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Green softball Wildcats beat Red Wildcats, 4-1

It was the Red Wildcats vs. the Green Wildcats Thursday in a non-league tussle, and the Greens prevailed. Wayland defeated Northview 4-1 to run its softball record to 18-4 overall.…

Editor May 9, 2024

Features

Pine Street students learn about drawing a dot

Students in Kelli VanderGeld's class and others at Pine Street Elementary were visited Thursday morning by Jenifer Saylor, a guest reader from the Michigan Department of Education. She read to…

Editor May 9, 2024

Columns

Army Bob: What price will progressives pay for war?

by Robert M. Traxler Does Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel hold the winning cards in the international game of politics? The riots and crimes committed in the U.S. in…

Editor May 9, 2024

Obituaries

Mass of Christian burial Monday for Shirley Weber

She was born on July 18, 1936, on the family farm in North Dorr (Byron Center), where she lived all but 15 years of her life. Shirley (Wolf) Weber, age…

Editor May 9, 2024

Articles

New Allegan County health officer appointed

Jacqueline Billette was chosen last month as the new Allegan County health officer. The Allegan County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to appoint her, but it remains subject to final…

Editor May 8, 2024

Features

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

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) The old Plank Road passing by a house in Martin Township in the late 19th century.…

Editor May 8, 2024

Community Notices

Wayland non-homestead millage request OK’d

Voters approved the Wayland Union School District’s request for renewal of 18 mills for non-homestead properties over the next seven years. The total levy actually is 18.387 mills, with the…

Editor May 8, 2024

Community Notices

Wayland area hit by storms, but tornadoes avoided

Inclement weather dominated the scene in West Michigan Tuesday afternoon and evening, as several tornadoes attacked several small communities and Portage south of this area. Allegan County was under a…

Editor May 8, 2024

Obituaries

Memorial service Friday for Colten Sabin of Hopkins

Colten Alan Sabin, 23, of Hopkins, died Saturday, May 4. Born Aug. 24, 2000, he was the son of Anna Marie Dame and Alfred Jay Sabin, IV. Colten had worked…

Editor May 7, 2024

Obituaries

‘King of Deutz tractors’ Dean Johnson has died

Dean Johnson died the evening of Wednesday, May 1. He was preceded in death by father Lyle Johnson, mother Phyllis Johnson (Lathrop) and youngest brother Mark Johnson. He is survived…

Editor May 7, 2024