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Gun Lake Tribe withholds state payment in lottery dispute

August 18, 2015

The Gun Lake Band of Potawatomis’ recent dispute with state over on-line lottery sales could result in staff layoffs in the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Steve Arwood, chief executive officer of the MEDC, said Monday the dispute resulted in the Gun Lake Tribe not making a scheduled June 1 payment,...

Mary Whiteford to seek embattled State Rep. Gamrat’s seat

August 18, 2015

Mary Whiteford has announced she will be a candidate in next August's Republican primary for state representative in the 80th District. Whiteford, a resident of Casco Township, was one of four candidates in the August primary in 2014, a race won by plurality by State Rep. Cindy Gamrat. However, Gamrat...

Democracy Tree: Will expulsion be fate of Gamrat, Courser?

August 17, 2015

In a teary-eyed press conference late last week, held in the controlled environment of her attorney’s office, husband at her side, State Rep. Cindy Gamrat was clearly distressed yet resolute about not proffering her resignation. Only the most jaded political hack would question the sincerity of the waterworks —...

Negotiations on possibility of area fire district continue

August 17, 2015

The City of Wayland, Wayland Township and Yankee Springs Township held preliminary talks Thursday evening on the possibility of creating a fire district to include all three municipalities. Yankee Springs Township and Supervisor Mark Englerth, whose daughters attend Wayland schools, have indicated an interest in discussing the idea and the...

Wayland City Council decides against soliciting ordinance

August 17, 2015

The Wayland City Council Monday evening grappled with the possibility of adopting a solicitors' license ordinance, but then decided against it. The Planning Commission earlier had discussed the idea and asked planning consultant Janis Johnson to present a sample ordinance. Councilwoman Jennifer Antel, herself a coordinator for Pampered Chef in-house...

Foreclosed W. Superior house sold by city to Byron Center couple

August 17, 2015

The old dilapidated house at 430 W. Superior St. finally was sold Monday night to a Byron Center couple who plan to fix it up and make it attractive and livable again. The Wayland City Council agreed to sell the house and property to Max and Robin Michell for $7,500...

Monday Moanin’: Promises, promises — made, broken, kept

August 17, 2015

By Jeff Salisbury JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com Oh, promises, their kind of promises, can just destroy a life Oh, promises, those kind of promises, take all the joy from life Oh, promises, promises, my kind of promises Can lead to joy and hope and love "Promises, Promises" was a musical based on the 1960 film...

The Muck Stars Here: About GOP fools and hypocrites, and the poor

August 16, 2015

by Barry Hastings The political candidate who calls former General (and short-time CIA Director) David Petraeous a "wonderful man," is nothing other than a shallow, ignorant person trying to look youthful, attract malcontents. Donald Trump is, of course, full of B.S. right up to his (heh, heh, heh) hairline. And...

Free food truck to be at United Church of Wayland Sept. 18

August 16, 2015

A distribution of free food for the needy will be conducted Friday, Sept. 18, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the United Church of Wayland parking lot at 411 E. Superior St. The distribution, sponsored by Wayland Area Ministries, will include enough food to feed roughly 100 families for three to...

Old Goldsmith Shoppe located on road trip to South Haven

August 16, 2015

Gianni Marchesotti posted on Facebook today that he, Heather LaHuis and Carrie-Sue Marchesotti went "road trippin'" on a Sunday afternoon and came across the old Goldsmith Shoppe that once stood next door to the Henika District Library on South Main Street in Wayland. He was kind enough to stop take...

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