Editor

Asst. Supt. explains casino funds in relation to bond

To the editor: Patricia Velie During the last successful bond campaign (to add the middle school wing, replace the tennis courts, and work on all other buildings = $1.925m zero…

Editor July 18, 2022

Features

Mini-Park mural nearly finished in local festival

The Wayland Mainstreet 2022 Mural Project at the Mini Park downtown, on the west wall of McDuff's, was nearly completed during the festival over the weekend. Organizers said more than…

Editor July 17, 2022

Obituaries

Remembrance service held July 7 for Pauline Cales

Pauline Cales of Wayland, died Friday, July 1. She was 85. Born on Aug. 27, 1936, in Frostburg, Md., a pleasant town nestled in the lush green Cumberland Mountains, Pauline…

Editor July 17, 2022

Editorial

For state rep., ‘I think they are all bozos on this bus’

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Local voters less than two weeks hence will decide who will be state…

Editor July 16, 2022

Features

Main Street celebration enjoys no Covid, no storms

The Wayland Main Street summer celebration finally got a little respect Saturday after three straight difficult festivities. This time there was no overcoming the Covid-19 challenge, nor a summertime thunder…

Editor July 16, 2022

Community Notices

Martin semi driver is 1 of 3 injured in traffic crash

A 54-year-old Martin man was one of three people injured in a traffic crash just north of Allegan Friday afternoon. The Martin man was driving a semi tractor-trailer on Babylon…

Editor July 16, 2022

Obituaries

Hopkins native Emma Schafer dies at age 100

Emma Christine Schafer Essenburgh, 100 of Allegan, died Wednesday, July 13, at the ACMCC. Born April 17, 1922, on the family farm in Hopkins, she was the daughter of Henry…

Editor July 16, 2022

Community Notices

Simply Celia’s Restaurant to close on Saturday, July 16

The Simply Celia's Restaurant on South Main Street in downtown Wayland will close on Saturday, July 16, after the Main Street celebration. Owner-operator Celia Gleason posted on Facebook, "All of…

Editor July 15, 2022

Articles

Old Leighton air park issue resurfaces after 4-year lull

Kate Scheltema Clark Galloway Though a proposal for an air park (or airport) was approved by voters in the 2018 August primary, the project’s most vocal opponent was back in…

Editor July 14, 2022

Columns

Army Bob: Is science undeniable or a suggestion?

by Robert M. Traxler We must believe the science, all the science, or be a damned science denier and then (according to some of the progressives who scribble in the…

Editor July 14, 2022