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Watson Township adopts budget with healthy fund balance

The Watson Township Board adopted a balanced 2016-17 fiscal year budget of $218,850 in both revenue and expenditures after a public hearing Thursday night. Township Treasurer Sue Jones reported the…

Editor April 7, 2016

Articles

Watson Twp. sticks with dust control service at higher cost

EDITOR"S NOTE: The original story published last Thursday night reported an incorrect figure for the cost of paving 122nd Avenue. The total cost will be $483,780. The Watson Township Board…

Editor April 7, 2016

Obituaries

Service will be Tuesday for Randall Lee Postma, 58

Randall Lee Postma, age 58, died Wednesday, April 6. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Cindy (Borowka) Postma; children, Marcy (Nate) Zylstra, Nicole (Mike) Augustine, and Rick…

Editor April 7, 2016

Columns

Democrary Tree: Perrigo among Michigan offshore tax cheats

As reporters pore over the recently leaked “Panama Papers”, searching the massive document dump for names familiar here in the U.S., the Obama administration used the occasion to push for…

Editor April 7, 2016

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 210

25 Years Ago — April 10, 1991 VanSolkema Farms has been ordered to pay $16,000 in civil penalties and for damages in the 1989 “chemical drift” killing of about 2,000…

Editor April 6, 2016

Articles

Distracted driving is growing problem causing traffic crashes

With more than 3,000 people killed nationwide in distracted-affected crashes in 2012, the Michigan State Police (MSP) seeks to educate the public about the dangers of distracted driving. According to…

Editor April 6, 2016

Columns

Basura: I made the Marine tennis team in Hawaii, for awhile

“Contrariness;” continued Tweedledum, “if it was so, it might be; and, if it were so, it must be; but, if it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.” — Lewis Carroll, Through…

Editor April 5, 2016

Community Notices

Wayland High School pool closed for at least this week

The Wayland High School pool will be closed for the rest of the week and perhaps longer. Fitness & Aquatics Director John Charon of Northern Physical Therapy said the water…

Editor April 5, 2016

Articles

WHS Robotics Team wins Rookie All-Star Award at districts

The Wayland Union High School Robotics Team received the Rookie All-Star Award at the FIRST Robotic district championship competition Friday and Saturday at East Kentwood High School. The Woldcats also…

Editor April 5, 2016

Articles

Wayland city police officers agree to new 5-year contract

Local police officers and the Wayland City Council have agreed to a new five-year employment contract. The City Council Monday night unanimously approved the pact, which covers the years 2016…

Editor April 5, 2016