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Monday Moanin’: Another Snyder disaster is Detroit Public Schools

By Jeff Salisbury SEPARATE & UNEQUAL — EDUCATIONAL APARTHEID DISPARATE IMPACT Education levels the playing field, creates opportunity for all, and builds better communities in our country. However, the equal…

Editor December 27, 2015

Articles

MSU ag teacher, FFA advisor Jessica Couch wins state award

Hopkins High School agriscience teacher and FFA advisor Jessica Couch has won an Excellence in Education award from the Michigan Lottery. Weekly award winners are given a plaque, a $500…

Editor December 27, 2015

Columns

The Muck Starts Here: We deserve what we get if Trump is elected

by Barry Hastings It's the only true indicator of my current disgust and shame for the United States of America, particularly for the under-educated idiot mass (56 percent) determined to…

Editor December 27, 2015

Articles

Wayland Floral & Gifts on W. Superior likely to close its doors Thursday

It is probable that Wayland Floral & Gifts, 118 W. Superior St., will no longer be in business after Friday, Dec. 31. Co-owners Rick and Cindy Mathis, who opened the…

Editor December 27, 2015

Obituaries

Funeral will be Wednesday for Arnold Adamczyk, 95, of Hillards

Arnold R. Adamczyk, age 95, of Hilliards died Friday, Dec. 25, at Metro Health Wyoming, MI. He was born Jan. 31, 1920, to Joseph and Helen (Czachorski) Adamczyk in Hopkins.…

Editor December 26, 2015

Editorial

When will Michigan voters throw out the rascals in Lansing?

I continue to observe the behavior of the Michigan Legislature and Gov. Rick Snyder with apoplectic astonishment. I also continue to be depressed that too few people seem to share…

Editor December 26, 2015

Sports

Wayland boys’ hoops team plays Tuesday night in holiday tourney

The Wayland boys’ varsity basketball team will play Forest Hills Central at 6 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 29, in the opening round of the Cornerstone Holiday Basketball Tournament, Gold Division. The…

Editor December 25, 2015

Sports

WHS grad Haldeman ends collegiate kicking career with FG, 6 PATs

Wayland High School graduate Andrew Haldeman kicked six extra points and a 47-yard field goal in his final collegiate football game Thursday when Western Michigan defeated Middle Tennesse State 45-31…

Editor December 24, 2015

Columns

Army Bob: So just who are these oppressed victims in America?

by Robert M. Traxler Let’s take a look at who is an American victim in the eyes of the progressive left wing movement. Anyone not 100% Caucasian, and not many…

Editor December 24, 2015

Community Notices

Leighton Twp. Fire Dept. handles down wires; many without power

A rainstorm and high winds early Thursday morning knocked out power lines in the Wayland area and left many residents without power for about 14 hours. The Leighton Township Fire…

Editor December 24, 2015