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Wayland may get a new Main and Superior traffic light this year

The City of Wayland has a good chance to have a new traffic light sometime this year at the intersection of Main and Superior streets downtown, but council members were…

Editor January 19, 2015

Features

Current Allegan County stray dogs:

All stray pets at the Allegan County Shelter have a short “stray hold,” waiting for their family to reclaim them. If you see your pet in this photo gallery it…

Editor January 19, 2015

Sports

WHS grad Autumn Anderson is Hope College point guard

Autumn Anderson, a 2012 graduate of Wayland High School, has taken over duties at point guard for the Hope College women's basketball team this season. Anderson, who was a standout…

Editor January 19, 2015

Coming Events

Electronic recycling offered at Dorr, Hopkins libraries through Jan. 27

Area residents can recycle their old computers (and computer accessories), batteries, electric power tools and much more for free at the Hopkins and Dorr libraries through Jan. 27. For more…

Editor January 19, 2015

Columns

The muck starts here: ‘Buckshott, Part Deux’

by Barry Hastings ‘War on Terror’ prosecution incompetent The oft repeated question of journalists and citizens today is, "What's our strategy for preventing attacks of the type we're seeing across…

Editor January 18, 2015

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: MLK’s teachings, legacy similar to those of Jesus

As the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday approaches, I submit that the way we view Dr. King has some interesting similarities with how we regard Jesus Christ. The…

Editor January 18, 2015

Columns

DEMOCRACY TREE: It’s illegal in Michigan to take Lord’s name in vain

Blasphemy: blas•phe•my [noun] Profane talk of something supposed to be sacred; impious irreverence. (Oxford English Dictionary) Illegal in Michigan? You bet! Well, bloody hell — who knew? Take the Lord’s…

Editor January 18, 2015

Coming Events

Martin group wants to put on a winter festival Feb. 28

The Martin Main Street program plans to have its first-ever Winter Festival from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28. "This will be our first annual festival and we are…

Editor January 17, 2015

Features

City Council Chambers entrance project completed

Anyone who wants to go to a Wayland City Council meeting at the rear entrance of City Hall now has a much more user-friendly entrance into Council Chambers. A project…

Editor January 17, 2015

Editorial

Does Wayland’s basketball program have a mysterious problem?

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. No helicopter parent, nor school administrator, nor community bigwig ever should be allowed to…

Editor January 17, 2015