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Ex-Wildcats girls’ bowling coach files suit in wife’s death

Former Wayland girls’ varsity bowling coach Bill Holbrook has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of robotic equipment that killed his wife, Wanda, in an industrial accident in Ionia in…

Editor March 15, 2017

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr: 25 Years Ago — March 18, 1992 A 16-year-year-old freshman who had been expelled for violating smoking…

Editor March 15, 2017

Sports

Wildcats miss regional title on buzzer-beating shot

What happened to Godwin Monday in the first round of the regionals happened to Wayland Wednesday in the regional finals… upset! Elijah Baxter put up what almost looked like a…

Editor March 15, 2017

Community Notices

Allegan County United Way names campaign director

Aleesha Dedrich has joined the staff of the Allegan County United Way as director of the annual campaign. She will manage United Way campaigns at businesses and organizations in Allegan…

Editor March 15, 2017

Obituaries

William Johnson, Hopkins Class of ’43, dies at age 92

William Thomas Johnson, 92, of Allegan, a native of Watson Township, died Thursday, March 9, at Bronson Methodist Hospital. Born Oct. 9, 1924, in Watson Township, he was the son…

Editor March 14, 2017

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Let’s lose drug- and gun-free zones

One of the first attempts by the government to reduce cigarette smoking amongst the populace occurred about 40 years ago with a couple of laws, one laughably ineffective and the…

Editor March 14, 2017

Community Notices

Plan Commission schedules Reno Drive zoning hearing

The Wayland City Planning Commission will have a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, on some zoning change recommendations along Reno Drive on the south and west end…

Editor March 14, 2017

Community Notices

Wayland inventor to launch product, ‘Virgil’s Blends’

Virgil Gleason, a member of the Wayland Planning Commission and former co-owner of the Vibrant Grains Bakery and Restaurant, plans to launch his new invention, “Virgil’s Blends,” this June. “I…

Editor March 14, 2017

Columns

Ranger Rick: President keeps his opponents off balance

The recent uproar over what warrant the FISA court allowed to tap phones or data lines in the Donald Trump organization during the presidential campaign is a joke. When asked…

Editor March 14, 2017

Sports

Wildcats subdue pesky Three Rivers, learn Godwin is out

If Wayland can get get past Benton Harbor in the regional finals and take its quarterfinal matchup next week, it will not face archnemesis Wyoming Godwin Heights in the semifinals.…

Editor March 13, 2017