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Former mayor asks council to permit use of golf carts

July 18, 2022

Former Wayland Mayor Burrell Stein and citizen Amy DeShaw Monday night asked the Wayland City Council to reconsider earlier inaction and adopt an ordinance permitting use of golf carts. “I would like to see the council discuss legalizing golf carts and side by sides” in the next meeting Aug. 1,...

City adopts 1st ordinance permitting marijuana sales

July 18, 2022

The Wayland City Council Monday night made it official and unanimously adopted the first local ordinance permitting the growing, sale, dispensing of recreational marijuana. The council continued to insist on a rule that prohibits dispensaries being fewer than 200 feet from churches or schools. That distance is shorter than many...

Old Leighton air park issue resurfaces after 4-year lull

July 14, 2022

Kate Scheltema Clark Galloway Though a proposal for an air park (or airport) was approved by voters in the 2018 August primary, the project’s most vocal opponent was back in front of the Leighton Township Board Thursday night to express concerns, Kate Scheltema, co-owner of a horse farm next door,...

Martin Twp. voters to be asked to renew fire millage

July 13, 2022

The Martin Township Board Wednesday night acknowledged a renewal of three-quarters of a mill for fire and emergency services and equipment will be on the Tuesday, Aug. 2 ballot. The millage was first proposed in 1998 by the late Trustee Jim Brenner, who suggested it be for four years, the...

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Wayland schools to send city input about pot shops

July 11, 2022

New Wayland Union Schools Supt. Tim Reeves will represent the district next Monday night at the City Council meeting to decide whether or not the city will adopt an ordinance permitting the growing, processing, sale and distribution of recreational marijuana. The Board of Education asked Reeves to tell the council...

Former Dorr Twp. Treasurer to face charges of larceny

July 9, 2022

Myrna Marr Myrna Marr, 65, Dorr, former Dorr Township Treasurer, appeared in 57th District Court Thursday, July 7, charge of larceny of $1,000 or more, but less than $20,000. The felony complaint had been filed by Michigan State Police. Arrested on June 15, she has posted $1,000 bond. A probable...

Charges against attorney at Leighton vote dismissed

July 7, 2022

Charges of trespassing and disturbing the peace against Constitutional attorney Katherine Henry were dismissed Thursday in Allegan County District Court in connection with an incident on Election Day November 2020 in Leighton Township. "Now it is time to sue for false arrest and damages all those involved in this Allegan...

City Council has 1st reading of marijuana ordinance

July 5, 2022

The Wayland City Council Tuesday evening had the first readings of two proposed ordinances dealing with the licensing and regulation of marijuana businesses. The next step is the second readings and vote to adopt or not adopt the ordinances, which earned the recommendation from the City Planning Commission a couple...

Dorr Twp effort to restore millage rate fails yet again

June 30, 2022

Dorr Township officials have been looking for ways to expand the current township hall or find a new site because the facility is just too crowded for them to get their work done. Another attempt to use funds from the Headlee Amendment rollback restoration approved county wide in 2020 failed...

Wayland seems to have weathered Covid crisis

June 27, 2022

Though Wayland, like many other public school districts, has gone through some hard times in the last two fiscal years, it appears it has weathered the worst of the storm. Thus spake Assistant Supt. for Finances and Operations Patricia Velie Monday night, who told the school board at a public...

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