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The Subterranean: Pigs notwithstanding, ‘Okja’ not for kids

Review of Okja (2017) Available exclusively on Netflix **1/2 out of five stars Don't let the twenty-six super piggies fool you. This is not a movie for kids. After the…

Editor July 3, 2017

Obituaries

Memorial service Saturday for Steve Campbell, 50

Steven Edward Campbell, age 50, of Wayland died Thursday, June 29. He was born May 8, 1967, in Grand Rapids. He drove truck for Grand Rapids Transport for more than 17 years…

Editor July 3, 2017

Columns

One Small Voice: About the kinds of lies and Liar in Chief

There are two kinds of lies. Lies of omission and lies of commission. A lie of omission is when a person fails to give information to someone, thus allowing that person…

Editor July 2, 2017

Community Notices

Woman dies after boat-jet ski accident on Gun Lake

A series of events revolving around a crash on Gun Lake Saturday eventually led to the death of a 54-year-old Hastings woman. The crash involved a jet ski sent and…

Editor July 1, 2017

Articles

Gun Lake citizens stage protest of marina expansion

by Austin Marsman Nearly 15 citizens held a peaceful demonstration this weekend against Lucas Spoor’s plans to expand his marina on Gun Lake. Many of those marching had passionate arguments…

Editor July 1, 2017

Columns

Basura: The beauty of night sky at ‘Windows to the Sea’

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live…

Editor June 30, 2017

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Dorr’s soap opera begins 7th chapter

The 3-3 deadlock Thursday on the reappointment of longtime Planning Commission Chairman Bob Wagner represents the beginning of the seventh chapter of the soap opera that is Dorr Township politics.…

Editor June 30, 2017

Features

WHS enjoys 2nd consecutive year with Islamic visitor

Esha Ahmed, from Rawalpindi, Pakistan, last month completed her academic year as a foreign exchange student at Wayland High School. Shown here with her “American father,” Tim VanHouten, she was…

Editor June 30, 2017

Sports

Four local women bowlers competing in national tourney

Four Wayland-area women are taking part in a national women's bowling tournament in Baton Rouge, La. this week. The four are (clockwise, from top left) Heather Siegwart, Connie Sevigny Cassie…

Editor June 30, 2017

Community Notices

Paving completed at JC Wheeler Library parking lot

The paving at the parking lot at the JC Wheeler Library on 10th Street in Martin has now been completed. The work was done this week after the Martin Township Board…

Editor June 29, 2017