Editor

Lady Vikings win 2 of 3 volleyball matches at Hamilton Quad

The Hopkins varsity volleyball team won two of three matches Tuesday at the Hamilton Quad. The Lady Vikings defeated Otsego 25-23, 10-25, 15-8; lost to Calvin Christian d Hopkins 22-25,…

Editor October 13, 2016

Sports

Lady Wildcats beat Wyoming to halt 10-match skid

The Wayland varsity volleyball team beat Wyoming in three of four sets Tuesday in an O-K Gold Conference dual match. The Lady Wildcats won 25-19, 18-25, 27-25 and 26-24. The…

Editor October 13, 2016

Sports

Wildcats blanked 3-0 in season finale; districts at Gull Lake

The Wayland boys' soccer team completed its season Wednesday night at East Grand Rapids in the rain, losing 3-0 in an O-K Gold Conference match. "The game started with the…

Editor October 13, 2016

Sports

Both Viking girls,’ boys’ teams slip to 3rd in C-C jamboree

Both the Belding boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams surprised the Hopkins squads Tuesday by taking second in the latest O-K Silver jamboree. The Belding girls bested the Lady Vikings 54-58…

Editor October 13, 2016

Obituaries

Funeral will be Saturday for Mike Kas, 62, of Wayland

Mike Kas, 62, of Wayland, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, in Byron Center. He was born on May 9, 1954 to Peter and Lenora (Schelhaas) Kas in Pipestone, MN. Mike worked…

Editor October 12, 2016

Columns

Basura: Trump’s comments offensive to all human beings

"You don't have to be a husband or a father to hear what we heard just a few days ago and say, 'that's not right.' You just have to be…

Editor October 12, 2016

Articles

Martin Twp. Board still grappling with cost recovery ordinance

The Martin Township Board continues to grapple with a proposed cost recovery ordinance and would like a more simple and specific law. Board members Wednesday evening discussed the proposed ordinance,…

Editor October 12, 2016

Editorial

Planning Commission was unfairly stereotyped on pot issue

As chairperson of the Wayland Planning Commission I see it as my responsibility to defend the Planning Commission when it is wrongly portrayed in the media. The editorial made some…

Editor October 12, 2016

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the Wayland area’s past, part 237

25 Years Ago — Oct. 16, 1991 Michigan State Police from the Wayland post were found blameless by Kalamazoo County Prosecutor James J. Gregart in the shooting death of Dennis…

Editor October 12, 2016

Columns

Barry Hastings: I wasn’t surprised at all by Trump’s ‘slip-up’

by Barry Hastings Friday was quite a day, what with the release of a 10- to 12-year-old recording of Trump, talking "women" with Billy Bush, in which he is clearly…

Editor October 11, 2016