Editor

Private graveside service June 30 for Adeline Alflen

Adeline “Aunt Pete” Alflen, age 90, died Friday, May 22. Aunt Pete loved life and lived each day with enjoyment doing her favorite hobbies, such as golfing with her grandkids,…

Editor May 23, 2020

Sports

WHS assistant joins Hopkins football coaching staff

Mike Salisbury has joined the football coaching staff at Hopkins High School. Salisbury the past three seasons has been part of the coaching staff at Wayland Union High School and…

Editor May 23, 2020

Features

Memorial Day fun is still possible without parades

“While enjoying the outdoors, please keep a safe and mindful distance of at least six feet from others,” — Allegan County Health Officer, Angelique Joynes, MPH, RN. "With Memorial Day…

Editor May 23, 2020

Community Notices

Allegan County’s COVID-19 death toll number now 6

The number of cases of the COVID-19 virus in Allegan County has been confirmed at 197 as of Friday afternoon and the number of reported deaths has risen to six.…

Editor May 22, 2020

Columns

Yes It’s True: John Tuinstra is Dorr’s ‘Mr. Hypocrisy’

For an editorial writer like me, Dorr Township Board Trustee John Tuinstra presents the gift that keeps on giving. Anyone who has read Townbroadcast for a spell understands that I’ve…

Editor May 22, 2020

Columns

Army Bob: Use of masks helps liberate us from home

by Robert M. Traxler To mask up or not to mask up is the question we are all faced with in the latest pandemic in my lifetime. The SARS, Asian…

Editor May 21, 2020

Community Notices

WHS Class of 2020 honored in special parade for grads

The Wayland High School Class of 2020 was supposed to graduate Thursday evening, so the Grad Bash members decided, in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, to have a special…

Editor May 21, 2020

Columns

Guest Column: Absentee voting – Is it right for you?

by Mary Lou Nieuwenhuis, Leighton Township Clerk First, I am neither an advocate for or against the issue. My mission is to provide some clarification for voters. It is up…

Editor May 21, 2020

Obituaries

Coronavirus takes former Hopkins businesswoman

Norma Louise (Butler) Kerber, 82 of Hopkins, died of the Coronavirus Tuesday, May 19, at Metro Health Hospital in Wyoming. Born May 2, 1938 in Orangeville Township, she was the…

Editor May 21, 2020

Features

Top academic WHS Class of 2020 grads announced

Wayland Union Schools has announced its top academic graduates for the Class of 2020, with grade point averages of 4.0 and higher (Summa Cum Laude) • Jamie Murray will attend the…

Editor May 21, 2020