Editor

About 120 citizens attend assessing school needs forum

The first of three public forums this summer on assessing the physical needs of the Wayland school district drew about 120 people Wednesday night. A good crowd listened briefly to…

Editor June 8, 2016

Community Notices

Leah Sprague-Fodor is new chair of Gun Lake Tribe

Leah Sprague-Fodor has been sworn in as official chairperson of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake Tribe). Sprague-Fodor was selected by the Tribal Council to serve as chairperson…

Editor June 8, 2016

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 219

25 Years Ago — June 12, 1991 Neighbors of the Beechwood Hills Christian Encampment complained to the Hopkins Township Board about dumping of waste in the woods in back of…

Editor June 8, 2016

Community Notices

Library Director Natalie Bazan Dorr Citizen of the Year

Natalie Bazan (left), director of the Dorr Township and Hopkins District libraries, has been selected Dorr Township Citizen of the Year by the Dorr Lions Club. Bazan has been director…

Editor June 7, 2016

Community Notices

Award-winning WHS math teacher earns doctorate

Wayland High School math teacher Linda Anderson now can be referred to properly as Dr. Linda Anderson. A math teacher at WHS since 1997, she has earned her PhD in…

Editor June 7, 2016

Sports

Lady Vikings finish season with 26-10 overall record

The Hopkins varsity softball team had the school's larest numbers of season victories, fashioning a 26-10 overall record. Three of the squad's losses were to O-K Silver Conference and Division…

Editor June 7, 2016

Columns

Ranger Rick: Trump causing GOP metamorphosis

My cousin came to me one time after completing her degree requirements and asked if she should continue on with a master’s degree after her bachelor's completion. I commented it…

Editor June 7, 2016

Obituaries

Service Saturday for Garland Roberts, 85, of Wayland

Garland Roberts Jr., 85, of Wayland, died Thursday, June 2. Visitation will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday, June 10, at Brown's Funeral Home, 627 Jefferson Ave SE,…

Editor June 6, 2016

Articles

City agrees to contribute $1,000 to trails coalition

The Wayland City Council Monday evening voted 6-1 to proceed with making a $1,000 contribution to the West Michigan Trails and Greenways Coalition’s rails to trails effort on behalf of…

Editor June 6, 2016

Articles

City may decide cost recovery ordinance proposal

The Wayland City Council is examining two proposed ordinances, but it appears that only one has a chance of being adopted. What might fly is a cost recovery ordinance, but…

Editor June 6, 2016