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Civil rights complaint filed against Wayland school district

Former Wayland Board of Education member Shelly Salisbury Whitley has filed a Title IX civil rights complaint against the Wayland School District. She and her husband, Aaron, both Wayland High…

Editor March 17, 2015

Columns

Ranger Rick: You can’t hide your lying eyes, Hillary Clinton

Forget your political associations and history, just use your judgment in observing and interpreting body language – it’s pretty simple. Just think of your child when he or she is…

Editor March 17, 2015

Features

Cindi’s Boutique featured on FOX-17’s ‘Smart Shopper’

Cindi Sebring, owner of Cindi's Boutique, 130 W. Superior St., will be featured at 9 a.m. Thursday in a Fox-17 television segment "Smart Shopper." Sebring said her consignment store is…

Editor March 17, 2015

Articles

Wayland schools opt out of early college program, for now

The Wayland Board of Education has instructed Superintendent Norman Taylor to tell the Allegan Area Education Services Association it will pass for now on participating in in a special early…

Editor March 17, 2015

Obituaries

Funeral will be Thursday for Breanna McPhall, 14, of Hopkins

Breanna Page McPhall, 14, of Hopkins, died Saturday, March 14. Breanna was born May 10, 2000, in Petoskey, the daughter of Wayne and Barb (Page) McPhall. Breanna attended Life Change…

Editor March 17, 2015

Obituaries

Former Hopkins woman Angeline Thomas passes at 72

Angeline Ruth (Vander Kolk) Thomas, age 72, of Byron Center, formerly of Hopkins, died Monday, March 16, after a long struggle with M.S. She is survived by her husband of…

Editor March 17, 2015

Articles

John Sloan to fill vacancy on Wayland City Council

John Sloan, recently retired counselor at Wayland High School and former assistant varsity football coach, has been appointed to the Wayland City Council seat vacated earlier this month by Ron…

Editor March 16, 2015

Features

So this is what Wayland City Park will look like in the future

The passport grant for renovations at the Wayland City Park are assured and conceptual drawings of what the park will look like were unveiled to the City Council Monday night.…

Editor March 16, 2015

Articles

City submits interurban trail grant application a 2nd time

The Wayland City Council vote was 5-2, as expected, to apply again for a state grant to help fund a proposed paved recreational bicycle and walking trail from Dahlia Street…

Editor March 16, 2015

Obituaries

Accident Sunday claims life of Dorr woman, only 26 years old

Dana Rae Lynn Carter, age 26, of Dorr, died Sunday, March 15, due to accidental injuries. Born June 18, 1988, Dana was a 2006 graduate of Grandville High School. She…

Editor March 16, 2015