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WHS Pro Youth Team students attend ABYS Youth Summit

More than 400 students from Allegan and Barry counties attended the third annual Allegan Barry Youth Summit Friday, March 18, at Gun Lake Community Church. The Allegan County Pro Youth…

Editor March 21, 2016

Columns

Monday Moanin’: About Detroit schools, charter schools, tech

(From the blog of Mister Journalism: Reading, Sharing, Discussing, Learning) “Can Detroit schools be stabilized? Ed Tech - who is being served? Are Charter schools Public schools?” By Jeff Salisbury…

Editor March 20, 2016

Columns

The Muck Starts Here: What we’ve learned from the primaries

by Barry Hastings The first lesson was, Maryland residents need not apply (apparently, rightly so). Second came via Ben Carson, viz., The meek shall not inherit the earth (and they'll…

Editor March 20, 2016

Community Notices

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