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Man, 63, charged with 2 murders, assault in Gun Lake area

June 24, 2019

A $10 million bond was set Monday in Barry County District Court for a Gun Lake area man who is accused to killing two men Friday and attempting to strangle his wife. Jon Otis Burnett, 63, was arraigned on charges of two counts of open murder, a count of assault with a...

Santino DiCesare promoted to WHS assistant principal

June 24, 2019

Santino DiCesare Santino Di Cesare has been selected for the assistant principal's position at Wayland High School. Di Cesare will fill the vacancy after Mike Omness moved to Pine Street Elementary School earlier this spring as assistant principal. Di Cesare, a Wayland High School graduate, was hired in April 2018...

Dorr to celebrate 150 years during week of 4th of July

June 23, 2019

Dorr Township is planning a sesquicentennial blowout for an entire week, from Sunday, June 30, to Saturday, July 6. Besides celebrating its 150th birthday, it will observe the Fourth of July on that Thursday as well. The week will include carnival rides, food booths, concerts, a car show, parade, special...

Columns

One Small Voice: Summer camp claim for migrants incredible

June 23, 2019

by Lynn Mandaville Like most mornings, I started out today with a quick scan through the various news postings that, through the magic of technology, appear in my inbox via subscriptions to such sources as NPR and The Hill. I expect each day to see more of the same. Chaos...

Yes It’s True: Blast from the past, Bygone Days 75 years ago

June 22, 2019

“Funny, you're a stranger who's come here Come from another town Funny, I'm a stranger myself here Small world, isn't it?” — Johnny Mathis I customarily spend my Wednesday afternoons at the Then & Now Historical Library in beautiful downtown Dorr, but something startling caught my eye in the 75...

Roads program appreciated, but will damn roads get fixed?

June 21, 2019

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “Don’t pee on my shoes and then tell me it’s raining.” — Me State Re. Jack O'Malley gets an A for effort. There were good and bad things I saw and heard...

Community Notices

Man arrested in 2 fatal shootings in Orangeville Township

June 21, 2019

Two men were killed and another arrested in Orangeville Township Friday afternoon in a shooting near Lewis and Lindsey roads about six-and-a-half miles east of Martin, a few miles south of Gun Lake. Barry County Sheriff’s authorities said passersby found man lying in a ditch and bleeding alongside the road...

Private celebration of life planned for Jefferey Lawler, 61

June 21, 2019

Martin High School graduate Jeffery Keith Lawler, 61, of Vicksburg, died Friday, June 14, in Kalamazoo. Jeff was born on Sept. 24, 1957, in Kalamazoo, to Ronald and Susan (Philley) Lawler. Jeff married Jane Leonard on Oct. 10, 1981. Like his father and grandfather, Jeff was in the paper industry,...

Martin hires Hillsdale ISD supervisor as new superintendent

June 21, 2019

Brooke Ballee-Stone The Martin Board of Education has chosen Brooke Ballee-Stone, a career-technical principal/supervisor for the Hillsdale County Intermediate School District, to succeed Dr. David Harnish as part-time superintendent beginning July 1. Ballee-Stone has held her current position at Hillsdale for almost two years. The school’s goals are to make...

Phil Regan back in the Bigs as Mets’ interim pitching coach

June 20, 2019

Phil Regan, the most famous athlete ever to graduate from Wayland High School (1955), has been named interim pitching coach for the New York Mets at the tender age of 82. It is his first Major League coaching job since 1999 when he was pitching coach for the Cleveland Indians. He...

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