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Allegan man, 22, believed to have been killed in crash near Hopkins

Authorities believe a 22-year-old Allegan man was killed early Tuesday morning when the 2006 Chrysler Pacifica he was driving left the road and crashed on 128th Avenue between Hopkins Village…

Editor December 8, 2015

Articles

Wayland City Council takes care of ‘housekeeping’ matters

Monday’s Wayland City Council meeting served as a sort of reorganizational session, as the august body took up setting meeting dates and making appointments. Only two of the actions prompted…

Editor December 7, 2015

Articles

Project launched to establish Wayland Area Recreation Authority

There is a movement afoot to establish a Wayland Area Recreation Authority. Representatives from the City of Way-land, Wayland Township, the Wayland Union school district and the Gun Lake Tribe…

Editor December 7, 2015

Sports

Cameron Heintzelman rolls perfect 300 game for Wildcats; girls win 25-5

Cameron Heintzelman rolled a perfect 300 game for the Wayland boys’ bowling team Monday afternoon against Zeeland East. The guys’ team, however, lost to the Chix 19-11. The girls’ squad,…

Editor December 7, 2015

Features

WMS student Emily Fox interviews WWII vet William Karpowicz

It’s not every day you get to meet a World War II veteran. Approximately 492 of them die each day. They are mostly in their 90s. William Karpowicz, age 91,…

Editor December 7, 2015

Features

Larry Ward named recipient of Wayland VFW Teacher of Year honor

Wayland High School teacher-coach Larry Ward is this year's recipient of the Wayland VFW Post No. 7581 Teacher of the Year award. Ward was presented the plaque at Wayland Union…

Editor December 7, 2015

Obituaries

Private graveside service planned for Arlene Wiersma, 77, of Dorr

Arlene J. Wiersma, age 77 of Dorr, died at home under hospice care Saturday, Dec. 5. Born April 25, 1938, she was preceded in death by her parents Ray and…

Editor December 6, 2015

Columns

Monday Moanin’: Tweaking Will Rogers — All I know is what I read online

By Jeff Salisbury "All I know is what I read in the papers" – Will Rogers Sr. Sadly, this is real news… not satire… because you just can’t make this…

Editor December 6, 2015

Columns

Army Bob: Another terrorist attack, another call for gun control

We suffered yet one more terrorist attack, and the good folks on the left once again fall back to the party line: it is not the criminal nor the terrorist,…

Editor December 6, 2015

Columns

The Muck Starts Here: State Legislature goes from bad to worse

Name one issue — guns, roads, wolves, pipelines, fracking, the Jamrat and her Coarser friend — our Michigan legislature hasn't made a hash of over the past eight to ten…

Editor December 6, 2015