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Statewide tornado drill will take place at 1:30 p.m. April 13

Allegan County Emergency Management reminds residents that the 2016 statewide tornado drill will take place at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13. Allegan County Emergency Management encourages public institutions, business and…

Editor April 4, 2016

Sports

Wildcat Sydney Urben selected to all-state bowling team

Wayland High School sophomore Sydney Urben has been selected to the first unit of the Division II girls’ all-state bowling team. The announcement came this week from the Michigan High…

Editor April 4, 2016

Community Notices

City Park renovations expected to be completed next month

Work is progressing at the City Park, which will have renovations and improvements done this spring in Wayland. City Manager Tim McLean told the City Council Monday evening that water…

Editor April 4, 2016

Community Notices

Aplastic anemia patient Lilly, 10, now in New York for therapy

Lilly Vanden Bosch, 10, of Dorr, has been flown to New York City for a cutting-edge medical treatment called Adaptive T-Cell Therapy, in which a specific kind of white blood…

Editor April 4, 2016

Obituaries

Service for Kay VanderPloeg, 68, will be Thursday

Kay E. Vander Ploeg, age 68, of Wayland, died Monday, April 4. Kay is survived by her husband Robert Vander Ploeg; her children: Connie (Buck Green) Berg, Corey (Stephanie) Vander…

Editor April 4, 2016

Obituaries

Service will be Wednesday for Verna Mabee, 89, of Dorr

Verna Rose (Bekkering) Mabee, age 89, of Dorr, formerly of Grandville, died Saturday, April 2. Verna was a member at Carpenter's House Outreach Church. Verna is survived by her children:…

Editor April 4, 2016

Obituaries

Former Dorr woman Delores Gregersen, 88, passes

Dolores M. Gregersen, of Battle Creek, formerly of Dorr, died Thursday, March 24. She was born to Charles and Sarah (Newman) Bourdo on Nov. 18, 1927, in Orangeville, She was…

Editor April 4, 2016

Community Notices

Early morning fire routs residents near West Maple, North Main

An early Monday morning fire routed the people living inside in the 100 block of West Maple Street in Wayland, but all were able to escape safely. Fire authorities said…

Editor April 4, 2016

Columns

Monday Moanin’: We must avoid bearing false witness against Muslims

(From the blog of Mister Journalism: Reading, Sharing, Discussing, Learning) By Jeff Salisbury https://misterjournalism.wordpress.com/ The Ten Commandments (from Exodus Chapter 20) …15"You shall not steal. 16"You shall not bear false…

Editor April 3, 2016

Columns

The Muck Starts Here: Here’s how we can win the War on Terror

by Barry Hastings I'd like to connect you with a book that will, perhaps, open your eyes, regarding the new 100-year war we're fighting (though very incompetently) at the moment.…

Editor April 3, 2016