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Army Bob: Designer news is killing fair and balanced

September 6, 2018

by Robert M. Traxler Let’s talk about the good old Townbroadcast and the division we find in our nation. The rise of electronic media has resulted in designer news, which is spun, slanted, exaggerated and in many cases out-and-out lying in coverage to court an audience of readers. Years ago,...

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Basura: And here’s yet more on Judge Roy Moore

September 6, 2018

“I don’t need religion. I have a conscience.” — Dr. Stacey Anderson Remember Judge Roy Moore? He’d been on the bench in Alabama, until his removal, twice. And he lost his bid to be elected to the U.S. Senate. For the first time since Reconstruction, (well, almost) the people of...

Wildcats fall short only 5-3 against South Christian

September 6, 2018

The Wayland boys’ varsity tennis team opened O-K Gold Conference dual match action this season Wednesday with a 5-3 loss to Grand Rapids South Christian. The Wildcats traditionally have had little success against South Christian, but this time came within one match of achieving a tie. Dillon Kelly improved his...

Wildcat netters tie Otsego 4-4 in nonleague match

September 5, 2018

The Wayland boys’ varsity tennis team managed a 4-4 tie Tuesday afternoon against non-conference opponent Otsego. Emerging as winners for the Wildcats were Rory Bessinger at first singles, 6-4, 6-1; Colin Siefert at third singles, 6-2, 6-4; Triston Richards at fourth singles, 6-0, 6-1, and the third doubles team of...

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

September 5, 2018

25 Years Ago — Sept. 8, 1993 Students in Vernon Becker's industrial arts class in the shop on Pearl Street, circa 1970. Thomas Miller of Watson Township was fined $600 in Allegan County Circuit Court and ordered to remove tires on his property near Big Lake. He had been accused...

Hopkins 2nd-grader wins in FFA cabbage challenge

September 5, 2018

Garrett Lail won the Bonnie Plants Cabbage Challenge for second-graders at Hopkins Elementary. The students were given a giant-variety cabbage plant to grow at home this summer as part of this program. The Hopkins FFA organized the challenge and provided a $25 gift card to Craig's Cruisers for the local...

Funeral Saturday for antiques store owner Klio Nusbaum

September 5, 2018

Klio Joanne Nusbaum, 73, of Monterey Township, died Saturday, Sept. 1, at Spectrum Health Rehab and Nursing Center in Grand Rapids. Born Nov. 21, 1944, in Grand Rapids, she was the daughter of the late Mabel Lucy (Dunning) Manning and Herman Amandus Manning and was the wife of the late...

Chicken ordinance special meeting slated for Sept. 25

September 4, 2018

The Wayland City Council will have a special meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, to talk about permitting or banning the raising of chickens within the city limits. City Manager Joshua Eggleston said he hopes to have the meeting at the Wayland Middle School cafeteria in case there is...

Wayland 1 of only 3 Mich. cities to win facade grant

September 4, 2018

Ingrid Miller The Wayland Main Street/DDA was selected last Tuesday for the pilot round of the State’s Façade Restoration Initiative, one of three Michigan communities selected to receive state funding through the new program. The Michigan Strategic Fund approved $800,000 in grants for local façade improvement projects in three Michigan communities...

Ranger Rick: Marxists, playing Democrats, on the march

September 4, 2018

I was watching an interview between Neil Cavato and a young Democrat strategist recently. She was a young, attractive, female African American commenting on Gavin Newsome's candidacy for California governor. The discussion centered around paying for illegal aliens (aka in Democrat parlance "undocumented immigrants") health care. The young woman, obviously...

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