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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 167

May 27, 2015

25 Years Ago — May 30, 1990 Progress on a proposed modular home construction plant in Wayland has been at a standstill in the past several months, leading city officials to wonder if the project will ever be completed. Developer Trish Curtis insisted progress is being made, but proceeding...

Two-vehicle traffic crash occurs at 135th Ave. and 7th Street

May 27, 2015

Local citizen Jane Balder Davidson took this photo Tuesday of a two-vehicle traffic crash on 135th Avenue and 7th Street in Leighton Township. Rescue personnel are shown here at the scene with a red van that was involved, but there was no word about how the accident occurred or about...

Dorr Twp. meetings go to Tuesdays; office hours unchanged

May 27, 2015

The Dorr Township Board Tuesday night decided to hold meetings on the last Tuesday of the month, agreed to a number of appointments to boards and commissions, but balked at making the township hall open to the public more hours. The board now meets on the last Monday evening monthly,...

Lady Wildcats win 6-0 over Harper Creek in district opener

May 27, 2015

The Wayland girls' soccer team kicked off post-season play Tuesday with a big win at home in the first round of the Class B district tournament, beating visiting Battle Creek Harper Creek 6-0. Brinley Nieuwenhuis came up with three goals and Haley Thelen, Ashlyn Schafer and Ali Cutler each had...

Clippers’ baseball season ends in 7-1 pre-district defeat

May 26, 2015

A Lawrence team sporting a 21-5 season record ended the Martin baseball season Tuesday night, 7-1, in the Class D pre-district tournament at Decatur. The Clippers, who finished the season with a 5-19 overall record, were limited to just one hit, a double by Tyler Smith. Coach Jon Gambee said...

Dorr Township Board tables proposal for electric sign at hall

May 26, 2015

A proposal to set aside $26,000 in the budget to buy an electronic sign at the township hall was tabled indefinitely on a 6-0 vote of the Dorr Township Board Tuesday night. Clerk Brian Boot said the idea was to purchase a sign a lot like the one at the...

Dorr treasurer gets deputy, but not cash receipt software

May 26, 2015

Dorr Township Treasurer Jim Martin will be getting some help with work in his office with a deputy, but won’t have the added help of a BS & A software cash receipting program. Martin told the Township Board Tuesday night he was appointing Diane Martin, the widow of his brother,...

Hoops coach Mike Hudson finally gets to coach his daughter

May 26, 2015

Wayland boys' varsity basketball coach Mike Hudson next month will do something he was unable to do until June 17 — coach his daughter in a game. Hudson is listed as an assistant coach for the Champions of Character high school girls' all-star game, along with Wildcat girls' head coach...

Ranger Rick: The liberal broadcast media still can’t get it right!

May 26, 2015

The startling revelation that George Stephanopoulos gave a first reported $50,000 to the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation (BHCC) was a stunning announcement (yawn), wasn’t it? The media, and George himself, recently announced it was actually $75,000 (yawn again). Again, the media never gets it right the first time...

Monday Moan: Sometimes I wonder who to ‘see about that’

May 24, 2015

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net For most of my 24 years teaching journalism and “news-English” writing courses at Wayland High School, I showed the 1981 movie “Absence of Malice” starring Paul Newman and Sally Field with a special appearance by noted character actor Wilford Brimley. Basically it centers around the actions...

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