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City Council sets strategic planning session for Feb. 4

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…

Editor January 3, 2017

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Splash pad was best and most positive story here in 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…

Editor December 31, 2016

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Dorr rezoning approved 6 months after recommendation

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.…

Editor December 29, 2016

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

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…

Editor December 29, 2016

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

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…

Editor December 29, 2016

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Dorr Plan Commission wants to hire PCI as consultant

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…

Editor December 20, 2016

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Dollar General store may be coming to Dorr Twp.

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…

Editor December 20, 2016

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Wayland City officials pleased with another clean audit

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…

Editor December 19, 2016

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Wayland administrators, secretaries get extensions

The Wayland Board of Education Monday night ratified a one-year extension of employment contracts for administrators and secretaries at one step and a 1% increase in pay. All will receive…

Editor December 12, 2016

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Leighton to haggle with lot owner on purchase price

Leighton Township Supervisor Steve Deer and Township Attorney Cliff Bloom are going to do some bargaining with Linnie VanderWerp on her offer to sell two lots. VanderWerp owns two small…

Editor December 8, 2016