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South Main Street paving to begin again Friday , Sept. 8

Paving is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8, starting at 133rd Avenue and South Main Street. City officials ask local residents and motorists to avoid this intersection…

Editor September 7, 2023

Community Notices

Wildflower Grace to close doors at end of September

The Wildflower Grace artisan market and boutique on South Main Street will close its doors at the end of the month. A spokesperson for the business posted on Facebook, “We…

Editor September 7, 2023

Columns

Army Bob: President Biden physically not up to the job

by Robert M. Traxler If President Joe Biden is elected odds dictate that he will pass away because of age related ailments, a 60% chance he will sadly not live…

Editor September 7, 2023

Sports

Wildcat boys 6th, girls 8th in 1st O-K Gold cross meet

It wasn’t a particularly good start for Wayland at the first O-K Gold Conference Conference jamboree at Riverside Park Wednesday. The Wildcat boys checked in sixth and the depleted ranks…

Editor September 6, 2023

Columns

Yes It’s True: Debates are just tedious political theater

"Go and hear the candidates debate." — Simon & Garfunkel, "Mrs. Robinson," 1968. I got some bad news last week when I learned the “Now and Then” podcast with Profs.…

Editor September 6, 2023

Sports

Martin frosh cross runner already owns school record

Veyda Conley is only a Martin freshman who is just starting her cross-country prep career, but she already has broken the girls' school record in the 5,000-meter run. She set…

Editor September 6, 2023

Sports

Viking girls runners-up, boys 3rd in 1st Silver meet

The Hopkins boys’ cross-country team fielded a full lineup in the first O-K Silver Conference meet of the season, at Rogue River Park and the girls’ squad was runner-up. The…

Editor September 6, 2023

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) This is downtown Wayland looking west on Superior, probably in the late 1920s or early 1930s.…

Editor September 6, 2023

Obituaries

Funeral mass for August Steffes Jr. of North Dorr set

August Joseph Steffes Jr., age 91 of North Dorr, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, in the comfort of his home. Jr. proudly served his country in the United States Navy. He…

Editor September 6, 2023

Features

Tally Laarman is Hopkins president of FFA chapter

Tally Laarman Tally Laarman is serving as the academic year 2023-2024 Hopkins High School FFA chapter president. Currently a senior at Hopkins High School, she has been in FFA since…

Editor September 5, 2023