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Tuinstra’s amendment to rob Peter to pay Paul rejected

Before the Dorr Township Board adopted the 2016-17 fiscal year budget, it voted down, 5-2, a John Tuinstra proposed amendment to rob Peter to pay Paul. Tuinstra, who has a…

Editor March 24, 2016

Columns

Democracy Tree: Motorists beware of highway bandits with badges

by Amy Kerr Hardin Highway piracy, American style Planning on a safe domestic vacation over spring break? Be warned then of a growing epidemic of highway piracy across the country.…

Editor March 24, 2016

Features

Gun Lake Tribe gives Wayland Middle School culture lesson

The Gun Lake Tribe of Potawatomis recently visited Wayland Union Middle School to share their Native American culture and history with students. , Tribal Council Chairman DK Sprague , Frank…

Editor March 24, 2016

Obituaries

Service Saturday for Juanita ‘Sis’ Shook, 95, of Martin

Juanita “Sis” Shook of Martin, died Wednesday, March 23, at the Dussia House in Otsego. She was 95. Described as fiercely independent and not afraid to speak her mind, "Sis"…

Editor March 24, 2016

Features

Wayland Middle School puts together 1st Career Day

Wayland Middle School held a Career Day for seventh and eighth grade students Wednesday, with more than 40 volunteers from the community speaking to students about their professions. They talked…

Editor March 24, 2016

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 208

25 Years Ago — March 27, 1991 Rita Martin and her husband, Bill, both Wayland High School graduates, plan to re-start “The Note” teen dance and hangout business at Gun…

Editor March 23, 2016

Columns

Basura: Supreme Court appointment is simply politics

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." — MARK TWAIN Justice Antonin Scalia, a self-described constitutional strict constructionist, died suddenly in February. The…

Editor March 23, 2016

Community Notices

Hopkins Middle School TechVikes survive Super Regional

The Hopkins Middle School TechVikes robotics team finished as division finalists at the Super Regional competition in Iowa last week. There were only two middle school teams that qualified to…

Editor March 23, 2016

Obituaries

Service Thursday for Elsie Kollar, 81, of Hopkins Twp.

Elsie Kollar of Hopkins Township died Monday, March 21, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was 81. Mrs. Kollar was born Sept. 4, 1934 in Kalamazoo, the daughter of…

Editor March 23, 2016

Sports

Ex-Wildcat stars now play their softball for Flying Dutch

Three former Wayland softball stars are playing this spring at Hope College. The trio includes (from left) senior Autumn Anderson and freshmen Hailey Houck and Sierra Mutschler. The latter two…

Editor March 22, 2016