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14th Street from 135th to 133rd to be closed July 11-15

The Allegan County Road Commission is announcing a road closure in Hopkins Township on 14th Street between 135th Avenue and 133rd Avenue Monday, July 11. The commission will replace a…

Editor July 8, 2022

Community Notices

10-year-old autistic boy reported to be found safe

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is about a boy who went missing in another state a couple weeks ago and has since been found safe. Missing child report from the Wayland area…

Editor July 7, 2022

Columns

One Small Voice: A cardinal act of mercy saves kidney

by Lynn Mandaville I’m really not one who does things to attract attention to myself. Sure, on the written page, I can be a big mouth. I bristle at all…

Editor July 7, 2022

Articles

Charges against attorney at Leighton vote dismissed

Charges of trespassing and disturbing the peace against Constitutional attorney Katherine Henry were dismissed Thursday in Allegan County District Court in connection with an incident on Election Day November 2020…

Editor July 7, 2022

Columns

Army Bob: Can media stop coming election bloodbath?

by Robert M. Traxler Will the midterms be a “blood bath” for the Democrats? Many in the conservative media are predicting it. I hope so, but the media has not…

Editor July 7, 2022

Obituaries

Disc golf enthusiast Jeff Glupker of Dorr dies at 53

Jeffrey Craig Jerome Glupker of Dorr died Sunday, July 3. He was 53. Born April 11, 1969, to Geri and Robert Glupker, he was a graduate of Wayland High School.…

Editor July 6, 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) Gurney's Market in downtown Wayland 90 years ago. 25 Years Ago — July 7, 1997 The…

Editor July 6, 2022

Columns

I’m taking a break (sort of) from the social media zoo

by Denise Dykstra Last week, I met up with a handful of friends and forgot to take a photo of us all. This is so unlike me! I usually love…

Editor July 6, 2022

Columns

Yes It’s True: Is this Sunny Side of the Business Street?

Helen Jane Helmey, wife of Wayland Globe Editor-Publisher Irvin P. Helmey a little more than 50 years ago wrote an occasional column of pseudo advertising she called “The Sunny Side…

Editor July 5, 2022

Obituaries

Funeral for lifelong Martin booster Jerry Curry slated

Jerry L. Curry Sr., 87, of Martin, died Friday, July 1, at his home in Martin. He was born March 26, 1935, in Martin, the son of Russell and Florence…

Editor July 5, 2022