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County authorities seek help in locating 15-year-old runaway

June 4, 2015

The Allegan County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information about the location of 15-year-old Jordan English, white female, to please contact the Sheriff’s Office at (269) 673-0500. Jordan left her mother's residence in Fort Wayne Ind., while she was there visiting. She lives with her father in Battle Creek....

No services scheduled for Ila Smith, 82, of Wayland

June 3, 2015

Ila Smith, age 82 of Wayland, died Tuesday, June 2. Ila was a member of the Wayland VFW Auxiliary and The Red Hat Society. Ila is survived by her children; Richard (Steffani Dean) Smith, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis "Neal" Smith...

Chris Fifelski, 56, of Kent City had many Dorr, Wayland ties

June 3, 2015

Services for a former local man, Christopher Fifelski, 56 of Kent City, will be Friday and Saturday in Dorr and Wayland. Fifelski died Monday, June 1. Chris was a devoted husband and father. He was a kind and caring brother and uncle. Chris loved nature and spending time outdoors. He...

Wayland mourns community servant, booster Tom Andrews

June 3, 2015

Thomas Leeson Andrews, 48, who only last April had to step down as president of the Wayland Athletic Boosters, died of cancer Wednesday, June 3. Besides the Athletic Boosters, Tom was very involved in many organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America, coach of youth baseball and youth football and...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 168

June 3, 2015

25 Years Ago — June 6, 1990 A series of fun races were held at Wayland Middle School during Handicap Awareness Week. The purpose of the special competitions was to call attention to frustrations and problems encountered by people with disabilities. Michigan Township Services CEO John MacTavish is challenging the...

Services held for Hopkins native and grad Arthur E. Ellinger

June 3, 2015

Word has been received of the death Feb. 13 of Hopkins native and 1940 Hopkins High School graduate Arthur "Art" E. Ellinger, 93, of Zolfo Springs, Fla Art was born Nov. 25, 1921, in Hopkins, to Waldo G. and Gertrude Waechter Ellinger. He served in the U.S. Navy during World...

Private burial scheduled for Bart Moomey, 92, of Dorr

June 3, 2015

David (Bart) Moomey of Dorr died Monday, June 1, at the Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was 92. Bart was born July 7, 1922, in Burnips, the son of Lloyd and Faith (Goodman) Moomey. He worked hard all his life, in both the oil fields and working road construction...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Bill Clinton didn’t lie, like so many believe

June 2, 2015

Ranger Rick and Army Bob will have a field day with this, but I want to make one thing perfectly clear — I do not like Bill Clinton. Three huge reasons: The Telecommunications Act of 1996, NAFTA and repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, all three policy disasters we must still...

Ranger Rick: Times change, but economic principles remain

June 2, 2015

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." —John Adams (1770) With all the advances and wonderful inventions, both viewed as good and bad (like the cell phone and texting), some...

Protests against non-discrimination ordinance 2 weeks late

June 1, 2015

They were two weeks too late, but about a half dozen citizens appeared before the Wayland City Council Monday night to protest against an ordinance adopted May 18. Their comments opened questions about how the city would enforce transgender individuals using what most might regard as inappropriate bathrooms, but otherwise,...

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