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Wildcat boys win own track invitational

Adam Huff The Wayland boys’ track team opened its outdoor track season with a first-place finish in the Wayland Invitational Friday afternoon. The meet featured eight guys’ teams and seven…

Editor March 28, 2025

Obituaries

Mass of Christian burial April 1 for Frances Walker

Frances Pauline Walker, age 82, of Grand Rapids, died Tuesday, March 25. Frances was born to Henry and Bernice Walker on Oct. 11, 1942, in Salem Township. She grew up…

Editor March 28, 2025

Obituaries

Celebration of life set for Michael Bigelow

Micheal Dean Bigelow 74, of Dorr, died Wednesday, March 19, Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was born March 17, 1951, in Alma, the son of Richard and…

Editor March 28, 2025

Obituaries

GoFundMe set up for Arquimedes Miguel-Ruiz

Arquimides Miguel-Ruiz, age 42, of Dorr, died Monday, March 24, after suffering a stroke. He was born on May 24, 1982, in Madero San Miguel Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico. In 2000,…

Editor March 28, 2025

Columns

Herb Alpert isn’t who most folks think he is

My taste in music has been a sort of embarrassing evolution from my teen years, and a coming event in May in Grand Rapids brought it all back to me.…

Editor March 27, 2025

Sports

Buell hurls shutout at Tri-Unity in opener

Martin three-sport star Haylen Buell led the squad to a dominant 10-0 victory Thursday over Tri-Unity Christian, striking out 14 and allowing just four hits over five innings. Buell also…

Editor March 27, 2025

Community Notices

Thirsty Buddy bar to welcome new owners

Thirsty Buddy has successfully leased the restaurant space next door to Curly Cone in Yankee Springs Township to a new establishment that soon will be joining the community. The proprietors…

Editor March 27, 2025

Community Notices

WHS athletic director earns special honor

Wayland High School Athletic Director Adam Valk has been named West Michigan Officials Association Athletic Director of the Year. Valk has been AD in Wayland since August 2021. Before that…

Editor March 26, 2025

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 — March 27, 2000 The Allegan County Intermediate School District has begun the…

Editor March 26, 2025

Sports

Three local track stars 1st in indoor meet

Two track stars from Wayland and another from Hopkins captured fist place honors at the annual Aquinas College Indoor meet Tuesday. Surprising no one, Wildcat junior Evie Mathis cleared 11-0,…

Editor March 25, 2025