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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 182

September 9, 2015

25 years Ago — Sept. 12, 1990 More than 225 of the 300 employees of Kessler’s Inc. have been notified they are being laid off in the wake of the company’s longtime economic challenges. Only 30 to 40 workers will remain in light production. Co-owners Tom and Donna White,...

Funeral scheduled for Saturday for Mary Anne Gamble, 89

September 8, 2015

Mary Anne Gamble, age 89, of Wayland died Sunday, Sept. 6. Mary Anne is survived by her son Michael and Doris Bartell of Pennsylvania; six grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren; and her sister Mildred Lettinga and family. Born March 13, 1926, Mary Anne owned and operated the Copper...

City agrees to engineering costs for East Sycamore project

September 8, 2015

The Wayland City Council Tuesday night agreed to pay $45,250 in engineering costs for the resurfacing project next year for East Sycamore Street. The engineer will be the firm of Wightman & Associates of Grand Rapids and the work is expected to begin next spring. Bids for the work will...

City faces parking issues for park, may re-bid for renovation project

September 8, 2015

Wayland officials may reject all bids for the work on the City Park and re-bid for the project, which is scheduled to get under way next spring. But the bigger headache may be perceived lack of parking on the four streets that surround the park, Church, Cherry, Maple and Park....

Wayland Self-Storage wins recommendation for rezoning to B-2

September 8, 2015

The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday night recommended rezoning for expansion of Wayland Self-Storage at 1050 133rd Ave. Glenn Carlson, owner of the property, noted half of the parcel was zoned business (B-2) and the other half industrial (I-2). He asked to have the entire property zoned B-2 to better...

State Rep. Gamrat pleads for censure rather than expulsion

September 8, 2015

State Rep. Cindy Gamrat, who represents Hopkins, Watson and Martin townships in Lansing, asked a special committee Tuesday to recommend she be censured rather than expelled in the wake of the sex scandal involving her and fellow State Rep. Todd Courser. The committee began proceedings Tuesday to consider the fitness...

Services Friday for longtime Wayland resident Marian Longstreet

September 8, 2015

Longtime Wayland resident Marian Longstreet died Sunday, Sept. 6. She was 90 years old and would have celebrated her 91st on Sept. 24. Marian was a member of the Wayland VFW Ladies Auxiliary and St. Therese Catholic Church. She also was a volunteer for many community activities. Marian is survived ...

Wayland teachers’ pay 4th lowest among 15 schools in area sample

September 8, 2015

Veteran Kalamazoo Gazette education reporter Julie Mack this week had a story published on MLive about teachers' salaries, as public schools begin the 2015-16 academic year. However, the data she compiled for average teacher salaries for Michigan's 836 public school districts and charter schools was taken from the 2013-14 academic...

Ranger Rick: Do the science — Mother Earth is starting to cool

September 8, 2015

President Obama, armed with the speculation of “thousands of scientists” with scientific “consensus” the world is coming to an end because of Global Warming, er, Global Climate Change, or whatever it is called now, and the melting of the polar ice caps and the increase in carbon dioxide (CO2), keeps...

Democracy Tree: Do-nothing legislature’s approval ratings tanking

September 7, 2015

by Amy Kerr Hardin Blame, only where blame is due As predicted, the dog and pony show known as the Courser-Gamrat Affair is slated to suck all the oxygen out of the State Legislature, preventing this already inept body from getting around to roads, among other apparently impossible legislative aerobic...

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