Editor

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

Obituaries

Memorial service Friday, June 28, for Angeline Brown

Angeline Brown, a loving wife, mother, and cherished soul, died Sunday, June 16, in Grand Rapids. She was 77. Born on July 7, 1946, in Chicago, Angie brought humor and…

Editor June 20, 2024

Articles

Dorr Plan commission gives blessing to 3 projects

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story about the proceedings of the Dorr Township Planning Commission meeting of Tuesday evening, June 18, is being republished because it was inadvertently deleted by the Townbroadcast…

Editor June 20, 2024

Articles

Martin Twp. Board adopts budget of nearly $500,000

The Martin Township Board last week adopted a budget of almost $500,000 for fiscal year 2024-25, with a fund balance of just under 12 percent. The township will levy 1.0493…

Editor June 20, 2024

Community Notices

Wayland bond projects continue at middle school

Officials and staff at Wayland Union Schools continue to perform tasks associated with the bond approved a little more than a year ago. Here, workers are installing new windows at…

Editor June 20, 2024