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Funeral is Friday for former Hopkins Village President Harmsen

November 12, 2019

A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Hopkins Community Reformed Church for local businessman and former Hopkins Village President Ricky Harmsen, who died Monday at Borgess Medical Center. He was 67, Born April 16, 1952, in Grand Rapids, he was the son of the late Gareth Frederick...

Yes It’s True: Best wishes from me to 2 strong, smart women

November 12, 2019

City Clerk Michelle Herman Lori Castello Two unsung, smart and strong women in our midst are encountering important milestones in their lives and are going in different directions as a result. Michelle Herman, Wayland City Clerk for the last 11 years, and Lori Castello, zoning enforcement administrator for Professional Code...

Ranger Rick: Climate change claims are about power, money

November 12, 2019

Brrrr... no, I'm not going to go into a global warming tirade. Well, maybe a little bit. Isn't it ironic with all the global cooling, global warming, global climate change, etc. it is going back to the 1970s for cold temperatures when scientists came to the "consensus" global cooling was...

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Financial audit says Wayland Schools continue to improve

November 11, 2019

Andrew vanBaal is the student representative this year on the school board. The financial health of Wayland Union Schools continues to improve, Assistant Superintendent for Finances Pat Velie told the school board Monday night. Velie said an audit for fiscal year 2018-19 now is complete and a fund balance, or...

Wayland Schools Supt. Norm Taylor says he’ll retire June 30

November 11, 2019

Supt. Norm Taylor reads his announcement that he is retiring at the school board meeting Monday night. Wayland Schools Superintendent Norman Taylor, credited with stabilizing a troubled school district during his decade of tenure, Monday night announced he will retire June 30, at the end of the academic year. Taylor...

Wayland, Hopkins have somber observances of Veterans Day

November 11, 2019

Pine Street Elementary in Wayland had its annual observance of Veterans Day this morning with an assembly. Meanwhile, somewhere in Hopkins is this quiet reminder of those who served the country and did not return alive. Sue Sebright posted this monument to the names of Steven Kamyszek, Marvin Wamhoff, Elwin...

Lori Castello at Hopkins home recovering from heart attack

November 11, 2019

Lori Castello in a familiar pose, explaining something to a planning commission meeting. Lori Castello had a heart attack Monday evening, Nov. 4, and underwent double bypass surgery. She will have a lengthy recovery period. A Meal Train campaign (somewhat like a Go Fund Me page) is being organized by...

Pet Klips owner shows AKC champion in Kalamazoo event

November 11, 2019

Tonda Genther, owner of Pet Klips on West Superior Street in Wayland, showed the the best of winners and best opposite sex entry last weekend at the Kalamazoo Civic Center, making him an AKC champion. She posted on Facebook, "Huge thanks to all his judges this long week for finding...

Three local prep stars now playing hoops for Cornerstone

November 10, 2019

Carter Nyp Kennedy Helderop Cornerstone University has three players with local ties on it basketball roster this winter, two men from Wayland and one woman from Hopkins. Carter Nyp, a 6-9 sophomore, averaged 7.4 points per game last season and already has scored 17 points in a victory this month,...

Book drop installed at Rabbit River Trail park by Boy Scouts

November 10, 2019

Members of Wayland Boy Scout Troop No. 97 Sunday afternoon installed a mini-book drop at the Rabbit River Trail Park. The project was headed up by Eagle Scout hopeful Nathan Ward (right), who also is serving as Wayland High School student representative for the Wayland City Council.

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