2025

Army Bob: Media covered up Joe Biden’s aging illness

by Robert M. Traxler The question of whether the White House covered up former President Joe Biden's cognitive decline is a subject of ongoing debate. What is not in question…

Editor May 29, 2025

Sports

Busy day May 31 for local track, softball

Saturday, May 31, will be a very busy day for the Wayland, Hopkins and Martin athletic programs. Featured in the day will be baseball and softball district tournaments and state…

Editor May 28, 2025

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — May 29, 2000 An aerial view of Wayland High School in the…

Editor May 28, 2025

Sports

Former WHS hurler wins academic honors

Former Wayland High School pitching standout Emma Ludema has earned all-MIAA academic honors, one of five Calvin University softball players to do so. Ludema was an all-state pitcher for the…

Editor May 28, 2025

Community Notices

Another Wayland title acknowleged by sign

The Wayland Robotics team #6090 captured the state title in 2023 at Saginaw Valley State University, earning the right to compete in the worlds competition in Houston. The accomplishment finally…

Editor May 28, 2025

Sports

‘Cats blank Hastings to move on to semis

The Wayland softball team Tuesday afternoon posted a 15-0 shutout victory over Hastings in the opening round of the post-season district tournament at Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The triumph improved the…

Editor May 27, 2025

Community Notices

Road Commission projects announced

The Allegan County Road Commission has announced its current projects:

Editor May 27, 2025

Obituaries

Martin graduate Gary Foote dies at age 81

Martin High School graduate Gary Foote died Monday, May 26, in Kalamazoo. Gary was born April 6, 1944, in Hastings, to George and Ruth (McKibbin) Foote. He was a graduate…

Editor May 27, 2025

Columns

Cable TV drops the ball on Tarik Skubal’s mound masterpiece

“You’re not gonna watch it. You’ll just have to miss it.” — a commercial for cable television a few years ago. I remember in the fall of 1976 when I…

Editor May 25, 2025

Sports

Wayland 6th-grader sets 2 running records

Wayland Middle School sixth-grader Maverick Kasprowicz has broken a couple of middle school track records this spring. He beat the Wayland MS record in the 1600-meter run with a time…

Editor May 25, 2025