Editor

Wayland schools proposed solar project still on hold

There were some misgivings about the proposed solar project expressed by members of the Wayland Board of Education Monday night. Patrick Poer and Kelly Hipskind, co-founders of SunfundED of Indianapolis,…

Editor November 23, 2020

Columns

Hamburger Soup provides a hearty, inexpensive meal

by Kathy Hamman Miller This Hamburger Soup recipe is tomato based and filled with ingredients for ease and convenience. It keeps hot long after the burner is shut off for…

Editor November 22, 2020

Columns

Ramblin’ Road: Goddess of repair delivers Karma to me

by Phyllis McCrossin As I’m writing this, it is a quiet Sunday afternoon. Well, it feels like an afternoon. It’s actually 11 a.m., but King is watching football, which back…

Editor November 22, 2020

Obituaries

Graveside service at Hooker Cemetery for Donald Peet

Donald Lynwood Peet, age 85, died Friday, Nov. 20. He was born on Dec. 28, 1934, in Allegan. He was preceded in death by his parents David Sr. and Marion…

Editor November 22, 2020

Articles

Back to the drawing board for Leighton road funding?

There are no plans now for any kind of revenue raising for Leighton Township roads in the wake of the failure Nov. 3 of the one-mill request. Citizens' Road Committee…

Editor November 21, 2020

Community Notices

GR man arrested in Wayland now faces cold case charge

A 44-year-old Grand Rapids man arrested for assault earlier this month in a domestic disturbance at a Wayland home now is a suspect in other cases through the use of…

Editor November 20, 2020

Features

Wayland NHS collects food for pantry, despite Covid

Wayland Union High School National Honor Society students held a food drive that ended early because of the Covid, but were still able to collect more than 200 canned goods…

Editor November 20, 2020

Community Notices

Allegan County’s Covid-19 deaths now reported at 19

The Allegan County Health Department Friday announced the county has had 19 deaths as a sult of the Coronavirus pandemic that began last March. That number is three more than…

Editor November 20, 2020

Editorial

Don’t let Rep. Johnson get close, inside without mask

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article, it is an editorial by the editor. I hereby urge all local officials, institutions and businesses to refuse to allow State…

Editor November 20, 2020

Columns

Army Bob: Barons of Silicon Valley feeding the Dems

by Robert M. Traxler So why did the millionaires and billionaires, the Silicon Valley types, give more than $100 million to the Democrats during the 2020 election? Karla Jurvetson, the…

Editor November 19, 2020