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Gravel mining special use request in Watson denied

October 7, 2021

The Watson Township Planning Commission has turned down a request for a special use permit from North Star Aggregates to gravel mine at a site on 12th Street. Watson Township Supervisor Kevin Travis told his board colleagues Thursday night of the decision. The supervisor explained that North Star has acknowledged...

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Hopkins Twp., Village plan to forge sewer agreement

October 4, 2021

Hopkins Township and the Village of Hopkins Tuesday evening are expected to vote on a 425 agreement to provide village sewer services to 25 properties along 12th Street from 135th Avenue south to 130th adjacent to the U.S.-131 expressway. Wayland City Manager Josh Eggleston told the council Monday night that...

Wayland schools struggle with Covid, other issues

September 27, 2021

September has not been kind to the Wayland Union school district, as Board of Education members Monday night lamented some troubling recent student incidents and continuing battles with the Coronavirus. In the past two weeks there have been reports of violence and of rowdy and “disgusting” behavior, enough to prompt...

Dorr OKs sewer, water for sustainable business park

September 23, 2021

This is a prototype of the material for roofing, celings and siding that will be manufactured at the sustainable business park in Dorr Township. Plans for the sustainable business park in Dorr Township took another step forward Thursday night when the Township Board unanimously approved the extension of sewer and...

Sustainable Business Park anchor tenant announced

September 21, 2021

The TV screen shows a map of the proposed sustainable business park in Dorr Township. Consultants with the Sustainable Business Park project in northeast Dorr Township Tuesday night revealed that the anchor tenant on the 250-acre parcel will be Continuous Materials, which takes waste plastics and paper to manufacture reusable...

City proceeds with plans for sewer repair facilities

September 20, 2021

The Wayland City Council Monday night unanimously voted to proceed with a proposal to upgrade lift stations for the sewer treatment plant. Water and Sewer Supt. Ben Bachelder showed council members the locations of lift stations and City Engineer Mickey Bittner outlined some of the repairs that need to be...

Local school officials to examine petitions’ legality

September 18, 2021

Wayland and Martin school officials were somewhat taken aback Thursday and Friday when parents' social media groups announced that Brandon Elementary and Baker Elementary parking lots would be the sites for a gubernatorial candidate's petitions signings. Word on the street is that Superintendents Dr. Christina Hinds and Brooke Ballee-Stone are...

Lumberyard Events Center upstairs bedrooms OK’d

September 14, 2021

The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved a request for a special use permit to accommodate as many as three bedrooms on the second floor of the Lumberyard Events Center at the corner of Maple and Railroad streets. Mark and Marty Shepherd, owners of the site that for more...

Wayland School Board opposes universal masking

September 13, 2021

The Wayland Board of Education Monday night voted not to follow a recommendation from the Allegan County Health Department to institute universal face mask requirements for all students for the next 14 days. The local school system is currently complying with such mask rules for all students in grades K-6...

County govt. can’t interfere with mask order for Covid

September 10, 2021

Angelique Joynes Allegan County's legal counsel today opined that neither the county administrator nor the County Board of Commissioners has the authority to rescind the Health Department's public health order for children in grades K-6 to wear masks in classrooms. The Allegan County Health Department issued a public health order requiring masks...

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