Editor

Let’s let the voters do the term limiting of public officials

To the editor: RE: Editorial about applying term limits policy to Dorr Township. by Lynne Mandaville It is so easy for some people to boil situations down to “let’s get…

Editor May 30, 2017

Columns

Ranger Rick: Let’s send illegal immigrants to certain states

Our political differences or similarities can be concluded in two ways: not Democrat or Republican, but big government vs. small government, and wishful-thinking and reality. It is reality the Republicans…

Editor May 30, 2017

Articles

Marsman Reports: Martin remembers Memorial Day ‘17

by Austin Marsman Martin held its annual Memorial Day parade and ceremonies Monday. The day began with a parade that stepped off on the corner of Chalmers and East Allegan…

Editor May 30, 2017

Editorial

It’s foolhardy to apply term limits policy to Dorr Township

ACHTUNG: This is not a fair and balanced story. It is an editorial by the editor. It continues to amaze me how many people still are misled by the promise…

Editor May 29, 2017

Obituaries

Service is June 3 for former local woman Dorothy Donovan

Dorothy Marie Donovan Peake of Kentwood, a former resident of Wayland, died May 24. She was 78. Born April 7, 1939, in Kalamazoo, Dorothy has eight grown children, several of…

Editor May 29, 2017

Obituaries

Funeral Mass is Wednesday for Patricia Akers, 87, of Martin

Patricia A. Akers, age 87, of Martin, formerly of Shelbyville, died Saturday, May 27. Patricia loved being a homemaker and spending time with her family. She enjoyed canning, gardening, baking and…

Editor May 28, 2017

Community Notices

Wayland’s Teresa Fulk earns education specialist’s degree

Wayland Union Schools Director of Instruction Teresa Fulk has received official notice that she has earned her education specialist's degree from the University of Michigan-Flint. Fulk came to the local…

Editor May 28, 2017

Columns

Marsman Reports: Martin OM teams compete in World Finals

by Austin Marsman Four teams from Martin Public Schools put creativity on full display in a worldwide Odyssey of the Mind competition this week in Lansing. Sending more than 20…

Editor May 28, 2017

Columns

Subterranean Tales: ‘War Machine’ is painfully constipated

*** (out of 5) by Walter G. Tarrow "War Machine," an original movie showing exclusively on Netflix, stars Brad Pitt, perpetually perplexed with certainty, as General Glen McMahon, who is…

Editor May 28, 2017

Obituaries

2015 WHS grad Cody Lichtig dies from rare form of cancer

Cody James Lichtig, 21, a 2015 graduate of Wayland High School, died Tuesday, May 23, of a rare form of cancer at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.…

Editor May 27, 2017