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Wayland city brush pickup policy announced again

City of Wayland officials indicate that within the city, brush will be picked up every Tuesday roughly between May and late October and after severe storms. Residents are asked to…

Editor September 3, 2021

Articles

WAEMS to receive $174,000 with federal grant award

The Wayland Area Ambulance Service will get a $174,615 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Wayland and Comstock grants are provided through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants program. The…

Editor September 3, 2021

Columns

Army Bob: Cutting, running in Afghanistan just wrong

by Robert M. Traxler I have been an Afghan for 312 years, a Muslim for 1421 years and a Pashtun, Tajiks, Hazaras, Hazaras, Baloch,and 11 others for 8000 years. This…

Editor September 2, 2021

Sports

Clippers packing offensive wallop with 54, 64 points

The Martin eight-man varsity football team apparently has another scoring machine on its hands. The Clippers, who have lost only twice in three seasons, both of those in playoffs to…

Editor September 2, 2021

Sports

Wildcats victims of early blitzkrieg in 42-0 defeat

Coopersville scored 42 points in its season-opening victory over Big Rapids last week. It scored 42 points again Thursday night in Wayland, but 35 of them in the first period…

Editor September 2, 2021

Obituaries

Service Sept. 9 for longtime local farmer Virginia Miller

Virginia Rose Miller, born July 25, 1926, died Wednesday, Sept. 1, at the age of 95. Virginia and husband Gilbert "Bud" Miller were lifelong farmers; they ran a 1,200 head…

Editor September 2, 2021

Features

Hopkins High School earns Tanger Outlet Kids Grant

Hopkins High School Principal Ken Szczepanski (second from right) attended a small ceremony Wednesday, receiving a check for a grant from Tanger Outlet of Byron Center. The high school's Level…

Editor September 2, 2021

Obituaries

Judy Hanlon, formerly of Wayland, dies in California

Judith Arlene Hanlon of Alamo, Calif., died at Casa Blanca Retirement Home on Saturday, July 24. She was 86. The daughter of longtime Wayland business owners Merle and Isla Peffley,…

Editor September 2, 2021

Community Notices

Preparation for paving on 136th Ave. will begin today

Prepping for paving on 136th Avenue from 18th Street to pavement in Dorr/Hopkins Township is planned for Thursday, Sept. 2. An Allegan County Road Commission spokesperson said paving is scheduled…

Editor September 1, 2021

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. 2, 1996 Leighton Township Board members adopted a new ordinance forbidding…

Editor September 1, 2021