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Lady Wildcat volleyball team sweeps Ottawa Hills; league mark 3-2

The Wayland varsity volleyball team improved its O-K Gold Conference record to 3-2 Thursday evening with a three-game sweep of Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills. The Lady Wildcats prevailed 25-11, 25-17…

Editor October 1, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcat golfers finish 3rd in final O-K Gold standings

The Wayland girls’ varsity golf team finished third in the O-K Gold Conference meet Thursday and climbed into third place for the season overall. The final 18-hole tourney for league…

Editor October 1, 2015

Articles

Hicks Cemetery in Watson Township to get fence enclosure

The Watson Township Board Thursday night voted to enclose Hick Cemetery with 450 feet of two-rail vinyl fence and to contact snowplowing services for a flat fee of $2,100 over…

Editor October 1, 2015

Columns

Army Bob: Stop saying ‘human,’ ‘history,’ ‘mankind,’ and ‘man’

The politically correct left strikes again: the University of North Carolina, not Berkley or the California higher education system, but a relative conservative southern state, has banned the vile hate-filled…

Editor October 1, 2015

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: American sports spectacles promote greed, hubris

I really used to enjoy baseball, basketball and football in my youth and later golf, amateur wrestling, cross country and track. I followed professional and college teams closely and took part…

Editor September 30, 2015

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 185

25 Years Ago — Oct. 3, 1990 The Dorr Township Board, led by Clerk Dick Dutkiewicz, voted 4-1 to take part in the Allegan County $25 annual surcharge program for…

Editor September 30, 2015

Sports

Vikings 2nd again, but Laura Velderman Silver meet medalist

The second O-K Silver Conference cross-country jamboree yielded the same team results for both the girls’ and boys’ races, but one Hopkins individual took over the reins as medalist. The…

Editor September 30, 2015

Articles

Dorr Township Board still fighting over proposed electric sign

“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. Barking at the scenery, breaking my mind. Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?” — Five-Man Electrical Band, 1971 The squabbles over…

Editor September 30, 2015

Articles

Dorr Parks Board busy with grants, vets’ memorial, skate park

The Dorr Township Parks and Recreation Commission has been very busy of late, and apparently the Township Board is impressed. The board handled a couple of requests affirmatively and received…

Editor September 29, 2015

Articles

Dorr Twp. grants tax abatement to Brick N Mortar tool and die

The Dorr Township Board Tuesday night approved a tax abatement request from Brick N Mortar LLC, only the second such agreement this board has made since December 2012. Brick N…

Editor September 29, 2015