Month: February 2024

Dorr clerk may be paid extra for early voting work

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Debbie Sewers Dorr Township Board members Thursday evening granted themselves 3.2 percent pay raises, the rate being the same as the cost of living allowance (COLA). And Clerk Debbie Sewers may getting getting an additional stipend because of her additional duties for the nine-day early voting requirements between Feb. 17...
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Wayland 1 of 9 Main Street Vibrancy grant winners

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Holli McPherson Downtown Wayland Main Street is one of nine communities in Michigan that have earned a total of $200,000 in Main Street Vibrancy grants from the State of Michigan. The grants were awarded to support downtown enhancement and improvement projects. The other eight grant winners were Downtown Cheboygan, Historic...
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Sports

Lady Wildcats settle for 3rd in O-K Gold hoop standings

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The Wayland girls’ basketball team concluded its regular season Thursday night with a 54-46 loss at Cedar Springs. It was a battle for second place in the final O-K Gold Conference standings. Cedar captured the runner-up slot with an 11-3 record and Wayland ended up at 10-4. Grand Rapids Catholic...
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Columns

Army Bob: Reporting migrants’ crimes is racist?

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by Robert M. Traxler Crime statistics are going to be a major factor in this election, as will the massive illegal immigration crisis. We should understand that the migrants who commit crimes in sanctuary states and cities will not be identified as such. The police agencies are required to disregard...
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Foreign exchange student from Ukraine remains safe

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Olya Schenky and her American "mother," Connie VanHouten Olya Schenky, foreign exchange student at Wayland High School in the 2015-16 academic year, marked a grim second anniversary this week of the Russian invasion of her native Ukraine. Schenky, who stayed with Tim and Connie VanHouten while attending Wayland High School,...
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Private funeral ceremony planned for Angi Schroetlin

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Angi Schroetlin of Dorr died Monday, Feb. 26. She was 65. A loving wife of 44 years to John Schroetlin and a devoted mother of their three daughters Arin (Chris) Lowery, Jenna (Branden) Wilfong, and Alison Schroetlin, she was a wonderful grandmother to her angel babies Austin and Claire Lowery,...
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Local boys’ basketball seasons come to an end

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The basketball seasons for Wayland, Hopkins and Martin boys' teams have come to an end. Wayland was the last of the group to fall, in a 95-72 verdict against Hamilton in its Division 2 district tournament Wednesday at Hastings. Hopkins and Martin both lost in their tourney openers Monday. Wayland...
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New record set for 24-hour contrast in temperatures

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Area broadcast meteorologists Wednesday insisted a weather record was shattered between Tuesday and Wednesday in the contrast of temperatures during both days. While this art work shows a 73- to 24-degree posting, WOOD-TV's Ellen Baca insisted it was a 50-degree difference, from 73 to 23, a 50-degree drop. Indeed, many...
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Zac Hale 1st Martin boys’ bowler to qualify for state

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Zac Hale has made Martin athletic history by becoming the first boy bowler to make the Individual state tournament. Hale had himself quite a day this past weekend at the individual Division 4 regional tournament at Bronson Strike Zone. Hale will bowl at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at Northway...
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Perrigo restructuring to cut more than 500 employees

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Perrigo, Allegan County’s largest employer, with its North American corporate headquarters in downtown Grand Rapids, has announced “restructuring activities … are expected to result in the net reduction of approximately 6% of total Perrigo roles.” That means Perrigo plans to lay off hundreds of workers. The manufacturer of generic health...
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