Editor

Retro Room co-owner to challenge Bala for mayor

Brian Sweebe, co-owner of the Retro Room and a member of the Main Street Downtown Development Authority, will challenge Wayland Mayor Tim Bala in the Nov. 6 election. Sweebe opened…

Editor August 13, 2018

Community Notices

Work begins on expanding Wayland Middle School

Construction has begun on the new wing at Wayland Middle School, the featured piece of the bond issue passed by voters in November 2017. Triangle Construction have begun to move…

Editor August 13, 2018

Editorial

Zoning enforcement is necessary, but it’s unpopular

ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. Zoning is the function of government that doesn't seem to get much respect.…

Editor August 12, 2018

Columns

One Small Voice: Confessions of a snobby news junkie

"I make my living off the evening news Just give me something-something I can use People love it when you lose, They love dirty laundry." — "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley…

Editor August 12, 2018

Obituaries

Patricia Mueller, 1945 Hopkins grad, dies at 91

Patricia Ann Mueller, nee Maher, age 91, of Lombard, a 1945 graduate of Hopkins High School, has died. She was the wife of the late Donald; mother of Joseph (Camala)…

Editor August 12, 2018

Articles

Court nixes Martin Twp. collecting enforcement fees

Allegan County District Court Judge William Baillargeon this week ruled against Martin Township in its attempts to collect fees for zoning enforcement against independent business owner Nathan Knight. Knight, owner…

Editor August 11, 2018

Community Notices

Wayland man, 51, pleads guilty to child sex images

Allegan County Circuit Court Judge Marge Bakker will sentence a 51-year-old Wayland man who pleaded guilty to charges in connection with possession and sharing child pornography images. Frank Dean Simmons…

Editor August 10, 2018

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Rep. Johnson bigly proves me wrong

"I thought I knew you. What did I know?" — The Beatles, "I'm Looking Through You," 1965 from the album "Rubber Soul." The Firesign Theatre, one of my all-time favorite…

Editor August 10, 2018

Community Notices

DEQ says PFAS levels ‘non-detect’ in Wayland water

The City of Wayland has been given a clean bill of health for its water supply in the wake of the recent spate of reports in West Michigan about PFAS…

Editor August 10, 2018

Columns

Subterranean: ‘Death of a Nation’ payback to Trump?

Review of Dinesh D’Souza’s Death of a Nation Currently in wide release by Walter G. Tarrow Why? What is the intent, the purpose, the expected and desired outcome of a…

Editor August 10, 2018