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U.S. Supreme Court to hear Gun Lake Casino’s Patchak case

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The U.S. Supreme Court this week agreed to hear a long-running case affecting the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, also known as the Gun Lake Tribe. The web site indianz.com said the action threatens to undermine the status of the tribe's successful gaming facility just three miles south of Wayland. Tribal leaders had...
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Prospects for 2 new developments add to Dorr traffic worries

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Dorr Township Planning Commission Chairman Bob Wagner said former Planner Tim Johnson said several years ago that Dorr should be careful in the future or it might become another 28th Street in Grand Rapids. It hasn't happened quite yet, but it's looking more like Johnson might have had a crystal...
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Wayland schools may seek severely pared bond proposal Nov. 7

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The Wayland Board of Education seems headed for a severely pared down bond request in the Nov. 7 general election. After voters soundly rejected two bonds totaling $55 million May 2, by about a 65%-35% margin, the board seriously is considering whittling the proposals down to three: • Keeping open...
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Splash pad’s 2nd season starts at Wayland City Park May 26

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The splash pad, the popular city park attraction that opened a year ago in Wayland, will be ready to go for its second season Friday, May 26. City Manager Tim McLean, who made the announcement Monday night at the City Council meeting, said the hours will be from 10 a.m....
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City apparently unwilling to call off Reno Drive land purchase

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It’s not a done deal yet, but it appears any attempt to stop the City of Wayland’s agreement with developers Keith Nickels and Josh Otto for the sale on land on Reno Drive near 133rd Avenue will not succeed. The City Council took public comments Monday night on the proposed...
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Public hearing on Leighton air park postponed until July

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The public hearing on the proposed air park in Leighton Township has had to be postponed until the second week of July. Leighton Township Clerk Mary Lou Nieuwenhuis said Thursday evening the original date of May 23 had to be moved to May 31 and then finally into July because of...
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Leighton Twp., District Library may be close to cost accord

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An agreement between Leighton Township and the Leighton District Library is nearing completion after the two entities have been sharing the same building since last October. The Township Board painstakingly came up with a compromise offer on cost sharing for fire suppression, suggesting the library pay 25 percent and the...
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Martin Twp. officials getting ready again for B-93 Bash

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Martin Township officials and are public safety representatives will have a special planning meeting Tuesday, May 23, at the township hall to make preparations for the 25th anniversary B-93 Birthday Bash. The annual country music festival will return for its sixth straight year at the Martin Motor Speedway June 17...
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City Plan Commision to have hearing on PERC designation

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The Wayland City Planning Commission will have a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, on the zoning designation of Planned Enterprise Residential Cluster (PERC). The hearing will take up whether or not PERC zoning should be eliminated or kept. Planner Kirk Scharphorn Jr. of Professional Code Inspections recommended...
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Carpenters, millwrights training school coming to Wayland

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If everything goes as planned, the West Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters will have a new training center up and running at 700 Reno Drive by August 2018. The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday night voted 5-0 to approve the submitted site plan with some revisions for a training school...
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