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Bay Pointe expansion wins OK by Barry County P & Z

March 5, 2018

by Austin Marsman The Barry County Planning and Zoning Commission last week voted 5-1 to approve the Bay Pointe Woods planned unit development (PUD) expansion at its Orangeville Township Gun Lake location. Though PUD approval for the business on private Oarie Drive does not give Bay Pointe permission to start construction, it...

City, Lumberyard Events Center continue parking talks

March 5, 2018

Mark and Mart Shepard. New City Manager Josh Eggleston Monday evening told the Wayland City Council that talks continue with the Shepard family, which is remodeling the old Smith Lumber building on West Maple Street into Lumberyard Events Center. Eggleston said the biggest hurdles to clear are securing the minimum...

WHS athletic director Justin Wilson takes Ravenna job

March 5, 2018

Wayland High School athletic director and assistant principal Justin Wilson is reported to be leaving to take the principal's job at Ravenna High School. Wilson, who came on board at Wayland in the summer of 2014 as athletic director, is believed to be leaving at the end of this month....

U.S.-131 overpass at 100th Street exit struck again

March 5, 2018

The bridge over 100th Street at the U.S-131 expressway has been struck for the third time in four months. Authorities this morning indicated that northbound traffic near that site was slowed to a crawl as a result. Michigan State Police from the Wayland post were summoned to the scene after...

Is City of Wayland getting too much police coverage?

March 4, 2018

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. It was troubling to acknowledge recently that the City of Wayland has the highest total local millage rate among cities in the county, a little over 43 mills, higher than Allegan Holland, Plainwell and...

The Subterranean: Check out these overlooked gems

March 4, 2018

by Walter G. Tarrow For those who care, Oscar turns 90 on Sunday, March 4. But every year for the past 33 years, the day before the Academy Awards, the real filmmakers are feted at the Independent Spirit Awards. These “independent” films are made on smaller budgets from smaller studios...

Funeral was Saturday for Barb Channells of Gun Lake

March 4, 2018

Barbara Lou (Randall) Channells, age 88, of Gun Lake, died Feb. 23, at Spectrum Pennock. Barb was born in Otsego, on July 2, 1929. She was a longtime resident of Michigan. Barb worked as a banker, bus driver, and at Orangeville Township, volunteering with the voting. She enjoyed knitting and...

Viking boys lose in quarterfinals at state bowl tourney

March 3, 2018

The Hopkins boys’ bowling team lost in the quarterfinal round of match play Friday in the state championships at Northway Lanes in Muskegon. The Vikings lost by 10 pins, 1,253 to 1,243 to Corunna, the eventual state runner-up. They were seeded third in the final round of eight in the...

Lady Wildcat bowler Sydney Urben is state champion

March 3, 2018

Wayland, we have another state champion! Lady Wildcat bowling ace Sydney Urben, who was Division 2 state runner-up two years ago as a sophomore, took all of the marbles Saturday at the individual state championship tournament at the Super Bowl in Canton. Urben was seeded third in the tournament after...

Lady Clippers take Colon by storm to win district title

March 3, 2018

by Austin Marsman Martin took home its first district hardware Friday evening since 2015 with a convincing 57-36 triumph over the Colon Magi at Climax-Scotts. It didn’t look promising for Martin in the first few minutes of the game as Colon came up 7-1 and continued an offensive scoring run....

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