Editor

United Church of Wayland pastor moving to North Carolina

The Rev. Dr. Richard J. Hronek is resigning his position as pastor of the United Church of Wayland effective May 11. Hronek, who has been the United Church’s pastor for…

Editor March 15, 2015

Articles

Hopkins student Samantha Ludlam state FFA vice president

Hopkins High School junior Samantha Ludlam was selected vice president of the Michigan FFA at this past weekend's state convention in East Lansing. Ludlam is very active in and outside…

Editor March 15, 2015

Community Notices

Hopkins FFA Ag Issues team captures 4th in state contest

The Ag Issues team from the Hopkins FFA chapter earned fourth place at the State FFA Convention this past weekend at Michigan State University. Team members are (from left) Rachel…

Editor March 15, 2015

Community Notices

Three Hopkins students win awards in speaking competition

Three Hopkins Junior High FFA members earned awards earlier this month in state-wide speaking competition. Shown from left are MaKenna Davies, third place Gold in JH Public Speaking; Vanessa Veld,…

Editor March 15, 2015

Editorial

Wildcat hoops season postscript: We had joy, we had fun…

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The most painful part of the now departed Wayland boys' and girls' basketball seasons…

Editor March 14, 2015

Articles

Leighton Twp. Board hires TAG as architect for new hall

The Leighton Township Board Thursday evening decided to hire Dan Bode of the Architectural Group (TAG)of Grandville to serve as architect for designing a new or renovated township hall and…

Editor March 14, 2015

Columns

Democracy Tree: State Rep. Gamrat and the Old Wild West

by Amy Kerr Hardin The diabolic duo of Representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat just can’t seem to give it a break. Over the past few weeks, the freshmen lawmakers,…

Editor March 14, 2015

Features

Eighth-graders show demonstrations for Glacier Fair

Wayland Union Middle School eighth-graders from Dana Omness' and Rick Brown's science classes held a Glacier Fair last week. Students selected various glacial formations and created models to demonstrate how…

Editor March 14, 2015

Community Notices

Wayland police, fire depts. public input sessions March 19

There will be a public open house and public input session from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the Wayland police and fire station, corner of Church and…

Editor March 14, 2015

Obituaries

Memorial service is Sunday afternoon for Earl ‘Tom’ Binion, 74

Mr. Earl "Tom" Binion died Thursday, March 12. He was 74. He was preceded in death by his wife in 2014 and is survived by his daughter, Andrea, and her…

Editor March 14, 2015