Editor

Wildcat bowling teams open with losses to Jenison

Both the Wayland boys’ and girls’ varsity bowling teams absorbed defeat in a non-league dual matches Monday afternoon against Jenison at Station 300 in Grandville. The boys lost 19-11 and…

Editor December 4, 2023

Articles

City finalizes sale of parking lot next to library

The City of Wayland and Henika District Library made it official Monday night with the sale of the adjacent parking lot for $1. The lot immediately south of the library…

Editor December 4, 2023

Editorial

City Council should end election resignation rule

Mayor Jennifer Antel ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. EDITOR’S NOTE: I wrote this editorial a year ago and…

Editor December 4, 2023

Community Notices

Trevor Beilby honored as EMT of Year for WAEMS

Hopkins Area Fire Department firefighter Trevor Beilby was announced as the Emergency Medical Technician of the Year at the annual Wayland Area Emergency Services Christmas Party this week. The ceremony…

Editor December 3, 2023

Obituaries

Graveside service slated for Martin grad Ronald Blake

Ronald Owen Blake, known affectionately as Ronald to friends and family, died Thursday, Nov. 30, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, at the age of 70. Born on Oct.r 9, 1953, in La…

Editor December 3, 2023

Obituaries

Memorial service Saturday for Marty VanderMolen, 64

Martin “Marty” Lee VanderMolen, 64, died Friday, Dec. 1, at home. He deeply loved and cherished his family and enjoyed spending each moment with them. Marty was also a jokester…

Editor December 3, 2023

Community Notices

Team effort handles fire in Yankee Springs Township

Yankee Springs/Wayland Fire Dept. personnel Friday were summoned to what was reported as a fully involved garage fire in Yankee Springs Township. Through a cooperative effort of neighboring firefighters such…

Editor December 2, 2023

Features

Wayland, Martin kick off Christmas season Saturday

Christmas is a little more than three weeks away and the communities of Martin and Wayland held their pre-holiday season celebrations Saturday morning and afternoon. Wayland's annual parade feature Grand…

Editor December 2, 2023

Columns

Ranger Rick, Rob Reiner agree on JFK assassination

Politics makes strange bedfellows indeed. I have been listening to unabashed liberal Rob Reiner’s podcast, “Who Killed JFK?” And I found it to be eerily similar to information in a…

Editor December 2, 2023

Obituaries

Memorial service will be Dec. 9 for Carol Warner, 84

Carol L. Warner (Brocker), 84, Gun Lake, died Tuesday, Aug. 1. Being a grandmother was important to Carol and she loved spending time with her grandchildren. She also enjoyed golfing,…

Editor December 2, 2023