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Warner sisters too much for Watervliet; Martin cruises

January 10, 2020

Forgive the blur, but this is what Kiaya Warner (3) looked like to Watervliet Friday night. Martin claimed its eighth victory this season Friday night with an merry 67-29 romp over Watervliet. The Lady Clippers, ranked No. 7 in this week’s Associated Press Class D poll, scored the game’s first...

Columns

Army Bob: Should race be a socialist vs. a capitalist?

January 9, 2020

by Robert M. Traxler I would like everyone who refers to folks like Ranger Rick and I as fascists to know that the concept or phrase was coined by Benito Mussolini, the dictator of the Italians from 1925 to 1945. Originally a revolutionary socialist and the son of a prominent socialist...

Dollar General store to come to Leighton Twp. site

January 9, 2020

The fastest-growing township in Allegan County and one of the top three in all of Michigan finally will have a commercial retail store within its borders. Leighton Township soon will have a Dollar General store on a lot just to the south of the former Chemical Bank site on Polk...

State grant to help fund Wayland summer reading

January 9, 2020

Wayland Union Schools students will can improve on reading skills this summer, thanks to an interventions grant from the Michigan Department of Education. This state grant will allow the district to provide summer programming for students in Young Fives through third grade who are at risk of not scoring proficient...

Lady Wildcats keep on rollin’ over Byron Center

January 9, 2020

Byron Center came to the Wayland Rock 'N Bowl lanes Wednesday, but were were turned away in a girls' bowling dual match 20.5 to 9.5. The visiting boys' outfit fared much better, downing Wildcats by a 28-2 count, "Scores were a little tough this evening as lanes were drier than...

Austin Marsman seeks Martin school board seat

January 9, 2020

Austin Marsman Austin Marsman, 20, today announced he is a candidate for a seat on the Martin Public Schools Board of Education. “Our school is the heart of the community,” said Marsman, a 2018 Martin High School graduate and Townbroadcast contributor. “We’ve been through some major changes in the past...

Bittersweet birth for newest member of the Kramer clan

January 8, 2020

Finn Noel Kramer made his grand entrance Monday morning, Jan. 6, at 9lbs 1oz and 20.6 inches long. He is shown here with his mother, Dani, and brother Myles at the hospital in Pennsylvania. The tragic part of the good news was that he will never meet his biological father,...

Another Dorr exit crash renews calls for flashing red light

January 8, 2020

Some local residents are calling for reinstallation of a flashing red light on 142nd Avenue at the Dorr exit off the U.S.-131 expressway. Shown here is the scene of a traffic crash there this morning. Transportation officials placed a stop sign for traffic going both east and west, but these...

Services will be Friday for former Wayland woman

January 8, 2020

Nellie M. Myers, 90, of Kentwood, formerly of Wayland, died Tuesday, January 7, at Metro Health Hospital. Nellie was born June 10, 1929, in Toledo, Ohio to Edward and Caroline (Brown) Ballard. She was a 1947 graduate of Thornapple Kellogg High School. Nellie married Alfred H. Myers in 1948 and together they...

Articles

Martin Twp. agrees to put recycling proposal on ballot

January 8, 2020

The Martin Township Board Wednesday night agreed to place a county-wide recycling question on the August primary election ballot. The proposal will enable a surcharge of up to $50 per household per year for curbside recycling services, an increase of $14 per year. Recycling Coordinator Rosemary Graham said the fee...

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