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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

Articles

Splash pad leads to paving nearby, more business

The new splash pad in the City Park is such a huge hit that it’s being credited with the paving of Church and Cherry streets later this summer. Oetman Excavating,…

Editor June 6, 2016

Columns

Monday Moanin’: Education needs investment, support

BOULDER, CO (June 2, 2016) – The father of the common school movement, Horace Mann, proclaimed universal education to be the bedrock of democracy. Education is the “great equalizer of…

Editor June 5, 2016

Columns

Yes It is, It’s True: Muhammad Ali wasn’t always so beloved

“And it ain’t braggin’ if it’s true. Muhammad Ali said that. Back when he was a young man. Back when he was Cassius Clay. Before he had too many fights,…

Editor June 5, 2016

Community Notices

Technology Solutions open for business on W. Superior

Technology Solutions, a computer and smart phone repair business owned and operated by 1988 Wayland High School graduate Scott Calkins, opened its doors last month at 122 W. Superior St.…

Editor June 5, 2016

Columns

Barry Hastings: June 6, 1944: The day the world stood still

by Barry Hastings (Normandy, June 6, 1944, 9:30 p.m., double-daylight savings time.) At six-thirty p.m., two squadrons of U.S. Army Air Force P-51 fighter planes, the 334 and 335 ,…

Editor June 5, 2016

Community Notices

Vibrant Grains drops restaurant, still to be a bakery

The Vibrant Grains Restaurant and Bakery is dropping the restaurant, but will continue as a bakery. The restaurant was closed Friday, June 3, and now there are plans for co-owners…

Editor June 5, 2016

Obituaries

Father of several local citizens dies June 3 at age 77

Jack Holmes died Friday, June 3, at the Wings Home in Allegan. He was 77. He was born April 18, 1939, in Otsego the son of Clifton and Laura (Root)…

Editor June 5, 2016

Sports

Lady Vikings score 11 team points in MHSAA state meet

The Hopkins girls’ track team finished seventh as a team in the Division 3 state tam track meet May 28, but could only score 11 points and finish 18th in…

Editor June 4, 2016