Editor

We still haven’t acknowledged our national disease of racism

ACHTUNG: The following is not a fair and balanced story. It is an editorial by the editor. Though I published an opinion piece from a quasi-celebrity this week, I despise…

Editor July 9, 2016

Columns

Basura: What about ‘with liberty and justice for all?’

“If we take an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth, we end up a nation of blind, toothless people.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I…

Editor July 9, 2016

Sports

Nicole Bush misses in 2nd bid to be in Olympic Games

Nicole Bush, who was a frequent guest with the Wayland Road Runners summer group and all-state cross-country runner for current Wayland harriers' coach Ray Antel at Kelloggsville, lost her bid…

Editor July 8, 2016

Obituaries

Clare Goodman, 1960 Wayland High School grad, dies at 74

Clare Harold Goodman, 74, of Alto, died Thursday, July 7, at Metro Health Hospital in Wyoming, MI. He was born on Dec. 14, 1941, to Clare and Emily (Schwartz) Goodman…

Editor July 8, 2016

Editorial

Former Viking grid star responds to recent tragic events

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following are comments by 2015 Hopkins High School graduate Jalen Kisner, who is perhaps best known in this area as an all-star offensive and defensive lineman for…

Editor July 8, 2016

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: My unpleasant history with United Way

So many confessions I have made, ‘cause truth got in the way. (With apologies to Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins — “Both Sides Now”) I’ve had an unpleasant history with…

Editor July 7, 2016

Columns

Army Bob: Lynch-Clinton meeting explanations suspicious

by Robert M. Traxler Let’s talk about Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s meeting with former President Bill Clinton. According to the media it was a chance meeting at a private portion…

Editor July 7, 2016

Columns

FBI Director Comey, a hero or villain in e-mail issue?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Bob Moras who went to Wayland High School in the Class of 1966 until he moved to Alpena in 1964, has penned this column about the latest developments…

Editor July 7, 2016

Sports

WHS grad Sam Geivett earns national academic accolades

Samantha Geivett, a 2014 graduate of Wayland High School, has earned a special national academic award from the National Junior College Association. Geivett, who was named to the second unit of…

Editor July 7, 2016

Community Notices

Dorr Township candidates’ forum planned for July 26

The Dorr Township Library again will coordinate a local candidates’ forum for four people seeking two seats on the Dorr Township Board in the Aug. 2 primary election. The forum…

Editor July 6, 2016