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Three council candidates to be interviewed Monday

The Wayland City Council will conduct interviews of three candidates for the sat vacated by Tracy Bivins. The special meeting will get under way at 6 p.m. at City Hall.…

Editor June 30, 2018

Features

Technical difficulties temporarily halt Ranger Rick

Technical difficulties have prevented the publishing of the longtime popular column "Ranger Rick" over the past couple of weeks. Rick changed his e-mail address and somehow hasn't been able to…

Editor June 30, 2018

Features

Martin trio gets Outstanding People for Education honor

by Austin Marsman Three Martin Public School employees were honored with the Outstanding People for Education Award, according to the Superintendent's Office. Elementary Librarian Kelly Jager, along with fourth grade…

Editor June 29, 2018

Columns

One Small Voice: Bad behavior only begets bad behavior

by Lynn Mandaville I was very upset this past week to see the unfortunate, rude behavior of some liberals/Democrats toward Homeland Security Secretary Kristen Nielsen and Press Secretary Sarah Sanders.…

Editor June 29, 2018

Columns

Basura: Should Trump pick Roy Moore as Supreme?

“Let the little children come to me.” Matthew 19:4 — (Judge Roy Moore’s favorite piece of scripture) Suggestion for President Donald J. Trump: Nominate Roy Moore for the Supreme Court. While…

Editor June 29, 2018

Columns

Army Bob: The progressives’ intolerance is showing

by Robert M. Traxler White House spokesperson Sara Huckabee Sanders and six family members have been tossed out of a restaurant in Lexington, Va., because her presence was a “trigger”…

Editor June 28, 2018

Articles

Dorr Township Board approves rebuild of 22nd Street

The Dorr Township Board Thursday night approved spending $296,758.55 with Langlois & Sons to rebuild 22nd Street from 142nd Avenue to about 250 feet north of 144th Avenue, a distance…

Editor June 28, 2018

Articles

It’s deja vu all over again at Dorr Twp. Board meeting

"It's like deja vu all over again." — Yogi Berra In almost a carbon copy of a meeting from a year ago, the Dorr Township Board deadlocked 3-3 on reappointing…

Editor June 28, 2018

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Ed Buchanan’s golden voice is gone

Grand Rapids and West Michigan lost the golden voice of Ed Matuszak Buchanan this morning. Ed died of a heart attack at age 69. Facebook was lighting up with an…

Editor June 28, 2018

Features

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

25 Years Ago — June 30, 1993 Hillcrest Mall in Dorr, which hasn’t been fully tenanted since it opened in 1986, is getting a name change to the Country Market…

Editor June 27, 2018