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Basura: Halt convention, but open the schools?

“We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.” — Kilgore Trout, in Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut Kimora "Kimmie" Lynum died on July 18 in Putnam County, according…

Editor July 27, 2020

Obituaries

Service for Gregory Stevens will be at Bowens Mills

Gregory Stevens of Wayland died Wednesday, July 22 at the age of 43. A loving son, husband and father of four children, he was born Nov. 4, 1976, in Spokane, Wash.…

Editor July 27, 2020

Columns

Yes It’s True: Smoke-free, gun-free laws badly done

A story from more than 40 years ago can be used to help explain the persistent misleading assertion that the City of Chicago bans guns, yet it has among the…

Editor July 26, 2020

Community Notices

Allegan County still has low COVID-19 death tally

Allegan County continues to do strikingly well in avoiding serious consequences from the Coronavirus. The death toll of seven is just one more than a month ago and the figure…

Editor July 26, 2020

Sports

New LED lights shine at renovated WHS football field

New lights are shining at the Ron Stehouwer football stadium and track. They replaced the more than 35- year-old wooden pole lights with energy saving LED lights.

Editor July 26, 2020

Community Notices

Car strikes, kills 2 horses in Leighton; woman, 26, dies

A 26-year-old Schoolcraft woman was killed Friday evening in Leighton Townshi when the horse she was riding was struck by a car. The auto struck two horses near the intersection…

Editor July 25, 2020

Community Notices

Wayland Supt. Hinds outlines school return plan

This week, our team has been continuing our work to create a plan which meets the needs of all students. We've met with our Return to School Committee and reviewed…

Editor July 24, 2020

Columns

Basura: Reflections on throwing out the first ball

"Say the secret password, and a duck’ll come down and give you fifty dollars.' — Groucho Marx, host of the game show “You Bet Your Life.” I was once selected…

Editor July 24, 2020

Columns

One Small Voice: Spins won’t alter truth about virus

“The science should not stand in the way of this,” said Kayleigh McEnany at a recent press conference where she was responding to questions about children returning to school amid…

Editor July 24, 2020

Community Notices

Tribes back accountability of Enbridge in 2010 oil spill

As the 10th anniversary of the Enbridge oil spill in the Kalamazoo River approaches, Michigan Native American Tribes say they hope progress is made to prevent an even larger disaster. Michigan…

Editor July 23, 2020