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Yes It Is, It’s True: We are powerless vs. gas prices

November 17, 2018

"If I could have my way. I'd get myself right up today, but I can't, so I'll cry instead." — The Beatles "There ain't nothin' I can do about it." — The Supremes and Vanilla Fudge, "You Keep Me Hangin' On." I hear tell gas prices are going down to...

Carpenters, millwrights training center almost ready

November 17, 2018

Work is progressing at the site of the new carpenters and millwright training center at 700 Reno Drive, just east of General RV. The site can be viewed very easily by motorists just south of the Wayland exit on U.S.-131. The West Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters originally said they...

Local free food truck visit seems popular this month

November 17, 2018

The monthly free food truck served more than 300 people, more than a third of them children, Friday at the United Church of Wayland. Local organizers reported that the Feeding America truck ran out of food in a little more than an hour. The truck makes its appearance with a...

Funeral will be Monday for Florence Jones of Hopkins

November 17, 2018

Florence Jones, 96, of Hopkins, died Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Laurels of Sandy Creek in Wayland. Born Feb. 8, 1922 in Burnips, she was the daughter of George and Rose (Bush) Cartwright. On March 2, 1940 she married John H. Jones and he preceded her in death on Nov....

WHS to have 3 new varsity coaches for spring sports

November 16, 2018

Morgan Lee Wayland High School will have new girls' varsity soccer and girls' varsity tennis coached next spring, as well as new baseball coach Mike Huberty (see earlier story). Morgan Lee will guide the girls' soccer team, succeeding Ben Sleeman. She is a fifth grade teacher at Pine Street Elementary. She...

Minor injuries in rollover on U.S.-131 near Martin

November 16, 2018

First responders were dispatched in the early hours of Friday morning to the scene of a rollover on southbound U.S.-131 near the 56 mile marker, just north of Martin. Traffic was reduced to one lane while crews cleared the scene. The Martin Township Fire Department reported minor injuries on their...

Delton woman, 77, dies in traffic crash on Patterson

November 15, 2018

A Delton area woman described as being in her 70s was killed in a traffic crash Thursday afternoon on Patterson Road in Wayland Township. Allegan County Sheriff's authorities indicated snowy and slick road conditions were a factor. Frances Kay Engeseth, 77, was driving a Kia in the southbound lane when...

‘Cleaners’ documentary shows wheat-chaff issue

November 15, 2018

ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. "I've seen the men, sir. Gawd, I wish I hadn't." — The Bonzo Dog Band, "Keynsham," 1969. I watched the PBS Independent Lens special earlier this week, "The Cleaners," an examination of the...

Columns

Army Bob: We are not just tribes, we are Americans

November 15, 2018

Political holy grail is that the Republicans are practicing “tribalism.” What constitutes tribalism is once more what people want it to be. “Tribalism is the state of being organized by, or advocating for, tribes or tribal lifestyles. Human evolution has primarily occurred in small groups, as opposed to mass societies,...

Service will be Monday for Edith Selvig, 97, of Dorr

November 14, 2018

Edith Margaret Selvig, age 97, of Dorr, died Tuesday, Nov. 13. She is survived by her children Pat (Robert) East and Ken (Diane) Selvig; grandchildren Todd (Julie) Bieber, Robyn (Thom) Kieft, Kris (Missy) Bieber, Jon (Amy) Selvig, and Katherine (Jody) Scott, 11 great grandchildren, sister Elsie Calogero, many niece, nephews...

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