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Brewhouse Lanes to shut down permanently in Dorr

Brewhouse Lanes in Dorr has announced it is closing permanently, but the Five Lakes Brewing Co. and Restaurant will continue to do business. The bowling establishment, home to the Hopkins…

Editor May 17, 2020

Obituaries

Memorial service to be determined for Liz Jackson

Elizabeth (Liz) Ann Jackson, age 70, died in her home Saturday, May 9. Born June 3, 1949, she was the eldest daughter of Wellington and Dorothy (Burden) Jackson. A 1967…

Editor May 17, 2020

Community Notices

Hopkins Fire Dept. cancels Father’s Day breakfast

Due to the uncertainty of how long the Covid-19 pandemic may last, the Hopkins Area Fire Department has decided to cancel this years Fathers Day Pancake Breakfast. "The health and…

Editor May 17, 2020

Columns

One Small Voice: We can mask up, have some fun

by Lynn Mandaville Used to be that masks were for Halloween costumes, catchers, goalies, super-heroes, doctors, nurses and crooks. As a child I loved masks for Halloween because a full-face…

Editor May 16, 2020

Community Notices

Salem Twp. man charged with 2 cold case murders

A Salem Township man, arrested last November at the Burnips gas station, has been charged in the deaths of two women, one in 1980 and another in 1989. Dennis Lee…

Editor May 16, 2020

Columns

Yes It’s True: Protests in 1968 vs. protests in 2020

“All the memories came flooding back… old Mrs. McAvoy eating that horrible chicken and the terrified child running from the burning wreck.” — Vivian Stanshall, “Rawlinson End,” 1972 I suppose…

Editor May 15, 2020

Sports

Work begins on new turf for WHS football stadium

Work has begun on the football stadium at Wayland High School, with plenty of dirt moving and machines. Because of savings accrued from previous physical projects, the school district was…

Editor May 15, 2020

Community Notices

WHS teacher writes book about issues of infertility

Wayland High School teacher Sarah Sisson Rollandini has penned a book, "Life After Infertility," which came out earlier this month. "Life After Infertility" is part memoir, part devotional eschewing Christian…

Editor May 15, 2020

Community Notices

School breakfasts, lunches extended until June 29

Wayland Union Schools has announced that the special meals program has been extended until June 29 and breakfasts and lunches will be served at four sites Friday, May 22, but…

Editor May 15, 2020

Community Notices

Martin, Wayland seniors win GFWC scholarships

Graduating seniors Kiaya Warner of Martin and Emmalee Bish of Wayland are two of this year’s winners of scholarships awarded by the general Federation of Women’s Clubs-Gun Lake Area. Emmalee…

Editor May 14, 2020