Editor

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

Editorial

Tiresome, ignorant fears about marijuana persist in these parts

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story, it is an editorial by the editor. “…Your old road is rapidly agin' Please get out of the new one if…

Editor October 11, 2016

Community Notices

Work done on back doors, rear entry of proposed distillery

Workers this morning were pouring concrete for the back entry of the Jayda Gayle Distillery. Work has been continuing, though much more slowly than before, at the site near the…

Editor October 11, 2016

Columns

Ranger Rick: The VP debate was ‘alpha dog’ vs. ‘little dog’

Viewing the vice presidential debate, Senator Tim Kaine’s performance could be illustrated as “little dog” syndrome – that barking, squealing, little dust mop of a dog nipping at your heels.…

Editor October 11, 2016