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Councilman says Wayland has lost $1.5 million in state funds

September 19, 2016

Wayland City Councilman Rick Mathis Monday evening told his colleagues that the city has lost about $1.5 million in revenue sharing from the state since 2003. Mathis said he learned of the situation while attending a Michigan Municipal League seminar earlier this month. He said 14 cities have banded together...

City’s next street project will be on East Maple up to Steeby

September 19, 2016

The next city street project, scheduled to begin in 2017, will be repairs and improvements for East Maple Street, ending at Steeby Elementary School. Repaving and road improvements have just been completed on East Sycamore Street this year, as well as one block of Cherry Street and one block of...

Citizen’s appeal leads to Wayland Tree Board reinstatement

September 19, 2016

Wayland citizen Gail Hollinger apparently was taken seriously after she rebuked the City Council for removing trees in the East Sycamore Street project. The council voted unanimously Monday night to reinstate the Tree Board in an attempt to promote saving and planting more trees in the city. The board will...

Four injured, none seriously, in single-vehicle crash on U.S.-131

September 18, 2016

Four people were injured in a one-vehicle traffic crash early Saturday morning on U.S.-131 near the 142nd Avenue exit (Dorr). Authorities have indicated none of the injuries were life threatening. The incident caused the temporary closure of the northbound lane on the expressway, but it was reopened soon afterward.

Former Wayland man’s work creations banned on Facebook

September 16, 2016

Former Wayland man Michael Wilson is getting a lot of backlash from Facebook for posting photos of his creations at work. Wilson, who attended elementary schools in Wayland, works for RealDoll, and its offshoot, RealGurl, a California-based company that produces prosthetic breasts and shorts for transgender women and breast cancer...

Wayland man pleads guilty to OUIL causing death in crash

September 16, 2016

Dale Richard Melick, 53, of Wayland pleaded guilty this week in Allegan County Circuit Court to driving drunk causing death while fleeing police last May. Melick was accused of recklessly driving on U.S.-131 and then causing a crash east of Wayland on 135th Avenue, killing Jemima S. Palsce, 36, a...

Wayland to revisit policy on administrators coaching

September 12, 2016

The Wayland Board of Education Monday night promised to come up with a less confusing and more fair policy governing administrators coaching. The board is between a rock and a hard place on the issue because current policy is not uniform. It allows Dorr Principal Kevin Zachak to coach the...

Wayland schools business outsourcing arrangement ended

September 12, 2016

The Wayland Union school district has terminated its business outsourcing arrangement with the Joannesburg-Lewiston district, effective Sept. 30. The impetus for the move was announcement of the “retirement” of Finance Director Bill Melching on that same date. Melching was going to be the on-site representative from Wayland and his assistant,...

New Leighton Twp. Hall will be ready for Nov. 8 election

September 9, 2016

Leighton Township voters will be able to use the new township hall for the Nov. 8 general election, according to Clerk Mary Lou Nieuwenhuis. Work on the new offices, an addition to the Leighton District Library in Moline, is proceeding apace and “Moving Day” for township officials has been scheduled...

Air park project still a contentious issue in Leighton Township

September 8, 2016

A proposal for an air park continues to provide issues for discussion for some local residents and members of the Leighton Township Board. Though the matter was not on the board’s meeting agenda Thursday evening, there once again was lively debate on developer Clark Galloway’s plans to have an air...

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