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Lady Wildcat softball team advances to district tourney

May 31, 2016

The Wayland varsity softball team advanced to the semifinal round of the post-season Division 2 tournament by blanking Hastings 18-0 Tuesday afternoon in a pre-district contest. Leading the Wildcats were Bethany Teunissen (4-4 with a triple and a home run), Leigha Morse (2-3 with a double), Taylor Bell (2-3), and...

Ranger Rick: Global warming is not ‘settled science’

May 31, 2016

I love to read Victor Hanson, as he has insightful observations, and he is cogent and precise in his writings and books. He writes a column, which you can follow (victorhanson.com) and enjoy his intellect, wit, insights, and humor. In “The Myth of Progress” he poses several observations, parts of...

Basura: Overzealous Ken Starr becomes underzealous

May 30, 2016

“Winning isn’t the best thing. It’s the only thing.” — Vince Lombardi Remember Kenneth Starr? He led the investigation of President Bill Clinton’s dalliance with 23-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky[1]. Starr conducted a thorough (creepy, over-zealous, bizarre, voyeuristic) investigation of the Bill & Monica Affair, which cost U.S. taxpayers...

Dem, GOP, Libertarian candidates running for Congress

May 30, 2016

Three candidates have announced they are running for the 6th Congressional District seat held by Republican Fred Upton. Joining Upton on the ballot are a former state representative, Libertarian Lorence Wenke of Kalamazoo, and Democrat Paul Clements of Kalamazoo and Upton has served in Congress since 1986, when he defeated...

Memorial Day parade in Wayland a little quieter

May 30, 2016

The annual memorial Day tradition of parades, ceremonies and decorating graves in area cemeteries was fulfilled again Monday across the United States. Many witnesses dai the noise level for the parade was considerably less this year, as public safety officers toned down sirens and other sound apparatus. Meanwhile, Wyoming Lee...

Monday Moanin’: Avoid over borrowing for college

May 29, 2016

College applicants need to be warned in big, bold type: “DO NOT BORROW $60,000 TO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL.” Source: Worth a premium, but how much? – The Boston Globe By Dante Ramos, BOSTON GLOBE COLUMNIST , MAY 24, 2016 HIGH SCHOOL seniors barely need to be told about the upside of...

The Muck Starts Here: Crumbling infrastructure, bad management

May 29, 2016

by Barry Hastings Crumbling roads, collapsing bridges, vulnerable power grid, poisoned water supplies, inadequate airports, across the nation, have been ignored for decades by state legislatures and the U.S. Congress. The cost to rebuild or replace the wreckage at all points will run to trillions of dollars, not billions, and...

German native, ex-Kessler’s office worker dies at age 96

May 29, 2016

Margarete (Raab) Ransom, 96 of Grand Rapids, who died Thursday, worked in the office of Kessler Baby Clothing in Wayland just after World War II. Margarete was born and raised in Leipzig, Germany and met Wilbur (Bill) Raab, an American soldier, and they were married in 1948. The family the...

Service Tuesday for Donald Knudsen, 88, of Hopkins

May 29, 2016

Donald E. Knudsen of Hopkins died Friday, May 27, at the Wings Home in Allegan. He was 88. Don was born Dec. 3, 1927, in Oak Park, Ill., the son of Frank and Bertha (Forbear) Knudsen. On June 24, 1950, Don married Dorothy Evans, in Chicago. They moved to Hopkins...

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Kalamazoo man wanted for meth nabbed in chase

May 28, 2016

A 53-year-old Kalamazoo man who had an outstanding warrant for operating/maintaining a meth lab was arrested State Police from the Wayland post Saturday afternoon after a seat belt enforcement stop on 10th Street near 129th Avenue. The suspect was lodged at the Allegan County Jail for fleeing and eluding, resisting...

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