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Lumberyard Events owners asked to be at city meeting

The Wayland City Council wants owners Mark and Marty Shepard to attend the next meeting May 7 to answer questions about parking requirements for their new Lumberyard Events Center…

Editor April 16, 2018

Columns

The Subterranean: ‘Ready Player One’ fun with gaming

Review of Ready Player One *** 1/2 out of five stars Currently in theaters “Shall we play a game?” — Joshua, the AI, in WarGames (1983) by Walter G. Tarrow…

Editor April 16, 2018

Columns

Basura: So my dad’s tougher than your dad

“Why shouldn’t things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go very well together.” — George Santayana, philosopher, essayist, poet, and…

Editor April 16, 2018

Columns

Yes It Is It’s True: United we stand, but divided we fall

A funny thing happened on the way home from the forum Tuesday night. I came to the painfully obvious conclusion that the United States of America really is a house…

Editor April 15, 2018

Community Notices

Wayland Robotics team #6090 qualifies for Worlds

Team #6090, Wayland Wildcat Robotics has qualified for FIRST Worlds Championship and will be heading to Detroit April 25-28. A team spokesperson said, "Our robot held up awesome to the relentless…

Editor April 15, 2018

Community Notices

Weekend woes with wild, wet, windy wintery weather

It was indeed a wet and wild weekend, as lot of rain, gusty winds, snow. ice and sleet visited West Michigan in the middle of April. An unusual sight was…

Editor April 15, 2018

Articles

Landing Marina limited to 6 boat slips on S. Gun Lake

by Austin Marsman At least 100 people attended a public Michigan Department of Environmental Quality hearing Wednesday on a marina expansion request for 30 slips and a boat launch on…

Editor April 15, 2018

Columns

One Small Voice: The ghost of Dust Bowl visits Arizona

by Lynn Mandaville There is a horrid wail coming from the television, and a broad red band with a severe weather warning appears at the bottom of the screen. If…

Editor April 15, 2018

Community Notices

Utility pole reset at West Superior and Clark corner

West Superior Street at its intersection with Clark Street was closed for a spell Saturday morning as Consumers Energy workers were at the scene to secure the power pole until…

Editor April 14, 2018

Sports

Vikings now 4-1 for the season after extra inning loss

The Hopkins baseball team has won four of its first five contests thus far this season. The Vikings defeated Fennville 10-4, swept a doubleheader with Wyoming Godwin Heights and edged…

Editor April 13, 2018