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Wildcats pound the rock, defeat error-prone Sparta opponent

The Wayland varsity football team took advantage of its huge offensive line to pound the rock and defeat Sparta 21-13 Friday night. Even so, the Spartans stage a couple of…

Editor September 6, 2024

Articles

Watson continues to grapple with sand, gravel mining issues

Supervisor Kevin Travis Thursday night declared that Watson Township has the most sand and gravel mining sites in all of Allegan County. He made the claim during a discussion about…

Editor September 6, 2024

Community Notices

County Register of Deeds office moving to new location

The Allegan County Register of Deeds office will be closed Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 113 Chestnut St., Allegan, and moved to its new location at the Dumont Lake complex. The…

Editor September 6, 2024

Community Notices

City’s water tower withholds fluoride for maintenance

The City of Wayland's water tower will be out of service for maintenance and necessary upgrades between the approximate dates of Sept. 6 and Oct. 2. This is a notice…

Editor September 6, 2024

Obituaries

Private family service planned for Robert Forbes

Robert L. Forbes of Wayland died at the age of 81 on Thursday, Sep. 5. Bob loved spending time with his family. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing, and woodworking. He…

Editor September 6, 2024

Obituaries

Funeral mass Sept. 13 for Norene Miklusicak, 95

Norene Miklusicak, 95, died Wednesday, Sept. 4. She is survived by her children, Dan (Dee) Miklusicak, Richard Miklusicak, Barb Bieber, LouAnn (Ron) Kerber, Tim (Sue) Miklusicak, Mary (Al) Zifilippo, Andrew…

Editor September 6, 2024

Sports

Viking boys miss 1st by 1 point in Silver C-C meet

The Hopkins boys’ cross-country team was one point shy of taking first place in the first O-K Silver Conference jamboree of the season Wednesday at the South Christian athletic complex.…

Editor September 5, 2024

Features

Martin boys 8th; girls fail to score at Hartford C-C

Sophomore Veyda Conley was third individually at the Hartford Teske Invitational Thursday, but Martin failed to field a full team of five runners and did not score in the meet.…

Editor September 5, 2024

Sports

Short-handed Wildcats still competitive in cross country

The Wayland cross-country teams are hurting for numbers, but both the boys’ and girls’ squads managed to finish fifth in the O-K Gold Conference Jamboree Thursday at Riverside Park in…

Editor September 5, 2024

Columns

Army Bob: Can Constitution save us from socialism?

by Robert M. Traxler The American Constitution is and always has been a revolutionary document; it was designed to defend the people from a tyrannical government, be it a monarchy…

Editor September 5, 2024