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Watson Township Board appointments confirmed

January 5, 2017

The Watson Township Board Thursday evening confirmed several appointments. One, newcomer Helen Goyings, may wind up in other places in township government. Goyings, who has lived in the township for only seven months and has owned property here for two years, was named to the Board of Review along with...

Watson gets serious about fighting recycling site abuse

January 5, 2017

Watson Township Board members plan to buy a security camera for the recycling site next to the Township Hall, regardless of whether or not a grant application is approved. Too many people apparently have been abusing the receptacles in the parking lot by dumping garbage and household waste, even couches...

City Council sets strategic planning session for Feb. 4

January 3, 2017

The Wayland City Council voted to have its annual strategic planning session at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at council chambers. Council members gather for a special meeting at about this time every year to discuss matters of local government and policies with the city manager, department heads and the...

Splash pad was best and most positive story here in 2016

December 31, 2016

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is analysis by the editor. The now dearly departed year of 2016 was rife with negative developments, but the top local story over the last 12 months, as chosen by me, the friendly dictator, was perky and positive. Beating...

Dorr rezoning approved 6 months after recommendation

December 29, 2016

The Dorr Township Board finally approved a request from Joe Jablonski to have a house and 1.82 acres of property at 2211 138th Ave. rezoned from commercial to rural estates. The board finally gave its blessing six months after it was recommended by the Planning Commission. It was held up...

Then & Now fund-raising drive approaching $20,000

December 29, 2016

Dorr Township Supervisor Jeff Miling reported Thursday evening that the VanSingel Foundation has made out a $3,000 check to the Township Library to help with its fund-raising efforts to move the Then & Now Historical Library. The library itself, led by Director Natalie Bazan, has raised about $16,000 in Arts...

Wayland’s oldest business, Smith Lumber, has been sold

December 29, 2016

Smith Lumber & Coal, a more than a century old business in Wayland has been sold, but the new owner has not been disclosed and there has been no indication of what will happen to the ancient building. The business was started in 1898 and it most recently was managed...

Dorr Plan Commission wants to hire PCI as consultant

December 20, 2016

The Dorr Township Planning Commission will make a formal request to the Township Board for permission to hire Professional Code Inspections as planning consultant. Commission Chairman Robert Wagner said Dorr has lost the services of its planner, Tim Johnson, who left his Main Street Planning Services business in Grand Rapids...

Dollar General store may be coming to Dorr Twp.

December 20, 2016

It looks like a Dollar General store may be coming to Dorr along 142nd Avenue. Dorr Township Planning Commission Chairman Robert Wagner told his colleagues that he had just received a request for site plan approval from Midwest Ventures LLC of Spring Lake to build a 9,132 square foot facility...

Wayland City officials pleased with another clean audit

December 19, 2016

The Wayland City Council Monday night accepted a clean financial audit report from certified public accountant Peter Woldman. Woldman told council members that the city at the end of fiscal year 2015-16 had a fund balance of $1,661,446, or about 12% of the total budget of just over $10 million....

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