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Weston Hosler chosen to lead WHS strings program

Wston Hosler Weston Hosler has been selected new director of the Wayland High School orchestra program. Hosler, who succeeds Wayland High School graduate Kyle Pitcher, who took a job at…

Editor September 14, 2022

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Airborne car driver charged with cocaine use in crash

A motorist who drove an airborne car that soared over the Dorr expressway overpass has been charged with driving under the influence of cocaine last Jan. 13. Chandler Cockerham, then…

Editor September 7, 2022

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National media plans to visit Gun Lake’s Curly Cone

The Gun Lake eatery got its start in 1954 as Kirk's Kurly Kones, a drive-in ice cream shop near the corner of Patterson and Chief Noonday Roads at the Barry-Allegan…

Editor September 7, 2022

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City Council deals death blow to golf cart proposal

Advocates for golf cart use in the City of Wayland were dealt a setback Tuesday night when the City Council voted 4-2 against drawing up an ordinance. Council members Rick…

Editor September 6, 2022

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Wayland Police Chief says he will retire, take new job

Mark Garnsey Wayland Police Chief Mark Garnsey has announced his retirement from police work. Wayland's chief for the past four year has said he has had family, friends and business…

Editor September 4, 2022

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Cheshire full broadband Internet is 1st in county

Cheshire Township Hall Allegan County Commissioner Gale Dugan Thursday evening told the Watson Township Board that Cheshire Township is the first municipal unit in the county to be fully equipped…

Editor September 1, 2022

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Dorr Twp. Board deciding how to spend ARPA funds

The Dorr Township Board has not yet formally met to discuss how to spend money from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), but Thursday night agreed to requests from…

Editor August 25, 2022

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Penny Salisbury retiring from senior volunteer job

Penny Salisbury Penny Salisbury, who has been volunteer coordinator of the Wayland Community Education Leisure Life program for local senior citizens since 2014, is retiring at the end of this…

Editor August 25, 2022

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Few citizens show up for Wayland schools’ forum

Suppose they gave a public forum and nobody showed up? It wasn’t that bad Tuesday night at the Fine Arts Center, as about 20 appeared for the Wayland Schools’ effort…

Editor August 23, 2022

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Wayland schools start new year with healthy budget

It isn’t often that a public school system starts an academic year with a healthy fund balance, but Wayland is doing just that. Assistant Supt. for Finance and Operations Patricia…

Editor August 22, 2022