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Dem, GOP, Libertarian candidates running for Congress

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…

Editor May 30, 2016

Features

Memorial Day parade in Wayland a little quieter

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…

Editor May 30, 2016

Columns

Monday Moanin’: Avoid over borrowing for college

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…

Editor May 29, 2016

Columns

The Muck Starts Here: Crumbling infrastructure, bad management

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.…

Editor May 29, 2016

Obituaries

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

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…

Editor May 29, 2016

Obituaries

Service Tuesday for Donald Knudsen, 88, of Hopkins

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…

Editor May 29, 2016

Articles

Kalamazoo man wanted for meth nabbed in chase

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…

Editor May 28, 2016

Sports

Lady Vikings place 7th in MITCA state track meet

The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team was rated seventh in the final Michigan Interscholastic High School Track Coaches Association power. And Hopkins finished seventh Saturday in the prestigious Division 3…

Editor May 28, 2016

Features

Former WHS English teacher to visit Class of ’66 reunion

The Wayland High School Class of 1966 reunion June 25 will be a sort of "homecoming" for long-lost English teacher Mary Ellen Nyuli. Nyuli, who taught at Wayland High School…

Editor May 28, 2016

Columns

Democracy Tree: Potty bill is mean-spirited, pandering

by Amy Kerr Hardin Sen. Tom Casperson (R-38), one of Michigan’s worst lawmakers, who’s currently running in a crowded field to replace U.S. Congressman Dan Benishek in Michigan’s 1st District,…

Editor May 28, 2016