Editor

Homecoming parade grand marshals have to duck lots of raindrops

Managing somehow to avoid significant raindrops Friday evening were 2016 Wayland High School homecoming parade grand marshals Roger Van Volkingburg, Wayland Township supervisor, and longtime teacher and coach Cheri Ritz.…

Editor October 1, 2016

Obituaries

Mass of Christian burial Tuesday for Veronica Kaminski

Veronica Kaminski, age 87 of Dorr, died Thursday, Sept. 29. Veronica worked at Dick's Market deli counter for many years and worked for St. Therese School. She was a member…

Editor October 1, 2016

Sports

Vikings lose 21-14 to nonleague foe Charlotte in double OT

The Hopkins varsity football team lost a non-conference encounter at home with Charlotte, 21-14 in two overtime sessions. The Vikings fell behind 14-0 in the first half and got on…

Editor September 30, 2016

Sports

Wroblewski, Wildcats snatch victory from jaws of a tie again

The talented toes of Chuck Wroblewski did it again — snatch victory from the jaws of a tie ballgame for the Wayland varsity football team. Wroblewski, who kicked a game-winning…

Editor September 30, 2016

Articles

First road paving for Dorr will be 144th Avenue to Moline

by Robert M. Traxler The Dorr Township Board Thursday night unanimously approved sending a work order to the Allegan County Road Commission to pave the unpaved portion of 144th Street…

Editor September 30, 2016

Articles

Dorr Twp. finally adopts ordinance to approve keeping chickens

by Robert M. Traxler The Dorr Township Board Thursday evening re-examined its tabling of nine updated ordinance amendments submitted in August by the Township Planning Commission and decided to approve…

Editor September 30, 2016

Sports

Wildcats give league-leading South a scrap, but lose 3-1

Wayland's boys' varsity soccer team gave O-K Gold Conference leader a tussle Thursday on cold and damp turf, but fell short by a 3-1 count. The Sailors struck first within…

Editor September 30, 2016

Sports

Lady Wildcats finish 5th in final O-K Gold golf standings

The Wayland girls' varsity golf team finished the O-K Gold Conference season in fifth place after taking fifth Thursday in the league meet. South Christian won the meet at the…

Editor September 30, 2016

Columns

Army Bob: Trump and GOP believe in free, but also fair trade

by Robert M. Traxler One of the planks in the Republican Party's platform is free but fair trade. No surprise the folks on the left side of the political aisle…

Editor September 29, 2016

Sports

Grant may help revive interest in Wayland bowling program

Wayland High School math teacher and boys’ bowling coach Sherry Miklusicak has earned a $1,500 Bowler’s Education grant this past summer and last week received the equipment. Miklusicak and girls’…

Editor September 29, 2016