Posted inEditorial
Musical chairs just another way to skirt around term limits
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. I hear tell in the last two weeks that no fewer than three state…
Posted inObituaries
Funeral for Marjorie Haas, 86, will be Monday afternoon
Marjorie Ann Haas, 86, of Allegan, died Wednesday, April 13, at her home. Mrs. Haas was born Jan. 20, 1930, in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Frank and Leah (Tangway) Williams.…
Posted inCommunity Notices
Lilly seems to be getting better in New York experiment
This is an unusual photo of 10-year-old Lilly Vanden Bosch of Dorr, who is in New York to receive an experimental treatment for a virus she contracted earlier this year…
Posted inArticles
Dorr Twp. road millage request to be back on ballot Aug. 2
The special Dorr Township Roads Committee is laying out a plan to inform voters about the need to pass a three-mill request for repairs, improvements and paving of local roads…
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Golf cart, most ORV use around Green Lake permitted
Leighton Township officials hope an old issue about use of golf carts and off-road vehicles (ORVs) at Green Lake has finally been resolved. The Township Board Thursday evening adopted a…
Posted inColumns
Army Bob: Did Mrs. Clinton fail as the Secretary of State?
by Robert M. Traxler Let’s discuss Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State. For the purpose of keeping this column to a reasonable length, Benghazi will be left out. I…
Posted inSports
Wildcats swept in awful day twin bill vs. Byron Center
It was a just plan awful day Thursday for the Wayland varsity baseball team, as it was swept by Byron Center in a doubleheader, 11-1 and 14-1. Coach Travis Wilcox…
Posted inSports
Lady Wildcat soccer team drops nonleague match at Jenison
The Lady Wildcats' soccer team's overall season record fell to 1-2 Thursday in a 5-1 loss on the road at Jenison. "The game was much closer than the score indicated…
Posted inCommunity Notices
WHS Science Olympiad students receive awards
Wayland High School competed in the Science Olympiad Region 10 contest Feb. 27 at Western Michigan University and recently received their awards. The 11 students who competed were Lynnsey Hooker,…
Posted inArticles
Air park developer submits new scaled-down proposal
There’s a new twist in the continuing controversy over a proposed air park in Leighton Township. Developer Clark Galloway has introduced a revised, scaled down plan for installing an air…