Month: April 2023

Wayland Robotics team returns home from worlds

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The Wayland Robotics team #6090 has just returned from their historic worlds competition in Houston after capturing the state championship earlier this month at Saginaw Valley State University. Team members shown in this photograph are Alex Cross, Isabel Cross, Zak Evans, Stephen Harnish, Alexandra Killips, Jack Lyons, Nathan Trumbull and...
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Wildcat boys win close meet; girls lose close meet

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Devin Weaver The Wayland High School boys’ varsity track team came up with a 71-66 O-K Gold Conference dual meet victory Monday, but the girls lost by a similar score, 72-65. Junior sprint ace Kaharrie Pureifoy again took top honors in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.44 seconds...
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Articles

Supt. Reeves gets positive informal review of his job

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Tim Reeves Patricia Velie The Wayland Board of Education held an informal evaluation Monday night of Supt. Tim Reeves’ first year on the job and was told it may not be easy to replace outgoing assistant Supt. Patricia Velie. Reeves, who came on board last June, was evaluated in areas...
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Longtime Martin Schools’ teacher Jean Gill, 73, dies

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Longtime Martin Elementary teacher Jean Wilma Gill died Saturday morning, April 22, at her home in Plainwell. She was 73. She was born Oct. 20, 1949, in Allegan to the late Edward and Wilhelmina Mennega. She graduated from Allegan High School in 1967 from Western Michigan University with a teaching...
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Is Salisbury Steak just a glorified hamburger?

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by Kathy Hamman Miller Ingredients: 4 lbs lean ground beef 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning 2 eggs 1 minced garlic clove 1 onion 3/4 of it chopped fine with the rest sliced thin 1 tsp. salt Mix together all ingredients except the flour and shape into steak forms about inch thick....
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Funeral mass for Lynn Van Wagner will be Thursday

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Lynn Louise Van Wagner, age 39, of Dorr, died Friday, April 21. Lynn was looking forward to starting school in 1989, but days after her 5th birthday, she had the beginning of a rapidly growing tumor. She went through numerous surgeries, treatments, and reconstructive surgeries until the age of 22....
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Hopkins graduate Lewis Geib dies at 38 in China

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Lewis Geib, age 38, a 2003 graduate of Hopkins High School, died of natural causes Wednesday, April 19 in Beijing, China. Lewis was born in Allegan and earned his degree in criminal justice from Western Michigan University. His passion for travel and teaching took him to China, where he began...
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Celebration of life later this year for Patrick Farrell, 48

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Patrick Thomas Farrell of Hopkins, age 48, died at his home Thursday, April 13. Patrick worked as a truck driver for Black Gold Transport. He could always be found wearing his cowboy boots, button up shirts, and one of his many hats. He loved spending time with his grandkids and...
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Leighton Township honors 2023 Firefighter of the Year

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Paul Richard was honored this past week as Firefighter of the Year and the Chiefs Award was presented to Randy Maynard at the Leighton Township Firefighters appreciation banquet. Chief Matt Weston said, "A great time was had and we shared many laughs and great fellowship.  Congratulations to both these gentleman...
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Columns

Yes It’s True: This on-line rag pleads guilty twice

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“How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all?” — The Firesign Theatre Townbroadcast hereby pleads guilty to committing two errors in the past week, and they leave the editor less than proud. This publication was guilty of wildly misunderstanding the Main Street paving...
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