Posted inEditorial
Let’s get rid of privatization of public services, not Snyder
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Gov. Rick Snyder has been getting hammered a lot since the new year over…
Posted inCommunity Notices
Gun Lake Casino expansion plans to be outlined April 12
The Gun Lake Tribe of Pottawatomi Indians; Gun Lake Casino; Wayland Township and Clark Construction will have a press conference at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 12 at the Sandhill,…
Posted inArticles
Zondervans seek help from public in daughter’s health crisis
Wayland Board of Education member Pete Zondervan and his wife, Kristiana Kay, continue to deal with their daughter Kinsley's serious health issues since she was born last Sept. 3. Kinsley,…
Posted inColumns
Army Bob: It’s politically correct these days to hate the rich
by Robert M. Traxler Quite frankly I must admit to being confused with the apparent hypocrisy of at least one of the Democrats running for President of the United States.…
Posted inArticles
Watson Township to consider Johnsons’ planning bid
The Watson Township Board will evaluate a proposal from Tim Johnson of Main Street Planners to provide planning services for the township. Johnson, who re-started Main Street with his wife,…
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Watson Township adopts budget with healthy fund balance
The Watson Township Board adopted a balanced 2016-17 fiscal year budget of $218,850 in both revenue and expenditures after a public hearing Thursday night. Township Treasurer Sue Jones reported the…
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Watson Twp. sticks with dust control service at higher cost
EDITOR"S NOTE: The original story published last Thursday night reported an incorrect figure for the cost of paving 122nd Avenue. The total cost will be $483,780. The Watson Township Board…
Posted inObituaries
Service will be Tuesday for Randall Lee Postma, 58
Randall Lee Postma, age 58, died Wednesday, April 6. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Cindy (Borowka) Postma; children, Marcy (Nate) Zylstra, Nicole (Mike) Augustine, and Rick…
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Democrary Tree: Perrigo among Michigan offshore tax cheats
As reporters pore over the recently leaked “Panama Papers”, searching the massive document dump for names familiar here in the U.S., the Obama administration used the occasion to push for…
Posted inFeatures
Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 210
25 Years Ago — April 10, 1991 VanSolkema Farms has been ordered to pay $16,000 in civil penalties and for damages in the 1989 “chemical drift” killing of about 2,000…