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Jayda Gale Distillery remodeling work continues downtown

The slow, but steady makeover continues for the Jayda Gale distillery at the corner of Pearl Street and South Main in downtown Wayland. The historic building, in most recent years…

Editor March 19, 2015

Features

Steeby students get a taste of folk tales on St. Patrick’s Day

Title I Teacher Consultant Larinda Olds visited second grade classrooms at Steeby on St. Patrick's Day Tuesday to teach about folk tales. She taught the elements of a folk tale…

Editor March 19, 2015

Sports

Martin’s Jazmine Hildebrand all-state honorable mention

Martin junior forward Jazmine Hildebrand (35) has earned honorable mention accolades on the Associated Press Class D all-state girls' basketball team Hildebrand, who led the Clippers in both scoring and…

Editor March 18, 2015

Editorial

The real issue: Athletic justice delayed is justice denied

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. A tangled web is being weaved after former Wayland Board of Education Shelly Whitley…

Editor March 18, 2015

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 157

25 Years Ago — March 21, 1990 Wayland school teachers were docked a day’s pay for taking part in a one-day protest by not showing up to an in-service workshop.…

Editor March 18, 2015

Sports

Wildcat Presley Hudson runner-up in Miss Basketball balloting

Wayland all-state senior point guard Presley Hudson was runner-up in the final voting for the 34th annual Miss Basketball award for the most outstanding girls' basketball player in Michigan. A…

Editor March 18, 2015

Community Notices

Hopkins community prayer ceremony is Saturday evening

A community prayer ceremony in response to recent sad events in Hopkins is scheduled to take place at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 22, in the downtown park by the fire…

Editor March 18, 2015

Obituaries

Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday for Charles LaRoche

Charles Wayne LaRoche, 80, of Dorr, died Monday, March 16. He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Ruth; his sons Edward (Donna) LaRoche, Eric (Sherri) LaRoche; his…

Editor March 18, 2015

Articles

Dorr Ranch residents bring complaints about developer

Dorr Township Planning Commission Chairman Bob Wagner Tuesday evening agreed to ask Professional Code Inspections to look into complaints by residents of the Dorr Ranch development off 12th Street. Several…

Editor March 17, 2015

Articles

Verizon cell phone communications tower OK’d in Dorr Twp.

The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved a special use request from Verizon Wireless to construct a communications cell tower on 20th Street. Approval was granted after a public…

Editor March 17, 2015