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Coffees June 23, 24 chances to meet new Supt. Reeves

There will be two opportunities to meet and speak with new Wayland Union Schools Supt. Tim Reeves during special "Coffee with the Superintendent" sessions in Wayland and in Dorr. The…

Editor June 17, 2022

Community Notices

Name of motorist killed in Salem Township identified

An Allegan County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a motorist Thursday night at around 10 p.m. during a traffic stop in Salem Township. Michigan State Police reported in a news…

Editor June 17, 2022

Features

Student summer cooking class winners announced

The winners of the summer Community Education cooking class contest were fourth-grader Channing Haberman and sixth-grader Jocelyn Dzierzyc. Judges for the competition were Anthony Winters and Nissa Smith of Four…

Editor June 16, 2022

Columns

Army Bob: Jan. 6 hearings divert from Biden’s failures

by Robert M. Traxler Inflation at 8.65 percent, gas at $5.26 a gallon, diesel at $5.75, interest rates up, a $467 reduction in purchasing power per month on every American…

Editor June 16, 2022

Columns

One Small Voice: Bisbee mules vs. hardened schools

by Lynn Mandaville Tonight finds me reminiscing about a recent trip my son Nick and I made to a little, old mining town in the very southeastern-most corner of AZ.…

Editor June 16, 2022

Obituaries

Hopkins graduate Christine Hennip Behrens dies at 88

Hopkins High School graduate Christine Elizabeth Hennip Behrens died June 14. She was 88. Born March 16, 1934, on the family farm in Ellsworth, to Gerrit and Mary (Siegers) Hennip,…

Editor June 15, 2022

Features

Hopkins ‘Reader Feeder’ mobile library begins route

This is the time of year when the Hopkins Public Schools "Reader Feeder" hits the road, taking its mobile library to kids throughout the district. This bus plays an important…

Editor June 15, 2022

Community Notices

A.J.’s to be replaced by One More Grill downtown Dorr

Ernie and Amanda Gills iare stepping away from AJ’S Bar and Grill Wednesday afternoon and the establishment's new owners will open Thursday. The couple posted on Facebook "We want to…

Editor June 15, 2022

Features

Youngsters learn cooking skills in summer program

The Wayland Community Education program this summer has been holding a summer Cooking Camp this week, taught by Wayland Union Schools elementary teacher Kristiana Zondervan. The students are learning how…

Editor June 15, 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 — June 16, 1997 The Wayland High School junior class slate of officers…

Editor June 15, 2022