Editor

Should Gun Lake Tribe be included on Ambulance Board?

The Martin Township Board heard a presentation Wednesday evening from Stuart Peet, raising a question about whether the Gun Lake Band of Potowatomis should have a seat on the Ambulance…

Editor April 9, 2015

Community Notices

Martin seeking Gun Lake Board representative again

It's not easy to get Martin Township represented on the Gun Lake Board. Walter Blue (shown at left being sworn in just 18 months ago by Martin Township Clerk Carrie…

Editor April 8, 2015

Articles

Memorial plaque to honor longtime Martin Fire Chief

A special plaque to honor longtime Martin Township Fire Chief Gil Gilson will be placed by the siren in front of the township hall. The longtime owner of Martin Hardware,…

Editor April 8, 2015

Obituaries

Wayland High School graduate Bruce Hayes passes at 59

Bruce Hayes, 59, of Howard City, formerly of Wayland, died Tuesday, April 7. A 1974 graduate of Wayland High School, he was a pitcher on the Wildcat baseball team. Bruce…

Editor April 8, 2015

Obituaries

Longtime Wayland businesswoman Edith Clack dies at 99

Edith E. Clack, age 99, of Wayland died Tuesday, April 7. Edith and her husband, Eugene, owned and operated Gene's Barber Shop & The Beauty Center in Wayland. She was…

Editor April 8, 2015

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 160

25 Years Ago — April 11, 1990 The Allegan County Board of Commissioners voted 8-5 to table a request for a $25 per household annual recycling fee as a surcharge…

Editor April 8, 2015

Features

Democracy Tree: RFRA is political wedgie that keeps on giving

by Amy Kerr Hardin Last week’s crucible of intra-party warfare sent the Republican Party reeling over the schism between social and fiscal conservatives which, much to the left’s delight, culminated…

Editor April 8, 2015

Coming Events

‘Garage sale for moms’ for Saturday, April 18, in Hopkins

A Mom 2 Mom sale at will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at Hopkins Elementary to help moms buy and sell gently used clothing…

Editor April 8, 2015

Community Notices

Public safety Beat: Deputies seek runaway suspect in Moline

Moline residents expressed some dismay Tuesday evening that police were chasing a runaway suspect in the neighborhood without many of them knowing about the potential danger. One longtime local resident…

Editor April 8, 2015

Editorial

We Americans continue to let voting, democracy slip away

“Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” “A Republic, if you can keep it.” — Benjamin Franklin answering a question after the Constitutional Convention of 1787 "Democracy…

Editor April 7, 2015