Editor

WHS grad Sydney Urben, team win Hoosier Classic

Wayland High School graduate Sydney Urben and her Mount Mercy University (Iowa) teammates captured the championship in the Hoosier Classic Sunday. Urben is a 2018 graduate of Wayland High School…

Editor February 16, 2020

Columns

Barry Hastings: After Iowa shambles, the race is ON

So now Yang, Patrick and Bennet are out of the Democratic primary race for president. South Carolina, Nevada, Super Tuesday, California, then Michigan are looming. After them, we should havea pretty good…

Editor February 16, 2020

Editorial

Gun Lake Tribe a better corporate citizen than Switch

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. While many Americans rail against welfare queens and lazy poor people who game the…

Editor February 16, 2020

Columns

One Small Voice: Trump shows no respect for law

“The appearance of a conflict of interest” was the reason I was given 30 years ago. I had recently been elected to the Wayland Union Schools Board of Education, and…

Editor February 16, 2020

Community Notices

Two Martin Odyssey of the Mind teams qualify for state

Two of the Martin Odyssey of the Mind teams that performed at Wayland Union High School in regional competition have qualified to advance to the state level at Middleville Thornapple…

Editor February 15, 2020

Columns

Splintering: Another reason for the death of the 1960s

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the third is a series of columns examining reasons why the 1960s protest, long hair, sex, drugs and rock 'n roll died so quickly, lifted…

Editor February 15, 2020

Editorial

Ambulance service is not under threat of bankruptcy

To the editor: Wayland Area Emergency Medical Services (WAEMS) has provided service to our neighbors for more than 40 years and will continue into the future. We are led by…

Editor February 15, 2020

Obituaries

Funeral will be Tuesday for Susan DeVries of Martin

Susan DeVries, age 54 of Martin, died Wednesday, Feb. 12. She was born March 9, 1965, in Grand Rapids, the daughter of Frederick and Ardith (TerHorst) Roodvoets. Sue was a…

Editor February 14, 2020

Sports

Another game without a starter, Lady ‘Cats lose at East GR

"If it wasn’t for bad luck," the Lady ‘Cats basketball team "wouldn’t have no luck at all." The Wayland girls had to play one of the top Class A teams…

Editor February 14, 2020

Sports

Hopkins guys make it 8 in a row with win over Rockets

Kelloggsville showed up at the Hopkins gym Friday night with just six players in uniform, but put up a brave fight in a 78-59 verdict. It was the Vikings’ eighth…

Editor February 14, 2020