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Heat, humidity, storms wreak havoc on homes, Main Street

July 20, 2019

This was just one one many trees that were felled by high winds Saturday morning. Mother Nature showed no respect for the 2019 Main Street celebration in downtown Wayland Saturday. A terrible combination of heat, humidity and storms caused the annual festival to be canceled halfway through, at about 5...

Friends, family of Ethan Mutschler attend special service

July 19, 2019

Despite the oppressive heat and humidity, a fair number of local people, many of them students, turned out Friday evening for a special celebration of life for Wayland High School senior Ethan Mutschler, who was killed a week ago in a traffic accident in southern Kent County. The temperatures were...

Yes It’s True: I have met many celebrities, but so what?

July 19, 2019

I have told the world that I really don’t like celebrity journalism. I especially don’t like it when politicians use their phony fame to show up for photo opps when they didn’t do anything to deserve having their pictures taken. All they do in these instances is prove Woody Allen’s...

Woman, 27, arrested for head-butting Gun Lake Casino cop

July 19, 2019

Ellie Kay Haitov. 27, has been charged with assaulting a federal police officer at the Gun Lake Casino. She had to appear in federal court after being accused of head-butting the officer because the casino is on federal land. According to an FBI agent, Gun Lake Department of Public Safety...

Columns

Army Bob: Stereotyping, prejudice cause overheated rhetoric

July 18, 2019

by Robert M. Traxler If you are a Republican voter, are you a racist, sexist, bigoted, homophobic, Islamophobic, xenophobic mouth breather who shops at Wal-Mart and married your sibling? No, you are not; to judge millions of Americans by the group is not fair, it is unjust and wrong. The...

Three waterless cleaning systems installed at Gun Lake

July 18, 2019

The Gun Lake Tribe, in partnership with the Michigan DNR, Allegan County Parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kraai Well Drilling, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Gun Lake Protective Association and Gun Lake Improvement Board, recently installed three CD3 Waterless Cleaning Systems at Gun Lake. Two are located at the Yankee...

Graveside service is Saturday for Arlene Giannecchini

July 18, 2019

Arlene Giannecchini, age 78, of Hopkins, died Tuesday, July 2. Arlene was preceded in death by her parents Walter and Bernice Nowak; four brothers and two sisters. She is survived by her daughters Lorna (Bruce) Boyd, Gina Giannecchini; sons Louis Giannecchini, Michael (Sharla) Giannecchini, Jimmy (Sarah) Giannecchini; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren;...

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

July 17, 2019

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library i9n downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — July 20, 1994 Allegan County Clerk-Register of Deeds Joyce Watts has filed a complaint against the County Board of Commissioners over its demand that she leave a closed session evaluating the county...

Community Notices

Main Street celebration slated for Wayland all day Saturday

July 17, 2019

FrankenGarry, one of the entertainment acts at the Main Street celebration, will perform at the stage downtown at 1:30 p.m. EDITOR'S NOTE: The editor regrets erroneously publishing that a pancake breakfast would take place. It will not be held this year. The 10th annual Wayland Main Street Celebration will be held...

Three firms vie for Dorr Township master plan services

July 16, 2019

The Dorr Township Planning Commission listened to three presentations Tuesday night for professional planning services in updating the master plan. Chris Khori from McKenna, Andy Moore from Williams & Works and Kirk Scharphorn Jr. from Professional Code Inspections (PCI) outlined just what they would do to bring the master plan,...

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