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Walkaway from Martin area adult foster care home located

June 21, 2015

The Allegan County Sheriff's Department has reported a man who walked away from a Martin area adult foster care home Sunday morning has been found in Barry County. The Sheriff's Department sought the public's help in locating Wayde Preston Cooper walked away from an adult foster care home between 10...

Democracy Tree: Affordable Care Act doing fine in Michigan

June 21, 2015

Below is a fact sheet from The White House Office of the Press Secretary on how Michigan is faring under the Affordable Care Act. by Amy Kerr Hardin FACT SHEET: Health Care in Michigan What the Affordable Care Act is doing for Michigan families The Affordable Care Act has already...

The Muck Starts Here: Continuing the list of U.S. Navy’s sins

June 21, 2015

by Barry Hastings Let's start where I left off last time, continuing my (many) complaints against the U. S. Navy. We'll pick the tale up with Admiral Hyman Rickover, a 1921 graduate of the Naval Academy, and a brilliant, though irritating man. Like Admiral Sims (see my last), he wasn't...

Hopkins High School Alumni Reunion numbers largest ever

June 20, 2015

In an era in which it's hard to organize a three-person parade, the annual Hopkins High School Alumni Reunion welcomed more than 200 former students and their guests Saturday afternoon. Hopkins Alumni Association President Lee Dale "Pete" Arnsman, (Class of 1955) one of the key organizers of the event every...

Water science presentation is Tuesday at Henika Library

June 20, 2015

The highlight of the third week of the Wayland summer “Funtastic” series this week will a hands-on water science presentation at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Henika District Library. Children can explore fun water and ice stations. Free water cannons to the first 100 kids to show up. Lunch then will...

Four members of WHS softball champion team are all-state

June 19, 2015

Four members of the state champion Wayland softball team have been named to the Division 2 All-State team. Seniors Mallory Teunissen and Caroline (C.J.) Miller were joined by freshmen Abby Merice and Sydney Urben. Teunissen was a concensus choice for pitcher, having an impressive 0.15 earned run average during the...

WHS graduate earns recognition for her skills in chalk art

June 19, 2015

Tess Tobolic, a Wayland resident and 2008 Wayland High School graduate, has been getting a lot of notice lately for her skills in chalk art. A graduate of Kendall College of Art and Design and Michigan State University in Grand Rapids, she earned her degree in medical illustration. "I got...

Columns

Army Bob: Hatred disguised as social justice is still hatred

June 18, 2015

The new politically correct term used by the folks who make their living on racial division is the elimination of “White Privilege.” Is the call for the elimination of white privilege a call for a socially mandated disdain for all non-minority Americans? We need to examine the term and see...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Right-winger opposes our War on Terror

June 18, 2015

Sometimes political labels are inadequate — the customary “liberal,” “moderate” and “conservative” adjectives we stick on people in the political arena. I stumbled on to an essay written by Jacob G. Hornberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, an avowed Liberarian, a fan of Ron Paul and...

Wayland woman, local teen win county winter photo contest

June 18, 2015

A Wayland woman and teen submitted the winning photos in the Adult and Youth Divisions of the Allegan County Tourist Council's “Picture Yourself in Allegan County” Winter Photo Contest. Carrie Bush's “Frosty Morning at the Todd Farm” captured a magnificent winter wonderland, according to...

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