Editor

The Muck Starts Here: We’re going there in a handbasket

By Barry Hastings Congress fiddles with sequestration of military funding while the world burns. Americans see whatever news directors determine will be the story of the day. There's no way…

Editor May 3, 2015

Sports

Wildcat baseball team ends a bad week on a positive note

The Wayland varsity baseball team ended a difficult week on a positive note Friday evening by sweeping doubleheader against non-league opponent Comstock Park, 5-4 and 6-3. The Wildcats scored three…

Editor May 3, 2015

Articles

Public Safety Beat: Yankee Springs man busted in illegal grow

Michigan State Police troopers from the Wayland post, along with the Wayland PD, seized 36 marijuana plants, guns and currency Saturday in the home of Yankee Springs Township suspected of…

Editor May 2, 2015

Sports

No. 1 Lady Wildcats win invitational, now 17-1 for season

The Wayland girls' varsity softball team, ranked No. 1 in this week's statewide Class B poll, did absolutely nothing Saturday to hurt its lofty standing. The Lady Wildcats lifted their…

Editor May 2, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcat soccer team wins 2 of 3 at Comstock Park Invite

The Wayland girls’ varsity soccer team won two of three encounters Saturday at the Comstock Park Invitational. The Lady Wildcats, now 8-5-1 for the season overall, exacted revenge on Zeeland…

Editor May 2, 2015

Sports

Viking girls, guys 2nd, Wildcats 5th in Hopkins Invitational

The Hopkins boys’ and girls’ track teams both were runners-up in the Hopkins Invitational Saturday. Both the Wayland boys’ and girls’ team finished fifth. There were 11 teams in the…

Editor May 2, 2015

Features

West Michigan earthquake was 4.2, centered near Galesburg

Almost everybody in West Michigan reported feeling an earthquake at about 12:23 p.m. Saturday. News outlets have reported a 4.2 quake was centered about eight miles south Galesburg in Kalamazoo…

Editor May 2, 2015

Sports

Clippers lose twice to Bangor, overall record slips to 5-9

Martin's baseball squad dropped a conference doubleheader at Bangor Thursday, losing the first game 4-0 and dropping the second 12-2. “We sort of reverted back to early in the season…

Editor May 1, 2015

Editorial

Don’t let Proposal 1 poison worthy local millage requests

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story, It is an editorial by the editor. A special election Tuesday, May 5, was hailed at first as a chance…

Editor May 1, 2015

Obituaries

Service for Judith K. Smith of Gun Lake delayed until June 6

Judith K. Smith, age 75 of Gun Lake, died Thursday, April 30, at Rose Arbor Hospice Home. Judy was a pharmacist and worked for Family Health, Northland Pharmacy, Walgreens, and…

Editor May 1, 2015