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City bids farewell to Bivins, OKs $6.32 million budget

June 18, 2018

Mayor Tim Bala presents a plaque to retiring Councilwoman Tracy Bivins. EDITOR'S NOTE: Some of the figures published in the original story were inaccurate. The following account attempts to correct the report. The Wayland City Council Monday night adopted a $6.32 million budget unanimously for the 2018-19 fiscal year and...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Facebook should be a tool, not a toy

June 17, 2018

Facebook, like a cell phone, is a tool, not a toy. Unfortunately, these words probably will fall silent on an island in a sea of pleasure seeking and "Bread and Circuses." When I first launched Townbroadcast.com in 2012, I was told by former colleague Shelly Sulser, now editor of the...

Man loses leg in Gun Lake boating accident Sunday

June 17, 2018

A boat passenger on Gun Lake Sunday afternoon lost a leg that got tangled up in the vehicle's motor Barry County Sheriff's deputies said the young man from Howell riding in a boat in one of the inlets on the lake's south side. He jumped off the boat, but didn't...

Columns

One Small Voice: I nominate Fred Rogers for sainthood

June 16, 2018

by Lynn Mandaville I'm not one to get excited about the canonization of saints. But my religious background is not in Catholicism, so I don't really have an appreciation for that tradition or religious heritage. That being said, I do believe it is well and good to recognize the incredible,...

Master Theatre Arts summer camps are next month

June 16, 2018

A Master Theatre Arts series of summer camps will be offered next month at the Wayland High School Fine Arts Center. The camps include: • Exploring Theatre — for children kindergarten through second grade, 8:50 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday, July 9 through Friday, July 13. Children can explore activities...

Hopkins High School’s alumni group is in transition

June 16, 2018

Suzanne Walker Blank The Hopkins High Alumni Association is in transition as far as leadership, but many members still haven't gotten over a transition that occurred 55 years ago. Alums gather once again Saturday for the annual reunion, with three new officers recognized: • Suzanne Walker Blank, Class of 1965,...

Columns

Basura: Best to avoid catastrophic results of antivax

June 15, 2018

“Ain’t that a shame? My tears fell like rain.” — Fats Domino And they still do. Years ago I knew a guy who hadn’t been vaccinated. His parents were not part of the recent anti-vaccine movement (antivax). There was no such thing then. They just hadn’t bothered. The result of this...

Hopkins senior makes 2nd unit of all-star bowling team

June 15, 2018

Brenden Gossman, who will be a senior this fall at Hopkins High School, earned the top spot of the second unit of the 2018 Michigan State USBC Youth All Michigan bowling team. Gossman rolled a 223.72 average in the summer competition. Mitchell Rusinek of Western Wayne County had the top...

Articles

Only 1 County Board local contest in Aug. 7 primary

June 15, 2018

Nathaniel Sherman There is only one contest for Allegan County Commissioner from this area in the Aug. 7 primary election. The only race is between two Republicans, Nathaniel Sherman of Wayland Township and Rick Cain of Selkirk Lake, in the Seventh District, which takes in Wayland, Martin and Gun Plain...

Bowling champ decides on where she’ll go to college

June 15, 2018

Michigan Division 2 state bowling champion Sidney Urben finally has made her choice for college next fall. She will attend the Catholic Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she intends to continue her bowling career as a member of the Mustangs. Urben graduated from Wayland High School this...

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