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Wayland athletic director is leaving for another job

This update will provide an update to questions I have received via email and/or at recent board meetings regarding current news topics and our return to school plans. Our WUHS…

Editor July 22, 2021

Articles

Dorr Township Board agrees to seek rescue funds

The Dorr Township Board Thursday night in a special meeting voted unanimously to authorize Supervisor Jeff Miling to apply for American Rescue Funds in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.…

Editor July 22, 2021

Articles

Gun Lake Casino revenue sharing rebounds slightly

The Gun Lake Tribe’s twice annual local revenue sharing payments have rebounded slightly from the lows of six months ago at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. The tribe this…

Editor July 22, 2021

Columns

Army Bob: Is vote reform really more Jim Crow?

by Robert M. Traxler Jim Crow on steroids? Any law the wonks and cancel culture disagree with. We keep hearing references to any voting law that reverts to the law…

Editor July 22, 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 — July 22, 1996 Wayland City and Township officials are finding disagreement in…

Editor July 21, 2021

Features

‘Dog author’ to be guest Monday at Hopkins Library

Author D.M Greenwald will be guest presenter at the Hopkins District Library at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26. Greenwald, author of several titles, but he will speak specifically about the…

Editor July 21, 2021

Community Notices

Abductor of Hopkins girl given 11-year prison term

Charles Morancey, 45, of Rhode Island has been sentenced to 11 years and two months in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to luring a…

Editor July 21, 2021

Community Notices

Dorr Township North Park bathroom vandals sought

The bathrooms at the North Park Pavilion in Dorr Township will be closed until further notice as the result of vandalism. A Parks Commission spokesperson said, "We will have to…

Editor July 20, 2021

Articles

Dorr’s visioning meeting brings out hopes and fears

The special meeting of the Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday turned out to be a contest between “what we’d like to see” and “what we fear will actually happen.” The…

Editor July 20, 2021

Sports

Martin Public Schools has new director of athletics

The Martin Board of Education Monday evening voted to hire Tyler Whitcomb as director of athletics and operations. Whitcomb, who succeeds Robert VandenBerg, who retired at the end of the…

Editor July 20, 2021