Editor

Lady Clippers 1st in pool play at volleyball tourney

The Martin varsity volleyball team opened its 2021 season Saturday at the West Michigan Volleyball Officials' tournament in Grand Rapids. The Lady Clippers took first in pool play and were seeded…

Editor August 21, 2021

Columns

Yes It’s True: We can’t separate health from politics

The Allegan County Health Department's issuance of orders for all school districts to mask up students in grades K-6 has prompted political responses from the Allegan County Board of Commssioners,…

Editor August 20, 2021

Editorial

So is the local town crier in the business over his head?

“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate” — Strother Martin in “Cool Hand Luke,” 1966 ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial…

Editor August 20, 2021

Sports

Ex-Vikings, the Smith Brothers meet up at Albion

Smith Bros. isn't just a cough drop brand, it's a pre-season scrimmage encounter between Concordia University junior tight end Nolan Smith and Albion College freshman back Trevor Smith. The last…

Editor August 20, 2021

Columns

Subterranean: It’s not what you watch, it’s how you do

“I don’t watch TV.” Millennial co-worker by Walter G. Tarrow Again, the question is no longer so much what you are watching but HOW are you watching. And this question…

Editor August 20, 2021

Articles

Hopkins Twp. seeking sewer service from Dorr

Negotiations between Hopkins Township and the City of Wayland for annexation of about a dozen properties for sewer service have ended. Instead, Hopkins is seeking a “425” tax sharing arrangement…

Editor August 19, 2021

Community Notices

Hopkins, Martin schools to follow K-6 health order

The Allegan County Health Department Wednesday issued a mandate that all students in grades K-6 wear masks in the classrooms and Townbroadcast reported incorrectly that Hopkins and Martin would make…

Editor August 19, 2021

Community Notices

Grand Junction man held in gas, electrical tampering

Wayland City Police have apprehended a 34-year-old Grand Junction man in connection with the Aug. 12 complaint of tampering and destruction of gas and electrical meters in the strip mall…

Editor August 19, 2021

Obituaries

Celebration of life Sept. 25 for Thomas R. Smith, 68

Thomas Robert Smith of Leighton Township died Aug. 15. He was 68. Tom was born Aug. 20, 1952, to Bryce and Mary Ellen Smith in Caledonia, where he lived his…

Editor August 19, 2021

Columns

Army Bob: Cook the crime books to bring crime down

by Robert M. Traxler More Americans died last weekend in Chicago than died in Afghanistan in the last 18 months. The good folks in the woke media and the leaders…

Editor August 19, 2021