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Humble apologies for error with Wayland assessor/deputy treasurer’s death

November 13, 2015

Wayland City Assessor/Deputy Treasurer Jeannie Franck passed away early Thursday morning at Metro Hospital in Grand Rapids, but this death actually occurred five years ago. Townbroadcast reported it in error as an obituary from this month. It had been posted on Facebook and the administrator didn't understand it was recalling...

Hopkins High School grad Rev. James Lowman passes at 69

November 13, 2015

Rev. James "Jim" Lowman, 69, of East Lansing, a 1964 graduate of Hopkins High School, died Monday, Nov. 2, at McLaren Hospital in Lansing. Jim was born in Kalamazoo on Jan. 4, 1946, to James and Kathryn (Bolhuis) Lowman. He continued his education and went on to receive a bachelor's...

WHS grad Molly Lameyer is all-league for Davenport volleyball

November 12, 2015

Wayland High School graduate Molly Lameyer has been named to the first unit of the All-Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference volleyball team. The 2012 WHS grad also was selected to the league's All-Academic team. Lameyer finished her senior year with a .329 hitting percentage and 432 kills. She finished second in the...

Prospects look good for Yankee Springs to join ambulance service

November 12, 2015

Prospects are looking good to Yankee Springs Township's request to join the area served by Wayland Area Emergency Services. Leighton Township Supervisor Steve Deer told his colleague Thursday night that a straw poll of the Ambulance Board was taken Wednesday night and all 10 municipalities expressed support. Cathy Pardee, who...

Leighton Township officials press on with plans for a new hall

November 12, 2015

Leighton Township officials Thursday night voted to proceed with plans to have a new township hall built adjacent to the Leighton District Library. Supervisor Steve Deer said the final bill for a new hall would be about $1.8 million and Treasurer Chart Troost reported that the township could borrow $600,000...

Columns

We’re bringing back the Great Society to fight crime in the U.S.

November 12, 2015

by Robert M. Traxler According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), we as a nation need a special Domestic Terrorism Council to protect us from libertarians, constitutionalists and conservatives. The establishment of a separate division inside DOJ that will live or die as a government agency with the jobs and...

Growing Leighton Twp. approves condos, rezoning request

November 12, 2015

Leighton Township continues to grow, particularly in residential units, and the Township Board Thursday night gave final approval to an eight-unit condo site off 144th Avenue. Developer Ron Van Singel of the Merestone Group of Byron Center outlined the Summit Pointe Condos site of 20 acres before final play approval...

Marijuana exchange attorney proposes Martin alternative ordinance

November 11, 2015

The continuing saga of a medical marijuana exchange in downtown Shelbyville is in a holding pattern again. Thomas Lavigne of Cannabis Counsel, attorney for CDXX Boutique owners Jerry Dan Patrick and Lisa Edwards, has proposed an ordinance for Martin Township to replace the ordinance the Planning Commission did not recommend...

New Martin Twp. Clerk will be tested with March 8 special election

November 11, 2015

The Martin Township Board Wednesday night welcomed new Clerk Rachelle Smit, who officially start full-time duties on Jan. 1 Smit will have to hit the ground running in preparation for a March 8 presidential primary that also will include the general election for 80th District State Representative and perhaps a...

Library official wants to save old Martin building if Dollar General arrives

November 11, 2015

Because Dollar General is negotiating with the Village of Martin to locate a store where Boysen’s used to be, Library Board Vice President Alice Kelsey wants to find a way to save the old library building nearby. Kelsey appeared before the Martin Township Board and proposed the old brick structure...

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