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One Small Voice: When will we solve gun violence issue?

January 26, 2018

by Lynn Mandaville School shootings are part of a "crime wave" evolving in our country, says White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. (It started under the Obama administration, dontcha know.) The White House is taking substantive steps toward addressing this specific problem, says the White House press secretary. (But...

Columns

Army Bob: Sean Penn running off at the mouth again

January 26, 2018

On Jan. 12 in an Op-Ed in Time magazine, Sean Penn penned: “The solution to our current divisiveness does not live in the White House. Instead, we will find unity only when we recognize that in our current President we have elected, perhaps for the first time in our history, an...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Local tax issues are complicated

January 25, 2018

“My goal is to cut government in half in 25 years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.” — Grover Norquist Columnist Ranger Rick has been pressuring me to let the world know the highest total tax rate in Allegan County is...

Wildcats make it 3 wins in a row on the bowling lanes

January 25, 2018

Wayland's Lowell Invitational champions (front, from left) Hunter Osborn, Bryan Franck, Jordan Peters, (back row) Joe Laidler, Dylan Roberts, Alex Marble, Dillon Smith, and Christian Courser. The Wayland boys' varsity bowling team has been on a roll ever since it finished first in the Lowell Invitational earlier this month. The...

Dorr Township Fire Dept. to get a new Pierce pumper

January 25, 2018

This is a prototype of the 2016 model of a Pierce Enforcer. The Dorr Township Fire Department will get a new fire truck within the next year after the Township Board Thursday night approved purchase of a Pierce Enforcer pumper for $556,635. The new truck, which has yet to be...

Wayland schools decide to join early college program

January 25, 2018

Wayland High School students now can earn their high school diploma and an associate's degree through the Early College program of Allegan County. The Wayland Board of Education Monday night in a work session voted 4-3 to participate with up to five students eligible for the 2018-19 academic year. Wayland...

WHS grad Lacey James playing for Northern Illinois

January 24, 2018

Lacey James, a 2015 graduate of Wayland High School, is averaging 5.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game as a 6-9 forward for Northern Illinois University this season. James, an all-state selection in his senior year and a key member of the quarterfinals team when he was a junior, was...

Celebration Rendezvous for Ed Hoover will be in July

January 24, 2018

Edward "Ed" Hoover, age 58, of Shelbyville, died Tuesday, Jan. 23. He was born July 11, 1959, to Ross and Dorothy (Coffman) Hoover. Ed graduated from the University of Michigan and Western Michigan University. He was a season ticket holder for Michigan football for over 25 years, rarely missing a...

Sports

Martin boys fall to Constantine despite newcomer efforts

January 24, 2018

by Austin Marsman The boys from Martin couldn’t muster any kind of a lead Tuesday evening and ultimately lost 63 to 51 to Constantine. The Falcons led for much of the game, posting a 33-26 score at the half. They had reasonably smooth sailing the rest of the way, sinking the...

Wildcat girls, boys rollers party down for Senior Night

January 24, 2018

Both the Wayalnd boys' and girls' varsity squads placed first at the Lowell Invitational earlier this month. The Wayland girls' and boys' varsity bowling teams partied down for a special Senior Night celebration Wednesday and took down both visiting East Grand Rapids squads. The matchups were a make-up from an...

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