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City Council apologizes for overlooking Plan Commission

Wayland City Councilman Rick Mathis told the Wayland Planning Commission Tuesday night that he and his colleagues were sorry if there was any trouble over planners being overlooked recently when…

Editor July 12, 2016

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Wayland is a ‘gain’ district in Schools of Choice derby

Superintendent Norman Taylor declared that Wayland Union is a "gain" district in the Schools of Choice competition that the State Legislature authorized a couple of decades ago. His remarks came…

Editor July 11, 2016

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Wayland schools offering contractual business services

It appears that as many as three Wayland school district employees this academic year will be offering services on a contractual basis to other educational entities. Finance Director Bill Melching…

Editor July 11, 2016

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Abigail Nobel to challenge Mary Whiteford in State Rep. primary

State Rep. Mary Whiteford might be getting tired of running for her job as legislator from the 80th District. Abigail Nobel of Salem Township has filed to run in the…

Editor July 9, 2016

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Bill Hirsch running low-key, low-budget state rep. campaign

Of the five Republican Party candidates in the primary election for 72nd District State Representative, Bill Hirsch is perhaps the most unusual. Hirsch, a Caledonia area dairy farmer, has been…

Editor July 2, 2016

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Wayland man gets long prison sentence in domestic violence

Cody Cory-Lea Connolly, 26, of Wayland in Allegan County Court June 20 to up to 20 to 45 years in prison for attacking his wife last August. Connolly was accused…

Editor July 1, 2016

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Tuinstra calls maintenance hire a case of ‘cronyism’

Despite suggestions of nepotism and cronyism by Trustee John Tuinstra, Jesse Miling was approved as permanent assistant maintenance worker for Dorr Township this summer. Miling is the son of Dorr…

Editor June 30, 2016

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Policy discussions, proposals go nowhere in Dorr Twp.

Discussions of and proposals about Dorr Township Board policies took up about three-quarters-of-an hour Thursday night, but none went anywhere. Trustee John Tuinstra initiated discussions on an invoice policy amendment,…

Editor June 30, 2016

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Dorr Twp. takes heat for ‘destroying’ cemetery shrubs

The Dorr Township Board Thursday evening got an earful of complaints from citizen Laurel Jansen about cemetery policy. Jansen told Supervisor Jeff Miling, “You have destroyed gravestones that were in…

Editor June 30, 2016

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Brian Boot to succeed Weber on Dorr Plan Commission

Dorr Township Clerk Brian Boot Thursday evening was chosen to succeed Dan Weber as a member of the Dorr Township Planning Commission. Boot, who has been clerk for the past…

Editor June 30, 2016