Editor

Martin summer festival event planned for Saturday, July 25

The Village of Martin and Martin Township are planning a local summer festival in the downtown area. Alice Kelsey, a Village Council member and JC Wheeler Library director, told the…

Editor June 12, 2015

Articles

Leighton officials getting more serious about new twp. hall

Leighton Township Board members Thursday evening decided to get a little more serious about plans to have a new township hall built on the same land as the township library.…

Editor June 12, 2015

Articles

Chip and cracked seal, fog coat to be done on 144th Ave.

The Leighton Township Board Thursday night approved a cracked seal, chip seal and fog coat resurfacing job for 144th Avenue from Kalamazoo Avenue to Ninth Street at a cost of…

Editor June 12, 2015

Features

Leighton Twp. Plan Commission Chairman stepping down

The Leighton Township Board is looking for a citizen willing to serve on the Township Planning Commission. Supervisor Steve Deer Thursday night announced that Plan Commission Chairman Al Zuidema has…

Editor June 12, 2015

Obituaries

Services will be June 28 for Bertha May Lanning, 82, of Dorr

Bertha May Lanning, age 82, of Dorr, died Saturday, June 6, at her home. The daughter of Benjamin and Agnes (Hodsky), she was born on April 16, 1933, in Mancelona.…

Editor June 12, 2015

Articles

Green Lake residents still upset about ban of dock on beach

About a dozen Green Lake residents appeared Thursday night before the Leighton Township Board for the second straight month, and this time things got a bit more hostile and confrontational.…

Editor June 12, 2015

Articles

Wayland shocked by death of athletic patriarch Bill Merchant

Word was received Thursday morning of the death of Bill Merchant, 55, father of four of Wayland’s finest girls’ athletes and junior varsity basketball coach. Merchant was killed in a…

Editor June 11, 2015

Features

Motorists warned to be cautious around B-93 Birthday Bash

The Allegan County Sheriff’s office reminds everyone that the B-93 Birthday Bash is scheduled for this weekend at the U.S.-131 Motorsports Park. Anticipate heavy traffic and traffic related slow downs…

Editor June 11, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcats seek their 2nd state softball crown Saturday

The Wayland softball team will be on a mission at 10 a.m. Saturday morning at Michigan State University — to win its second Division 2 state championship. The Lady Wildcats…

Editor June 11, 2015

Editorial

Guest editorial: Michigan continues to stick it to the poor

Editor's Note: David Britten, is the former principal at Pine Street Elementary and now superintendent at Wyoming Godfrey Lee Schools. I am reprinting this commentary to call attention to the…

Editor June 11, 2015