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Can Rep. Whiteford avoid ‘Curse of the 80th District?’

June 24, 2017

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Can State Rep. Mary Whiteford avoid the Curse of the 80th Legislative District? I’m betting on her, but she’s a got a lot of history that’s not on her side. Ever since the...

Editorial

Rep. Upton seeks federal help after cutting federal program

June 24, 2017

To the editor: Congressman Fred Upton calls for federal help: “We must act now to stop Asian Carp... Asian Carp have been discovered beyond the electric barrier and only nine miles from Lake Michigan, I have implored President Trump to release the Brandon Road Study and take immediate action to...

Star of stage and Wayland Middle School classroom

June 24, 2017

Wayland Middle School teacher Aaron Wissner (center) portrays King Triton, son of sea god Poseidon, widowed husband of Queen Athena, and harried single father of seven vivacious, energetic mermaid daughters in the production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid" at the Duncan Lake Middle School Performing Arts Center Friday and Saturday, June...

Martin Reformed VBS collects 571 dish detergent bottles

June 24, 2017

by Austin Marsman Those attending Vacation Bible School at Martin Reformed Church this week collected 571 bottles of dish detergent for the Martin Area Resource Center. "Maker Fun Factory" taught kids that they are built for a purpose. Lessons were learned through engaging stories, fun games and snacks. "Vacation Bible...

WHS grad Michael Johnston planning labor history book

June 24, 2017

Michael Johnston, a 1972 graduate of Wayland High School, is working on the manuscript about the history of labor unions in West Michigan. Johnston, who retired as a history teacher at Kenowa Hills High School and editor of a weekly labor newspaper, said, "I've been researching and collecting anything to do with...

Motorist arrested in fatal hit and run in Thornapple Twp.

June 23, 2017

Authorities today arrested a motorist who allegedly struck and killed 40-year-old bicyclist Carla Marie Reiffer north of Middleville in Thornapple Township Friday evening Kelleigh Linae Hobbs of Middleville was charged Monday, with leaving the scene of an accident Friday evening, resulting in serious impairment or death. She also will face charges of...

Former State Rep. Fulton Sheen may face $20,000 fine

June 23, 2017

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has ordered former State Rep. Fulton Sheen of Otsego and business associates to stop selling unregistered securities. Sheen, who served as 80th District State Representative from 2003 to 2009, Terry Leverett of Kansas City, Mo., and Shaar 2, LLC, a Missouri-based company...

Yes It Is, It’s True: An inspiring, tragic story of Allen Armintrout

June 23, 2017

The story of Allen Armintrout is both an inspiration and a tragedy. Allen was born profoundly deaf, but overcame his handicap to live a remarkably normal and meaningful life, marked by genuinely caring service to others. A longtime resident of Moline, he graduated from Wayland High School in 1965 and...

One Small Voice: Have we lost the ability to communicate?

June 23, 2017

by Lynn Mandaville My parents fostered a deep love of language in my sisters and me from our earliest years. There was always a dictionary at the dinner table where the five of us ate together every night. Though bedtime stories were largely age-appropriate Golden Books or Dr. Seuss, Pop...

Columns

Army Bob: Gun control about as successful as War on Drugs

June 22, 2017

Let’s talk gun control. A man wishes to attack his political enemies in Alexandria Va.; he uses two firearms. The over-the-top hate we find in the media is not blamed, the criminal is not blamed, but the tools he used are. When I was a young man in the 1960s,...

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