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Service Tuesday for North Dorr native Clarine Lanting

Clarine Leona Lanting Thursday, July 16, after battling cancer. She was 90 years old. Clarine was born in North Dorr on November 7, 1929 to her now deceased parents Edward…

Editor July 19, 2020

Columns

Yes It’s True: Cross country has least risk from COVID

So the Michigan High School Athletic Association today announced the bold and hopeful move to permit fall high school sports to proceed. Indeed, such a decision can be controversial because…

Editor July 17, 2020

Community Notices

Wayland Family Dentistry’s closure is only temporary

Dr. Elizabeth Robinson, co-owner of Robinson Dental Care in Wayland, along with her husband, Scott, has indicated Wayland Family Dentistry's closue at 404 W. Superior St. is temporary because of…

Editor July 17, 2020

Community Notices

Wayland Supt. plans school reopening update July 24

New Wayland Union Schools Supt. Dr. Christina Hinds today sent a letter out to parents on prospects for reopening schools for the 2020-21 academic year. Dr. Hinds wrote: The district…

Editor July 17, 2020

Columns

Army Bob: Defunding police likely to cause more crime

by Robert M. Traxler The police, mostly in large cities run by Democrats, are going into “badge defilade,” and who could blame them? Two police officers were shot to death…

Editor July 16, 2020

Community Notices

Plainwell man gets jail in fatal crash with postal driver

Spencer Baird, 36, of Plainwell, who drove his truck that crashed into a mail carrier and killed a postal worker from Martin last January will spend 20 days in jail.…

Editor July 16, 2020

Community Notices

St. Therese plans farewell reception for Fr. Alphonse

St. Therese Parish, Wayland, will have farewell reception in honor of Fr. Alphonse Savarimuthu after 10:30 mass Sunday, July 26. Father Alphonse will be succeeded by Rev. Fr. Kenneth Schmidt,…

Editor July 16, 2020

Columns

Basura: So Trump ‘aced’ a simple cognitive screen

A butterfly, Fluttered by, And landed on a daisy, The sun is high, And so am I, This wine is makin’ me lazy. — Commander Cody and The Lost Planet…

Editor July 15, 2020

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 19, 1995 The West Michigan area was attempting to cope with…

Editor July 15, 2020

Articles

Hopkins Twp. annexation proposal clears state hurdle

The Wayland City Planning Commission welcomed new member Mark Lyons in its first meeting since the COVID-19 crisis hit Michigan in March. The meeting Tuesday evening was a virtual session,…

Editor July 14, 2020