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Leighton Twp. hires attorney for purchase agreement for new hall

The Leighton Township Board Thursday night gave the green light to hiring attorney Roger Swets to draw up an installment purchase agreement for building a new township hall next to…

Editor December 10, 2015

Features

Grants help Wayland Union High School form FIRST Robotics Team

Wayland Union Schools has been awarded at least $13,000 in grant funds to start a FIRST Robotics Team at Wayland Union High School. The FIRST Robotics competition is for students…

Editor December 10, 2015

Features

Huntington Bank delivers Junior Achievement in a day to 5th-graders

Huntington National Bank spent the day with Pine Street fifth-graders Wednesday, implementing the Junior Achievement program in which students learned about entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy. Each classroom had…

Editor December 10, 2015

Articles

Fire damages storage area upstairs at former Globe building

A fire broke out Thursday morning in a storage area in back of an upstairs apartment above the former Wayland Globe building, now referred to as the Helmey Building. Mandy…

Editor December 10, 2015

Columns

Basura: We weren’t shown the truth about alligators in the movies

I went on a couple kayaking trips on a recent trip to Florida. On one, I signed up for a kayaking group tour through the mangroves. I called in a…

Editor December 9, 2015

Features

Former Henika Library employee Christina Golm is ‘Emerging Leader’

Christina Golm, a former Henika District Library employee and now director of the Newaygo Area District Library, has been named a 2016 Emerging Leader by the Association of Specialized and…

Editor December 9, 2015

Articles

Martin Twp. Board public hearing to take up medical marijuana issue

The Martin Township Board will have a special meeting either at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, or next Thursday, Dec. 17, for a public hearing on a local medical marijuana…

Editor December 9, 2015

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 195

25 Years Ago — Dec. 12, 1990 The archives from the Then & Now Historical Library this week did not have a copy of the Penasee Globe for that week.…

Editor December 9, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcat bowlers continue hot start with 27-3 win over Hopkins

The Lady Wildcats bowling team continued its quick start to the season Tuesday with a dominant 27-3 win over Hopkins at Airport Lanes in Wayland. The ladies won all 10…

Editor December 9, 2015

Obituaries

Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday for Mary Helen Krup, 85

Mary Helen Krup, wife, mother and grandmother, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the age of 85. Mary is survived by her children: Patricia "Pat" (Dan) Guldenzoph and Richard "Mike" (Judy)…

Editor December 9, 2015