Editor

South Main Street slated to get a makeover next year

Mark Riemersma Teryl Shields With about $650,000 in funds available, plans are moving forward for a Main Street project that will include a center turning lane. City Engineer Mickey Bittner…

Editor March 7, 2022

Columns

Army Bob: We must deal with truth about Ukraine

by Robert M. Traxler Russia has been my enemy since birth. One of my first memories is packing my “bug-out bag” as a 4- to 7-year-old Army dependent child in…

Editor March 7, 2022

Obituaries

Memorial mass planned for former Wayland woman

Former longtime Wayland resident Bette M. (Wisniewski) Baker died Saturday, Feb. 26, of natural causes in St. Ignace. Born Dec. 14, 1923, in Detroit, she was 98 years old. She…

Editor March 7, 2022

Features

Thought spring arrived? I’m back! Didja miss me?

After a balmy 60-degree day Saturday and a windy Sunday, Michigan weather played its customary tricks in March by sending us the return of wintery conditions. Actually, the accumulation was…

Editor March 7, 2022

Community Notices

Input from public sought for Wayland supt. search

The Wayland Board of Education has begun the search process to find a new superintendent. Assisting is the Michigan Association of School Boards (MASB), a service organization that supports the…

Editor March 7, 2022

Obituaries

Private interment planned for Dan Dupon of Gun Lake

Daniel Dupon, of Grand Rapids and Gun Lake, died Friday, March 4, just shy of his 96th birthday. He is survived by his children, Blake (Mary Beth) Dupon, Kelly (Douglas)…

Editor March 7, 2022

Columns

Ramblin’ Road: As winter winds down; we will return

by Phyllis McCrossin Random thoughts on a Sunday afternoon: It’s Sunday, March 6, 2022. In 19 days we will be packing up one last time and heading back to Michigan.…

Editor March 6, 2022

Columns

Serve old favorite carrot cake with coconut topping

by Kathy Hamman Miller Serve this carrot cake recipe with the delicious coconut topping, either for a breakfast or as a casual dessert. Puts a new twist on frosting for…

Editor March 6, 2022

Sports

Two Vikings earn all-Silver Conference hoops awards

Nevaeh Helderop Two Hopkins girls' varsity basketball players earned honors for the O-K Silver All-Conference team. Junior Mady Weber (cover photo) was selected to the first team as the Vikings'…

Editor March 6, 2022

Articles

Wayland Police Dept. hands out local citizens’ awards

The Wayland Police Department had its annual awards banquet recently at the Carpenters and Millwright Center. Stan Gulch receives an award from Chief Mark Garnsey as DPW Supervisor Ben Batchelder…

Editor March 5, 2022