Editor

Wayland City officials crafting outdoor sales ordinance

Wayland City officials are working on an ordinance that would handle licenses for outdoor vendors. The City Council had the first reading of a proposed ordinance Monday night after the…

Editor April 23, 2015

Sports

Ellen Bregg plans to play basketball at Kalamazoo Valley

Ellen Bregg (seated in the middle) has signed to play basketball with the Kalamazoo Valley Community College Cougars next year. Ellen has been a dedicated athlete during her years at…

Editor April 23, 2015

Articles

Son of local teachers continues to face medical challenges

Dawson Babiak, 4-year-old son of Wayland and Hopkins teachers Alison and Jason Babiak, continues to face challenges associated with his leukemia. His mother posted on Faebook this morning: "We finally…

Editor April 23, 2015

Obituaries

Former Hopkins woman dies 5 days shy of 106th birthday

Anna Mae Wynne of Greenville, formerly of Hopkins, died Monday, April 20, just five days shy of her 106th birthday. Anna was born April 25, 1909, in Duryea, Pa., the…

Editor April 23, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcats lose 2-1 heartbreaker to Middleville TK in OT

The Wayland girls' soccer team lost a 2-1 squeaker Wednesday to O-K Gold Conference rival Middleville Thornapple Kellogg on a cold, windy and snowy evening. The girls battled to a…

Editor April 22, 2015

Columns

Soapbox from the past: ‘Oh, dusty roads, take me home’

EDITOR'S NOTE: Area township officials' continued hand-wringing and debate over dust control on rural gravel roads isn't really anything new, as proven by this editorial, written 25 years ago by…

Editor April 22, 2015

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 162

25 Years Ago — April 25, 1990 Hopkins School Superintendent Dr. Craig Misner has announced he is leaving to take the school chief’s job at Parchment. During his four years…

Editor April 22, 2015

Columns

Democracy Tree: State lawmakers allow toy guns to look real

by Amy Kerr Hardin Michigan’s legislature is poised to enact a bill that should be of grave concern for parents who, unlike GOP lawmakers, will immediately understand the true danger…

Editor April 22, 2015

Articles

Dorr, Martin fire departments to seek millages in May 5 vote

Most of the talk about the Tuesday, May 5, special election has been about roads, but Dorr and Martin townships also will have ballot issues on behalf of their fire…

Editor April 21, 2015

Obituaries

Dorothy J. Miller, 88, played piano at Monterey Center church

Dorothy J. Miller of Hopkins, died Monday, April 20, at the Wings Home in Allegan. She was 88. Dorothy was born Aug. 11, 1926, in Fulton, the daughter of Troy…

Editor April 21, 2015