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City Council contest will be 4 for 3 seats in November

A challenger has decided to join the race for three Wayland City Council seats in the November general election. Sheryl Hamilton, who has been employed for the last six years…

Editor July 28, 2017

Obituaries

Service Saturday for Hopkins native John ‘Whitey’ Syers

Hopkins native John Howard "Whitey" Syers of Otsego died Tuesday, July 25 at his home. He was 83. He was born April 24, 1934, in Hopkins, the son of John…

Editor July 28, 2017

Columns

Army Bob: Media hates Trump because he didn’t pay to play

by Robert M. Traxler Our friends in the Democrat Party are parroting the line that the swamp President Donald Trump needs to drain is found at the corner of Wall…

Editor July 28, 2017

Articles

WAEMS responding to record number of calls this year

The Dorr Township Board Thursday night learned that Wayland Area Emergency Services has been extremely busy this year, and that could translate into increased costs for next year. Penny Post,…

Editor July 27, 2017

Articles

Reconstruction of Dorr road to cost less than $500,000

The reconstruction of 1.29 miles on 144th Avenue will be the first order of business for the Dorr Township Roads Committee and work is expected to commence in August and…

Editor July 27, 2017

Community Notices

Downtown Wayland streets get patchwork paving done

There have been a lot of "road closed" signs displayed around the downtown Wayland area this week as crews have completed paving for patches of North Main and West Superior…

Editor July 27, 2017

Sports

Local high school football seasons open Aug. 24 and 25

Both Wayland and Hopkins will open their 2017 varsity football seasons on Thursday evening, Aug. 24, but Martin will open Friday, Aug. 25. Wayland will play play at Grand Rapids…

Editor July 27, 2017

Sports

New Hopkins Athletic Hall of Fame inductees announced

The second group of inductees into the Hopkins High School Athletic Hall of Fame has been announced. The newest four members of the select group are retired football coach Rex…

Editor July 27, 2017

Community Notices

Preliminary hearing is Aug. 28 for N.C. woman in fatal crash

A North Carolina woman charged in the traffic crash death of Alexis Danielle Brown-Johnson, 15, in Wayland Township last March has been scheduled for a preliminary hearing in August. Alyssa Kay Stark, 20,…

Editor July 27, 2017

Features

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

25 Years Ago — July 29, 1992 Barb Kaarlie, director of the Allegan Alliance, denies rumors that the organization will be disbanded soon. Formerly known as the Allegan County Promotional…

Editor July 26, 2017