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Leighton Township Board plans budget workshop, public hearing

The Leighton Township Board will have a budget workshop at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, and then a public hearing on the proposed 2015-16 fiscal year budget at 6:30 p.m.…

Editor February 12, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcat JVs finally subdue stubborn Middleville squad, 43-35

Middleville Thornapple Kellogg gave the Wayland junior varsity girls' basketball team quite a tussle Thursday evening before the Wildcats finally pulled away in the fourth quarter to claim a 43-35…

Editor February 12, 2015

Community Notices

‘Robin Hood & the Heroes of Sherwood Forest’ will be Feb. 27-March 1

Wayland Union High School students will present a classic story, "Robin Hood & the Heroes of Sherwood Forest," Friday and Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, Feb. 27-March 1 in the…

Editor February 12, 2015

Articles

WHS varsity, novice debate teams compete in GVSU tournament

The Wayland Union High School varsity debate team went 3-3 and the first-year novice team 2-4 at the Grand Valley State Championship tournament held the weekend of Feb. 6 and…

Editor February 12, 2015

Columns

Democracy Tree: Michigan’s competing bills on same-sex adoption

by Amy Kerr Hardin State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) introduced legislation earlier this month to allow second-parent adoptions. House Bill-4133 would allow unmarried partners of biological parents and sole…

Editor February 12, 2015

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: I liked my 1st meal at the Auction House Cafe

After all these years, I finally dined at the Auction House Café Wednesday evening. The place has been a fixture in Wayland since 1936, and yet I didn’t eat there…

Editor February 12, 2015

Features

Public Safety Beat: Dorr Twp. family escapes house fire

A fire at a house in the 2300 block of 142nd Avenue in Dorr Township Thursday morning routed a family of four. Authorities said the fire started at about 4:40…

Editor February 12, 2015

Features

Steeby students go on field trip to new high school science facility

Steeby Elementary fourth-graders didn’t have to travel far to experience a unique, hands-on science lesson, as they had an “in-district” field trip to the new Science & Innovation Center inside…

Editor February 12, 2015

Articles

Questions remain on 12th Street project funding commitments

Martin and Watson township officials appear to be ready to proceed with their joint project to reconstruct and pave 12th Street almost a mile south from M-222, but there still…

Editor February 11, 2015

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 152

25 Years Ago — Feb. 14, 1990 The Wayland Board of Education was embroiled in controversy over reinstatement of a student-athlete who was suspended for five days and charged with…

Editor February 11, 2015