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School’s casino funding workshop crowd sparse

December 6, 2021

Supt. Dr. Christina Hinds explains casino fund usage from one of the three categories. Nearly a decade ago, a large group of citizens demanded to know how Wayland Union school district funds from the Gun Lake Casino were obtained and distributed. Monday night, only a dozen local people showed up...

Council hears complaints on infrastructure services

December 6, 2021

The subject was city infrastructure services Monday night, and Wayland City Council members got an earful in two separate discussions. One was Aqua In Vino owner Arne Rodriguez’s complaint that the city no longer will plow the parking lot between his business and Henika Library on the east side of...

Hopkins teacher on leave for ‘inappropriate’ conduct

December 3, 2021

Robert Wiersma Hopkins High School teacher Robert Wiersma, who also served as president of the Wayland Board of Education, was placed on leave today in connection with “inappropriate” comments he made to students after the deadly school shooting at Oxford. Hopkins Public Schools Superintendent Gary Wood said school officials were...

Watson Twp. considers a part-time office manager

December 2, 2021

The Watson Township Board had preliminary discussions Thursday night about the possibility of hiring a part-time office manager. Such a person, according to Attorney Tom Siver, would answer the phone and take messages, sort mail, distribute applications and forms, help manage and coordinate projects, meet with contractors, forward proposals, manage...

Billy Bregg of Hopkins wins service award at AAESA

December 1, 2021

Pictured left to right: Billy Bregg, Mike Grosso and Molly Mellema Former Hopkins Board of Education President Bill Bregg has been recognized for 24 years of dedication to the Allegan Area Educational Service Agency (AAESA), with the Gus Kihlstrand Service Award. SET SEG, an insurance and risk management organization servicing...

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Sustainable Business Park promises investment return

November 18, 2021

Consultant Rick Chapla shows Township Board members a prototype of the roofing product that will be made by the anchor tenant at the Sustainable Business Park. Dorr Township is being asked for a $200,000 contribution to the Sustainable Business Park project, but Kent County Department of Public Works Darwin Baas...

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Dorr Township receives $415,000 in ARPA funds

November 18, 2021

Dorr Township has received $415,000 in American Rescue Plan Act federal funds, and now the task ahead will be how to spend the money. Township Treasurer Myrna Marr said the amount received is slightly under half the total amount Dorr will receive over the next two years, in the Biden...

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Master plan open house to be held in Dorr Dec. 21

November 16, 2021

Consultant Nathan Mehmed explains the proposed new master plan. The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening was given an update on the proposed new master plan by consultant Nathan Mehmed of Williams & Works. Mehmed went over most of the new and old provisions of the plan, which had not...

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Wayland City budget fund balance continues to grow

November 15, 2021

Martin Beckwith prepares to present photos of the bike rack to City Council. The City of Wayland was awarded another clean audit Monday evening by the accounting firm of Siegfried Crandall of Portage. The audit showed total revenue of $3,113,414 for fiscal year 2020-21, expenditures of $2,566,884 and an increased...

Wood bridge on 140th Ave. in Leighton to be repaired

November 11, 2021

The 140th Avenue bridge finally will get a repair job done, the Leighton Township Board learned Thursday evening. Supervisor Steve Wolbrink told his colleagues that Craig Atwood from the Allegan County Road Commission notified him that lumber had been found for deck replacement on the old bridge, which has been...

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