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Lady Wildcats 9-1 in O-K Gold, 13-5 in overall action

The Wayland varsity softball team posted a couple of blowout shutouts Tuesday over East Grand Rapids, 17-0 and 28-0. The victories lifted the Lady Wildcats’ record in the O-K Gold…

Editor May 16, 2018

Columns

The Subterranean: Disney/Marvel provides best circus!

Review of Avengers: Infinity War **** 1/2 out of five stars Currently showing in theaters EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME! by Walter G. Tarrow As a child of the '50s, I…

Editor May 15, 2018

Columns

Ranger Rick: Airstrip should be OK’d as property rights

Nobody likes change, especially when people feel if affects them directly. Evidently the people involved in the Leighton Township airstrip fiasco living near the proposed airstrip are determined to stop…

Editor May 15, 2018

Articles

Rural events barns decision postponed by Dorr Twp.

About 75 local citizens appeared at a normally sparsely attended Dorr Township Planning Commission meeting Tuesday evening to object to a proposal to allow wedding barns near residential neighborhoods. The…

Editor May 15, 2018

Obituaries

Funeral mass is Friday for Arthur Harnish, 95, of Dorr

Arthur T. Harnish, age 95, died Monday, May 14. He was born in 1922 in Byron Center, grew up in Moline and graduated from Wayland High School in 1940 before…

Editor May 15, 2018

Sports

Amanda Brown scores 4 as Lady ‘Cats blank Wyoming

The Wayland varsity girls' soccer team evened its overall season record at 6-6 with an 8-0 victory Monday evening over Wyoming."The Wildcats went on a goal scoring frenzy after their…

Editor May 15, 2018

Community Notices

Sheriff’s Dept. seeks help with retail fraud suspects

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Sheriff's Department has announced the suspects have been apprehended and the assistance from the public was appreciated. The Allegan County Sheriff's Department is seeking help in…

Editor May 15, 2018

Sports

Lady Vikings officially win 7th straight league crown

It’s official. The Hopkins girls’ track team captured its seventh straight O-K Silver Conference championship by taking first in a weather-delayed league meet. The meet was delayed for about one…

Editor May 14, 2018

Articles

County, Hopkins Twp. to file comments on tribe land

Allegan County and Hopkins Township have until next month to file comments with the U.S. Department of the Interior on the Gun Lake Tribe's request to take into trust a…

Editor May 14, 2018

Features

WHS Class of ’18 summa cum laude honors announced

Wayland Union Schools has announced the Class of 2018 graduating seniors who have earned cumulative grade point averages of 4.0 of higher, thereby earning summa cum laude academic honors. The…

Editor May 14, 2018