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‘Writing a Business Plan’ workshop planned for Monday, Oct. 26

Wayland Main Street’s Economic Restructuring Committee (WERC), in cooperation with Grand Valley State University’s Small Business Development Center, will present “Writing a Business Plan,” beginning at 4:45 p.m. Monday, Oct.…

Editor October 19, 2015

Obituaries

Funeral will be Thursday in Dorr for Deborah Ranville, 51

Deborah Ann Ranville, age 51, of Wayland, died Friday, Oct. 16. Deborah loved reading, making jewelry, needlepoint and crocheting. She is survived by her children, Shawn Zoerner and Elise Todd;…

Editor October 19, 2015

Columns

Monday Moanin’: A heartfelt rant from a former state representative

By JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com GUEST MOAN by LaMar Lemmons III, Detroit Public Schools Trustee BACKGROUND: In 1999, Republican Gov. John Engler signed PA 10 into law, abolishing Detroit Public School’s elected school…

Editor October 18, 2015

Sports

Football scores, standings for O-K, SAC conferences, Week 8

Ottawa-Kent Gold, Silver Standings Week 8 Ottawa-Kent Gold …

Editor October 18, 2015

Columns

Barry Hastings: The Fighting Coo Goo — ‘Semper Paratus’

At the end of summer 2015, there were 1.25 million Americans under arms. Many are fighting, or training others to do so, in most of the world’s worst pest-holes…

Editor October 18, 2015

Columns

The awful truth may be that we don’t want to handle the truth

“In war, truth is the first casualty.” — Aeschylus, Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC - 456 BC) “In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary…

Editor October 18, 2015

Features

Is the respected service of firefighting hurting for local volunteers?

Martin Township Fire Chief Earl Wykstra last week told the Township Board it’s not easy any more to get volunteer firefighters to serve their communities. Three other area fire chiefs…

Editor October 17, 2015

Obituaries

Funeral for Shirley Lee Commons, 59, of Burnips, will be Tuesday

Shirley Lee Commons (Tubergan), 59, of Burnips, died Friday, Oct. 16. Born July 31, 1956, she now joins her mother and father, Bill and Bee Tubergan, as well as her…

Editor October 17, 2015

Sports

‘Cat girls shoot better golf on 2nd day to retain 10th place in state

The Lady Wildcats played better golf and held their ground Saturday to finish 10th in the Division 3 state championship golf tournament. Wayland shot a team score of 412 and…

Editor October 17, 2015

Sports

Galesburg-Augusta holds on to spoil Martin’s homecoming, 24-22

by Jon M. Gambee, Martin Bureau Chief Martin scored as many touchdowns as visiting Galesburg-Augusta Friday, but extra points and a field goal proved to be the difference in the…

Editor October 17, 2015