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Funeral will be held Jan. 16 for Howie Osterhouse, 47, of Dorr

Howard Ray (Howie) Osterhouse Jr., 47, died peacefully Dec. 30, 2015, at his home in Dorr, with his wife and daughters by his side. Howie was born March 25, 1968,…

Editor January 12, 2016

Columns

Basura: Snorkeling featured in upcoming trip south of the border

My wife and I are headed south of the border for a bit. I love to snorkel. She loves to get out of the cold, and be away from the…

Editor January 12, 2016

Columns

Ranger Rick: The Great Divide is Remocrats vs. republicans

The Great Divide When you first start to read this I presume you are thinking, what divide? Between Democrats and Republicans, racial divide, Michigan vs. Michigan State? No, the divide…

Editor January 12, 2016

Features

Winter storm dumps enough white stuff to result in 1st snow day

The first snow day for Wayland, Hopkins and Martin schools took place Tuesday, Jan. 12, after a winter storm dumped at least six inches of the white stuff on the…

Editor January 12, 2016

Columns

Democracy Tree: Emergency manager law a monstrous hoax

by Amy Kerr Hardin The very first sentence of Public Act 436, Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law — not the second or third, or some obscure subsection buried within — the…

Editor January 12, 2016

Features

Fund-raiser for Hopkins athletics attracts all kinds of characters

One of the four-person teams competing last Saturday in the Hopkins High School bowling fund-raiser at High Mark Lanes in Dorr was this "Team EBowla," billing itself as "The sickest…

Editor January 11, 2016

Articles

Wayland doesn’t fare well on M-STEP, but neither do other schools

The bad news told to the Wayland Board of Education Monday night was that students in the local district didn’t score very well in the M-STEP tests. The good news…

Editor January 11, 2016

Community Notices

Tom Salingue elected president of Wayland Board of Education

Tom Salingue (seated, center) was elected president of the Wayland Board of Education at Monday night's annual board reorganizational meeting. Salingue, who has served previously as treasurer and vice president,…

Editor January 11, 2016

Articles

Driver at fault in crash that killed John Dolegowski is identified

Authorities have disclosed that the at-fault driver in the traffic crash that killed John Dolegowski near Hopkins last month is Catherine Gertrude Bender, 45, who was arraigned Monday in Allegan…

Editor January 11, 2016

Features

Public Safety Beat: Fire damages barn; boom is ‘freeze quake’

A couple of incidents over the weekend and Monday morning had Wayland and Dorr area people buzzing. A damaged a barn in the 100 block of 131st Avenue in Wayland…

Editor January 11, 2016