Year: 2025

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 7, 2000 The Fontana Music series in Shelbyville concluded its season…

Word on the street is that the Lumberjack Provisioning Center has closed permanently. It was one of five cannabis dispensaries that opened in Wayland after voters statewide approved a ballot…

by Kathy Hamman Miller Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup white sugar 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 1/4 cup flour…

Wayland City Engineer Mickey Bittner Monday night gave the City Council a brief preview of what’s next in street improvements. Bittner told the council that next on the agenda is…

Wayland Union Schools Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services Teresa Fulk (right) and the Literacy Coach from Allegan Area ESA, Lisa Collier, attended a week of learning with Dr. Anita Archer…

Allegan County Central Dispatch Saturday night received several 911 calls reporting a serious crash at the intersection of 30th Streetand 136th Avenue in Salem Township. Units from Salem Fire Department…

Brooklyn Cutler, daughter of Doug Cutler, formerly of Wayland, finished first in the girls scratch singles division of the Indiana State Youth Open Bowling Championship. She shot a 660 in…

Three musical entertainment acts will be featured from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Martin Hometown celebration. The performers will set up at the Wheeler Public Library…

Former Wayland home economics teacher Bettye Jane Patterson Hayes died Wednesday in Johnson City, Tenn., after a brief illness. She was 89. Born Nov. 29, 1935, in Obion County, Tenn.,…