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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area past, Part 173

July 8, 2015

25 years Ago — July 11, 1990 Howard DeYoung, 38, of Dorr, has been charged with secretly videotaping employees having sex in the back room of DeYoung’s Krazy Acres Radio Shack in Hillcrest Mall. Allegan County Sheriff’s Detective Lt. Rick Cain said the employees were teen-agers between the ages of...

WHS bowling coach’s wife killed in Ionia industrial accident

July 8, 2015

The woman who was killed in an industrial accident Tuesday afternoon in Ionia was the wife of Wayland High School varsity bowling coach Bill Holbrook. Wanda Jean Holbrook, who worked at Ventra Ionia Main, an automotive stamping facility, was caught in a robotic machine, authorities said. Ionia Public Safety officers...

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Drop box damage very costly to Dorr Township Library

July 8, 2015

Dear Editor and Dorr Township residents, I am sad to report that we have had several very damaging incidents of bark, stones and plant material (whole iris flowers, hosta leaves, etc) being put in our library drop box overnight. Not only has this damaged our and other library’s materials (water...

Wayland Director of Instruction Deanna Hayes steps down

July 7, 2015

Deanna Ray Hayes has retired as director of instruction for the Wayland Union School District. Hayes, 57, who had been in that administrative position since 2006, was earning a salary of just over $106,500 per year. Reports also have surfaced that the development has come at the same time there...

Ranger Rick: No gun permits, but lots of shootings in Chicago

July 7, 2015

"Governments that set out to regiment their people with the stated objective of providing security and liberty have ended up losing both. Those which put freedom as the first priority find they have also provided security and economic progress." — Ronald Reagan Every day in the city of Chicago there...

Democracy Tree: Wisconsin makes even Michigan look good

July 7, 2015

Just as Michigan’s new and improved Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) law kicks into effect this month, making it easier and less expensive for its citizens to discover what public officials are up to, their neighbors to the west were busy pondering the dismantlement of their own open records statutes...

The clown car that is the State Legislature just keeps rolling

July 6, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Not long ago I suggested in this space that our elected members of the State Legislature don't give a damn about what we think. I stand by my assertion. The latest example is the...

Tribe Jijak Foundation open house, pow wow will be July 11-12

July 6, 2015

The Gun Lake Tribe of Pottawatomi Indians and the Jijak Foundation will be hosts for the Sweet Grass Moon Pow-Wow, a cultural celebration of Pottawatomi traditions, Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12, at the Jijak Camp on 20th Street in Hopkins Township. Gates will open both days at 9...

Wayland may see addition of a small wine and cheese shop

July 6, 2015

This is the scene of what once was a small building behind the vacant blue structure next door to Harlequin Hair Fashions on South Main Street. It was taken down recently and rumor has it that a small wine and cheese shop will be established. The building is located next...

City will seek minimum bid of $7,500 for foreclosed house

July 6, 2015

The Wayland City Council will accept bids to purchase the foreclosed house and property at 430 W. Superior St. until 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 28. The dilapidated house and ill-groomed property, located just east of Vine Street and the Free Methodist Church, was purchased by the city from Allegan County...

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