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How will Dorr Twp. residents now get rid of leaves?

October 27, 2016

The leaf pickup site on 140th Avenue and 18th Street that Dorr Township sold two years ago will no longer be used as a dropoff site for leaves, grass clippings and small twigs. The Township Board took note of the development at Thursday night’s meeting and held a discussion on...

State Rep. race between Mr. Lucky and Mr. Unlucky?

October 27, 2016

“Ooh, what a lucky man he was.” — Emerson, Lake and Palmer “If it wasn’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have no luck at all.” — Albert King The election for 72nd District State Representative easily could be said to be a contest between a lucky man and an unlucky...

NPA candidate challenges incumbent Dorr Twp. Treasurer

October 25, 2016

Arianne Taylor is challenging incumbent Republican Jim Martin for the job as Dorr Township Treasurer and she insists she decided to run as an independent long ago. Taylor is one of many “No Party Affiliation” candidates appearing this year on the Nov. 8 general election ballot, particularly in Dorr, Hopkins and...

Pat Velie returns to Wayland schools as finance director

October 25, 2016

Patricia Velie is coming back home to Wayland to serve as the school district’s finance director. Velie, who succeeds the retired Bill Melching, worked in the schools’ business office from 1995 to 2006, but left when her husband, Larry, took a job in Massachussetts. Her husband has been asked to...

Almost no sparks fly at Dorr Township political forum

October 24, 2016

Maybe it was a good thing the two incumbents in the Dorr Township forum sat like bookends at designated candidates’ seats Monday night. Trustee John Tuinstra sat at one end and Trustee Josh Otto the other, and the two provided the only fireworks in the event, which included six of the...

NPA candidates also appear on Watson Twp. election ballot

October 24, 2016

This seems to be a big year for local candidates to file for township offices under the “No Party Affiliation” banner. Dorr Township has several NPAs running for township trustee and for township treasurer, and they will talk about themselves and their views Monday evening at the Dorr Township Hall....

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Five candidates seek 4 Wayland school board seats

October 20, 2016

EDITOR'S NOTE: Most of the information for this story was provided by Laurie Zywiczynski, public relations specialist for the Wayland Union School District. Two of the three contests for seats on the boards of education for Martin, Hopkins and Wayland school districts will be very quiet in the Nov. 8...

Dorr Township Plan Commission re-elects officers

October 18, 2016

The Dorr Township Planning Commission unanimously elected all officers and noted tentative plans to have the seven-member group restored to full strength. Re-elected were Chairman Robert Wagner, Vice Chairman Robert Traxler and Secretary Rich Osbun. Dan Beute was selected as the backup secretary to record minutes in the event Osbun...

Three residents appointed to rebooted City Tree Board

October 18, 2016

Three local residents applied to be members of the rejuvenated Wayland City Tree Board and all three were approved Monday night by the Wayland City Council. Kyle Croy, Gail Hollinger and former Mayor Burrell Stein all were appointed to join Councilwoman Tracy Bivins, DPW Superintendent Cole Lutz, and Arborist Mike...

Wayland Schools considers hiring critical incident guru

October 18, 2016

The Wayland Board of Education is considering hiring Thomas Mynesberge of Critical Incident Management Inc. to provide training for administrators and Staff in emergency protocols and response. Security Officer Matt Miller recently recommended the school board consider Critical Incident Management to evaluate district facilities for physical security and management of...

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