Editor

What is the truth about the departure of police chief?

"You can't handle the truth." ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. I have long railed against the common modern…

Editor September 7, 2022

Sports

Wildcat tennis team breaks even in 3 league matches

The varsity boys' tennis team defeated Kenowa Hills Wednesday to even its league record thus far this season at 1-1-1. The Wildcats looked convincing as they took it to Kenowa…

Editor September 7, 2022

Sports

Wildcat boys take 2nd in 1st O-K Gold cross meet

Instead of "Gentlemen, start your engines," the Wayland girls followed the advice: "Laldies, check your watches." (Photos courtesy of Brett Butler) The Wayland boys’ cross-country team served notice to the…

Editor September 7, 2022

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Sept. 8, 1997 North Dorr Catholic School Joel Moore of Dorr won…

Editor September 7, 2022

Articles

Airborne car driver charged with cocaine use in crash

A motorist who drove an airborne car that soared over the Dorr expressway overpass has been charged with driving under the influence of cocaine last Jan. 13. Chandler Cockerham, then…

Editor September 7, 2022

Articles

National media plans to visit Gun Lake’s Curly Cone

The Gun Lake eatery got its start in 1954 as Kirk's Kurly Kones, a drive-in ice cream shop near the corner of Patterson and Chief Noonday Roads at the Barry-Allegan…

Editor September 7, 2022

Obituaries

Funeral will be Saturday for Richard VanDerMeer, 88

Richard Martin VanDerMeer of Hopkins died Monday, Sept. 5, at Briarwood Assisted Living in Allegan. He was 88. Richard was born in Holland, MI, on Dec. 16, 1933, to his…

Editor September 7, 2022

Articles

City Council deals death blow to golf cart proposal

Advocates for golf cart use in the City of Wayland were dealt a setback Tuesday night when the City Council voted 4-2 against drawing up an ordinance. Council members Rick…

Editor September 6, 2022

Features

Wayland was represented in walk on the ‘Mighty Mac’

Among the many participants in the annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk were Coralie Ritz Miller (lower right) and kin, who arose bright and early Monday to join the traditional…

Editor September 5, 2022

Columns

Ex-Allegan Mayor could really shake ’em down

John Hotchkiss “All the memories came flooding back… Old Mrs. McAvoy eating that horrible chicken… and the terrified child running from the burning wreck.” — Vivian Stanshall, 1972, “Rawlinson End.”…

Editor September 5, 2022