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How will Dorr Twp. residents now get rid of leaves?
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…
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State Rep. race between Mr. Lucky and Mr. Unlucky?
“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…
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NPA candidate challenges incumbent Dorr Twp. Treasurer
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…
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Pat Velie returns to Wayland schools as finance director
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…
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Almost no sparks fly at Dorr Township political forum
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…
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NPA candidates also appear on Watson Twp. election ballot
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…
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Five candidates seek 4 Wayland school board seats
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…
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Dorr Township Plan Commission re-elects officers
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…
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Three residents appointed to rebooted City Tree Board
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…
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Wayland Schools considers hiring critical incident guru
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…