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Dorr Parks Commission has good news and bad news

December 23, 2021

Dorr Township Parks Commission member Amanda Winters told the Township Board some good news and some bad news Thursday evening. First the good news: The resurrection of the Christmas in the Park celebration Saturday, Dec. 4, was a big hit. Winters said the event attracted more than 1,000 people. She...

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Dorr Plan Commission OKs site plan for Viking Diesel

December 21, 2021

The Dorr Township Planning Commission Monday approved a site plan for Viking Diesel Repair on Walnut Dale Drive in the industrial park. Ron VanSingel said the intent is to build a 7,500-square-foot building for a planned unit development that will include six employees. The building will have five bays and...

Dorr Plan Commission has open house for master plan

December 21, 2021

The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening was host for a special open house on the proposed master plan. Nathan Mehmed, consultant from Williams & Works (shown above) said, "We're getting pretty close to the public hearing and adoption processes." He noted the town now has been through three steps...

City drops snow plowing for Aqua In Vino parking lot

December 20, 2021

The Wayland City Council Monday night took no action on a proposed agreement to continue snow plowing services for the parking lot between Aqua In Vino and Henika Library on South Main Street. This means the city no longer will remove snow from the private parking lot, owned by Aqua...

John Krajewski hired as new Hopkins El principal

December 17, 2021

John Krajewski Scott VanBonn John Krajewski has been hired as the new new principal at Hopkins Elementary School beginning Jan. 3, 2022. He succeeds Scott VanBonn, who will now be serving the district as director of instruction. Krajewski comes to Hopkins from Byron Center Public Schools, where he has served...

City Council to take up proposed 53-house project

December 14, 2021

The Wayland City Planning Commission found itself between a rock and a hard place Tuesday night in a public hearing on a proposed new residential development. Developer Mike West explains his plans. The commission received an application from Mike West of Westview Capital LLC to build a 53-house residential project...

New WHS pool bond issue prospects look more likely

December 13, 2021

Members of the Wayland High School Jazz Band, under the leadership of Kelly Tilley Smith, performed a special arrangement of "Greensleeves" for the Board of Education. It’s getting more likely all the time that the Wayland Board of Education will seek a bond issue sometime in 2022 to finance construction...

Eight WHS debaters finish among top 35 in the state

December 13, 2021

The Wayland High School debate team registered record successes at the Michigan Interscholastic Forensics Association State Debate Tournament Saturday. All eight members of the WHS team in attendance ranked among the top 35 debaters in the state The tourney included had more than 300 students from across the state competing...

Leighton Twp. likely to try road millage request again

December 9, 2021

Leighton Township voters are likely to be asked again next year to approve a millage to fund local road repairs, resurfacing and paving projects. Steve Shoemaker, a member of the Planning Commission and the special Citizens’ Road Committee, said the volunteer group has done a lot of talking lately about...

Martin prevails in lawsuit filed by cannabis coalition

December 8, 2021

Martin Township Clerk Rachelle Smit told her colleagues Wednesday night that Martin Township and Martin Village have prevailed in a lawsuit filed in Allegan County District Court. She said Judge Roberts Kengis ruled against the Allegan County CARES Coalition, marijuana proponents, which maintained the clerk wrongfully did not allow the...

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