Editor

Let’s make all of our local elections non-partisan

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Because the two-party political system in the United States has deteriorated so badly over…

Editor June 7, 2020

Columns

Army Bob: So who’s to blame for recent riot mess?

by Robert M. Traxler A police officer while on duty murders a person of color. People protest, and protests turn into riots. The apologists for the rioters say dumb things…

Editor June 7, 2020

Articles

Three Wayland school supt. candidate finalists chosen

Three finalists for Wayland Union Schools superintendent have emerged for the second round of interviews later this month. The Wayland Board of Education conducted first-round interviews of five finalists Saturday…

Editor June 6, 2020

Columns

Guest column: Who will hold police accountable?

by Mark Wakeman In the 33 years that I lived in Munich, Germany, I often was asked what Dachau was like. Dachau, a town about ten miles northwest of Munich,…

Editor June 5, 2020

Columns

Army Bob: Here’s another opinion on binary thinking

by Robert M. Traxler The violence sparked by the death of Mr. George Floyd at the hands of police has changed from protest to criminal activity. Exactly how my friends…

Editor June 4, 2020

Articles

Watson contracts with both Martin Rescue and HAFD

The Watson Township Board Thursday night adopted a resolution of intent to contract for fire services with Martin Township Fire and Rescue, in addition to the Hopkins Area Fire Department.…

Editor June 4, 2020

Community Notices

County Health Dept. downgrades COVID-19 threat

The Allegan County Emergency Operations Center has moved to a state of partial activation after being fully activated since March 21. The county’s EOC was fully activated to help with…

Editor June 4, 2020

Community Notices

Man, 23, charged in killing of McKenna Dutkiewicz

John Jacob Spangenberg has been arrested on a charge of murder for shooting and killing McKenna Dutkiewicz of Wayland Monday night in Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer…

Editor June 4, 2020

Columns

One Small Voice: George Floyd protests a beginning?

by Lynn Mandaville Stephen Stills was a guitarist for Buffalo Springfield when he wrote and recorded For What It’s Worth in December 1966. Although it was not written as an…

Editor June 4, 2020

Obituaries

WHS grad’s daughter, only 16, dies of drowning

Molly Rasmussen, daughter of Wayland High School graduate Cindi Medendorp Rasmussen, died of drowning in Lake Bella Vista Tuesday night. Molly Rasmussen, 16, who had just completed her sophomore year…

Editor June 3, 2020