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Supt. Tim Reeves wins 5% raise from school board

Wayland Union Schools Supt. Tim Reeves was awarded a 5% increase in annual salary and an extension of three years for his employment contract. All administrators in the district also…

Editor June 24, 2024

Community Notices

Luncheon reunion lures veterans of valuable service

Retired Wayland Union Schools bus drivers gathered at the Auction House Cafe for a group party Monday afternoon. Veterans of a service that just now is becoming respected for its…

Editor June 24, 2024

Obituaries

Celebration of life will be Thursday for Dorothy Stark

Dorothy Helen (Gula) Stark died Saturday, June 22, at the age of 92. Dorothy was born in Grand Rapids April 4, 1932, to Joseph Charles and Mary Agnes Gula. She…

Editor June 24, 2024

Columns

Overnight Breakfast Soufflé is a real crowd pleaser

by Kathy Hamman Miller This breakfast casserole dish is made up the night before, baking it in the morning. A true crowd pleaser. Ingredients: 2 pounds of your favorite ground…

Editor June 23, 2024

Features

Leprecons perform at Irish City Festival in Detroit

The Leprecons, featuring Wayland's own JD Gonzales (second from right), had their most recent concert appearance this past weekend at the Motor City Irish Festival in Detroit. Despite the calendar…

Editor June 22, 2024

Editorial

Our 2 state reps. co-sign frivolous time wasting bill

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced article. It is an editorial by the editor. Angela Rigas Rachelle Smit There ’s a saying that “Imitation is the sincerest form…

Editor June 22, 2024

Obituaries

Visitation is Monday for Jerry Fuller, 75, of Dorr

Gerald “Jerry” Lee Fuller of Dorr died Thursday, June 20. He was 75. Jerry was born on Nov. 2, 1948, to Dorothy Niles and raised in Ada. In Jerry’s early…

Editor June 22, 2024

Columns

Yes It’s True: I mourn the passing of cursive writing

A video joke I see often posted on Facebook shows a couple of teen-agers trying to operate a rotary desk phone without any Internet, and instructions left in cursive writing.…

Editor June 21, 2024

Obituaries

Funeral today for Kimberly Skiba, formerly of Hopkins

Kimberly Marie Skiba, age 57, of Wyoming, died unexpectedly Monday evening, June 17. Kim grew up in Hopkins, as a wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She enjoyed spending time sitting…

Editor June 21, 2024

Columns

Army Bob: Can we deal with lies about that laptop?

by Robert M. Traxler The infamous Robert Hunter Biden laptop computer, a silver Apple MacBook, was said to be a Russian plant, Russian disinformation. It was neither. The mantra of…

Editor June 20, 2024