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

25 Years Ago — July 14, 1993 The Yankee Springs Township Board, which was being sued by a citizens’ Awareness Committee for adopting fiscal year budget 1993-94 without proper notice,…

Editor July 11, 2018

Articles

Village Green Apartments project site plan approved

Nobody at Monday night's Wayland City Planning Commission told residents they didn't have valid concerns and worries about a proposed project to more than double the number of apartment units…

Editor July 10, 2018

Articles

Wayland school officials’ salary figures corrected

EDITOR'S NOTE: Townbroadcast's salary figures in the original story were not accurate. The following are the proper pay figures for school adminstrators. The Wayland Board of Education Monday night approved…

Editor July 9, 2018

Obituaries

16-year-old Hopkins student was SUV crash victim

Emileigh Maelynn “Emmy” Byxbe-Willingham, 16, of Hopkins, died Friday, July 6, in an SUV traffic crash in Hopkins Township. Emmy was born in Grand Rapids on May 14, 2002, to…

Editor July 9, 2018

Articles

Local schools’ student scores, fitness center mixed bag

Student testing scores and the high school pool and fitness center were the main topics of discussion for the Wayland Board of Education Monday night, and it was a mixed…

Editor July 9, 2018

Obituaries

Robert Meconis’ service set at St. Therese July 28

A memorial service for the late Robert Meconis of Wayland will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 28, at St. Therese Church. There will be one hour of visitation before.…

Editor July 9, 2018

Obituaries

Memorial service slated for ’73 WHS grad John Shaw?

Word has been received that 1973 Wayland High School graduate John Shaw died July 2. There reportedly is no funeral planned, but a memorial service may be held later at…

Editor July 9, 2018

Sports

Wildcat bowler Dillon Smith wins state tournament

Wayland High School bowling standout Dillon Smith earlier this month captured first place in the Michigan State U.S. Bowling Congress Youth Tournament at Royal Scot Lanes in Lansing. Smith, who…

Editor July 8, 2018

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Budding journalist sings swan song

Recent Martin High School graduate Austin Marsman, whom I've had the please to work with and get to know over the past year, is signing off as an contributing writer…

Editor July 8, 2018

Columns

One Small Voice: Apply common sense to gun rights

by Lynn Mandaville Many Second Amendment supporters and NRA members like to say that laws regulating guns in America are a waste of time and a threat to our rights…

Editor July 8, 2018