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Wayland city officials insist trash talking issue is history

March 3, 2015

Just like a lady in the audience said Monday night to the Wayland City Council, “I just want to know we’re done talking trash.” Apparently it’s true. Though about two dozens citizens appeared before the council to oppose imposing a single trash hauler for the city, council members assured them...

Ron Kobish resigns City Council seat, to move to Auburn Hills

March 2, 2015

The on-again, off-again relationship between Ron Kobish and Wayland city government is off again. Kobish, in a statement read Monday night by Mayor Tim Bala, announced his resignation as a member of the City Council. Kobish started his local public service on the Planning Commission in 2006 and was elected...

Public Safety Beat: Man pinned under fallen mobile home

March 2, 2015

A mobile home being moved inside the Yankee Springs Meadows Trailer Park Monday morning slipped off its supports and trapped a worker underneath. Authorities said the workers were lifting the mobile home to move it when the accident occurred. A helicopter was summoned to the scene to transport the victim....

Dorr, Hopkins library director to attend national conference

March 2, 2015

Natalie Bazan, director of the Dorr Township and Hopkins District libraries, has been awarded a national grant to attend the next Small and Rural Library Association's annual conference later this year. Bazan is the recipient of this year’s Pat Carterette Professional Development Award. She obtained her master’s in library science...

Wayland’s Kelvin Lapham recognized as Mopar ‘Top Tech’

February 25, 2015

Kelvin Lapham, a 1976 graduate of Wayland High School and technician at Wayland Chrysler, is one of two Michigan men recognized as being among the top 27 FCA US LLC technicians out of more than 20,000 eligible participants to be recognized as a Mopar "Top Tech" The Mopar "Top Tech"...

Wayland School Board ranks services, programs funded by casino

February 24, 2015

The Wayland Board of Education Monday night in a workshop rated the importance of each of the 20 programs or services funded by revenue sharing from the Gun Lake Casino. The Wayland Union School District receives about $1.5 million from the casino annually as part of a compact agreement when...

Area firefighters battling blaze at Gun Lake residence

February 24, 2015

Firefighters from the Orangeville, Martin, Pine Lake, Thornapple, Hastings and Wayland fire departments and Wayland Area Emergency Services were battling a structure fire in the Gun Lake area Tuesday morning. The Hopkins Fire Department, meanwhile, moved up into the Wayland station for backup. (Photo courtesy Wayland Fire Department)

Wayland Union High School has sociology culture fair

February 24, 2015

Wayland High School students from Andrea Brown’s sociology classes at held a culture fair recently for their capstone project. Students researched and applied two trimesters of sociological knowledge to a culture of their choosing. They highlighted the cultures language, entertainment, education, religion and value system, family structure, along with a...

Dorr Township votes 5-2 to hire part-time maintenance worker

February 23, 2015

The Dorr Township Board had the old familiar 5-2 vote on hiring a new part-time maintenance worker. Michael Edema was approved as the assistant to Jarrod Simon in taking care of the township's maintenance and repair needs. He succeeds Jeremy Batch, who was discharged earlier this year. The position is...

Campaign under way on behalf of Dorr Township road millage

February 23, 2015

Carolyn Sandel, who is spearheading a local millage effort for roads in Dorr Township, told the Township Board Monday night the campaign is up and running. Sandel, chairwoman of a special citizens' road committee, said signs and flyers have been constructed and a door-to-door campaign will begin in April. The...

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