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Hopkins grad earns West Point engineering degree

Matthew Robinson, a 2015 graduate of Hopkins HighSchool, has graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated with a degree in systems engineering and has branched…

Editor June 13, 2020

Obituaries

Death takes former local firefighter Terry Phillips

Former Wayland Fire Department member Terry Phillips, 67, of Allegan, died Wednesday, June 10. Born Jan. 8, 1953, in Otsego, he was the son of the late Lester and Betty…

Editor June 12, 2020

Articles

Superintendent’s job offered to Dr. Christina Hinds

Word on the street is that Dr. Christina Hinds of Mattawan has been offered the superintendency for Wayland Union Schools. Hinds has been assistant superintendent of student services and curriculum…

Editor June 12, 2020

Articles

AAESA to ask for Headlee restoration millages Aug. 4

The Allegan Area Educational Service Agency (AAESA) will ask Allegan Countyvoters to restore funding levels that have been eroded because of the Headlee Amendment with three proposals on the Aug.…

Editor June 11, 2020

Sports

Ex-Lady Wildcat to play basketball at Alpena CC

Briana Thurston, a key member of the resurgent Wayland High School girls' varsity basketball team last winter, has signed a letter of intent to continue playing hoops for Alpena Community…

Editor June 11, 2020

Community Notices

Wayland School Board meetings moved to FAC

The Wayland Union Board of Education will hold its June 15, June 22 and July 13 meetings at the high school Fine Arts Center. This is a change from previously…

Editor June 11, 2020

Community Notices

Cold murder case suspect to spend rest of life in prison

Dennis Lee Bowman, 71, of Hamilton has pleaded guilty to murdering a woman in Virginia in 1980 in one of two cold cases now solved. Bowman was arrested last year…

Editor June 11, 2020

Obituaries

Private service held for Dorr activist, mom, Alyce Rewa

Alyce M. Rewa of Dorr died Wednesday, June 10. Alyce was a lifelong member of St. Mary's Visitation Parish, a community that was family to her, a church that was…

Editor June 10, 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 — June 14, 1995 Wilma Baske, 93, determined to be the oldest living…

Editor June 10, 2020

Community Notices

Sarai Yanes to give WHS graduation address

Sarai Yanes was voted by her fellow honor students of the Wayland High School Class of 2020 to give this year's commencement ceremony address. A traditional graduation ceremony is planned…

Editor June 10, 2020