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City to apply again for state grants to build recreation trail

And the continuing saga continues for the City of Wayland’s attempts to have a non-motorized paved recreation trail built 1.2 miles along the interurban. The Wayland City Council Monday evening…

Editor August 15, 2016

Obituaries

Memorial service Aug. 29 in Wayland for Roxanne Thompson

Roxanne Thompson, age 53 of Middleville, a woman with many ties to Wayland, died Saturday, Aug. 13. Roxanne was a dedicated office manager at Light Metals. She is survived by…

Editor August 15, 2016

Columns

Monday Moanin’: Asking public to name district pure gimmick

By Nick Krieger (@nckrieger) (From the "Fix the Mitten’ blog) By asking the public to develop a meaningless nickname for a new school district, the emergency manager proves yet again that…

Editor August 14, 2016

Sports

Wildcats, Clippers open Aug. 25, Hopkins plays at Davenport

High school football season starts a week from Thursday, with Hopkins, Martin and Wayland all shooting for making improvements on identical 2-7 campaigns a year ago. Wayland and Martin will…

Editor August 14, 2016

Columns

Barry Hastings: The threat of global warming is very real

by Barry Hastings (Writer's note: Since the writer of the report I summarized for you last week works at TheAmerican Enterprise Institute, readers should be aware that some of his…

Editor August 14, 2016

Obituaries

Former Wayland area man Steve Russo, 61, dies of cancer

Steve Russo, 61, died July 28 in Baton Rouge La., after a courageous battle with cancer. Steve grew up in Wyoming, Mich.and graduated from Rogers High School in 1972, but…

Editor August 14, 2016

Obituaries

Longtime Martin Twp. farmer Jake VandenBerg dies at 83

Jacob “Jake” VandenBerg, age 82, of Martin Township, died, Friday, Aug. 12, at Laurels of Sandy Creek in Wayland. Mr. VandenBerg was born Nov. 29, 1933, in Decatur, the son…

Editor August 13, 2016

Features

Friday afternoon storm moves Williams Family concert indoors

The torrential rainstorm that was welcomed Friday afternoon in Wayland and environs also caused the second of the four-part series of Friday night concerts in the City Park to be…

Editor August 12, 2016

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Politically correct can cut both ways

Perhaps the most maligned two words in the English language these days is “politically correct.” It’s blamed for the deterioration of modern American society, for the rise of a totalitarian…

Editor August 12, 2016

Articles

Leighton Twp. continues to prepare to move into new digs

Leighton Township Supervisor Steve Deer told his colleagues Thursday night that work on the new township hall is “a little ahead of schedule.” The facility is being constructed as an…

Editor August 12, 2016