runner-up slot Monday at the Comstock Invitational. They accumulated 110 points to Centreville’s 139. The Viking boys finished fourth among the…

Editor May 16, 2022

Sports

Calvin Christian takes 2 to win Silver softball title

Emily Dimock Grandville Calvin Christian very likely clinched yet another O-K Silver Conference softball championship Monday by sweeping a doubleheader with Hopkins. The Squires won 13-3 and 14-4 in a…

Editor May 16, 2022

Articles

Local Wildflower Grace building wins block grant

New Wayland City police officer Todd Hudson (left) is sworn in by Mayor Tim Bala. The Wayland City Council Monday evening had a closeout public hearing for a Michigan Community…

Editor May 16, 2022

Columns

One Small Voice: The U.S. indeed has a sick society

by Lynn Mandaville America is a very, very sick nation. It ought to be on life support, for all the care it’s being given on a federal level, but it’s…

Editor May 15, 2022

Columns

Yes It’s True: We are easily misled into buying poop

Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront." Between the lean years of 2008 and 2011, I was a substitute teacher by day and reporter for the Kalamazoo Gazette by night. It…

Editor May 15, 2022

Columns

Chicken crescent roll sunshine wreath different

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Ingredients:2 cups cooked cubed chicken1 16 oz. can of whole kernel corn well drained1 16 oz. can black beans well drained1/4 cup sweet green onion…

Editor May 15, 2022