Editor

More coming and going for downtown Wayland businesses

Though the fire at Giuseppe's Pizza on West Superior Street near the Main intersection occurred in January, the building remains boarded up and there are no signs of life. Owners…

Editor March 20, 2016

Articles

Jayda Gale still on track to open sometime later this year

Despite several delays to iron out issues with financing, all systems now are go for completion of the Jayda Gayle Distillery in downtown Wayland. “We have financing finally, to make…

Editor March 20, 2016

Columns

Yes It Is It’s True: We Americans really are a violent lot

H. Rap Brown became infamous about 48 years ago when he was reported to have said, “Violence is as American as apple pie.” Though he was roundly excoriated for the…

Editor March 19, 2016

Obituaries

Service Wednesday for Patricia Syswerda, 75, Leighton Twp.

Patricia Syswerda, 75, of Leighton Township, died Friday, March 18. She is survived by her loving husband of 55 years, Robert Syswerda; her sons Bruce (Linda), Michael (Christine), and Kevin…

Editor March 19, 2016

Obituaries

Two separate funerals planned for Marylin Sprague, 73

Marylin C. Sprague, age 73, of Shelbyville, died Friday, March 18, at Borgess Medical Center-Kalamazoo. Marylin was born Oct. 10, 1942, in Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of Thomas Chancey and…

Editor March 19, 2016

Community Notices

Murder Mystery April 9 to raise funds for Sylvia’s Place

A Murder Mystery Dinner fund-raiser on behalf of Sylvia’s Place will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at United Church of Wayland Tickets, at $20 apiece, will be…

Editor March 19, 2016

Obituaries

Longtime local woman Laurena Dreier dies at 94, service pending

Laurena Dreier of Wayland died Wednesday, March 16. She was 94. She was born to William and Lillian Mauchmar on Nov.28, 1921. The firstborn and oldest child in her family,…

Editor March 18, 2016

Sports

Season ends for Presley Hudson and CMU in NIT opener

Presley Hudson's first collegiate basketball season came to an end Thursday evening in the opening round of the women's National Invitational Tournament. She and the Central Michigan University basketball squad…

Editor March 18, 2016

Columns

Army Bob: Deny climate change and go to federal/state prison?

by Robert M. Traxler During a Senate hearing March 10, Attorney General Loretta Lynch did not even come close to ruling out a Federal Bureau of Investigations case investigating people…

Editor March 18, 2016

Editorial

The real criminal in Flint water crisis is privatization

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. More than a few people today have said how much they have enjoyed watching…

Editor March 17, 2016