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Yes It’s True: Nice ways to get rid of the unwanted

Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes, yeah They don't tell the truth Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof (Beware) beware of the handshake That hides the snake…

Editor April 7, 2024

Columns

Terrific ‘Monster Cookie’ recipe was a neighbor’s gift

by Kathy Hamman Miller I got this great cookie recipe from a neighbor friend over 50 years ago. I have always considered this to be way ahead of its time…

Editor April 7, 2024

Articles

Hopkins, Wayland robotics dominate state competition

The Hopkins robotics team. Cover photo: Wayland's robotics team. Both the Hopkins and Wayland High School robotics teams this past weekend dominated competition in the state contests at Saginaw Valley…

Editor April 7, 2024

Columns

Yes It’s True: It was the power outage that wasn’t

It was indeed the power outage that wasn't. Ansd about all it left were questions about whether Wayland area residents would have to through this again. Consumers Energy sent homeowners…

Editor April 7, 2024

Community Notices

Wayland will compete in sports as Class A in ’24-’25

Next year will be very different for Wayland High School’s athletic schedule. Not only are the Wildcats lining up in a new division in the O-K Gold Conference, they are…

Editor April 6, 2024

Obituaries

Community activist Mimi Gabriel of Hopkins dies

Mimi Gabriel, the feisty community activist and unabashed women’s rights supporter, died Thursday, April 4, at University of Michigan Metro Hospitalt is with a broken heart I am letting you…

Editor April 5, 2024

Columns

Army Bob: There are many questions on immigration

by Robert M. Traxler Why is our government inviting, President Joe Biden stating in 2019, “We can absorb two million asylum seekers in a heartbeat,” even allowing millions of people…

Editor April 5, 2024

Articles

Gun Lake Tribe wins grant to combat climate change

The Gun Lake Tribe has announced it has been awarded two separate grants by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs' Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience (TCR). The grant funding comes…

Editor April 4, 2024

Features

Yankee Springs cites Dan Miller’s 50 years of service

Dan Miller The Yankee Springs Township Fire Department held a special recognition event for Deputy Chief Dan Miller recently, commemorating his 50 years in fire service. Miller, besides being deputy…

Editor April 3, 2024

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) West Superior Street in the 1920s 25 Years Ago — April 5, 1999 The Wayland City…

Editor April 3, 2024