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GVL Excavating seeking approval for gravel mining

September 9, 2021

Four new Leighton firefighters, Jeff Atchison, Jeff Zuiderveen, Seth Harkema and Caleb Keifer, were sworn in, bring. the department up to 27 members. GVL Excavating wants to establish a gravel mining operation on 144th Avenue near 4th Street in Leighton Township, but it needs an ordinance amendment to proceed. Gary...

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Jim Stoddard fire chief at Wayland-Yankee Springs

September 7, 2021

Jim Stoddard Jim Stoddard last week was selected as new fire chief for the City of Wayland/Yankee Springs Fire Department. Stoddard, owner-operator of the C. Stoddard & Sons Oil Co., succeeds Joe Miller, who retired as chief this summer after serving in the department for 49 years. Joe’s brother, Dan,...

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WAEMS to receive $174,000 with federal grant award

September 3, 2021

The Wayland Area Ambulance Service will get a $174,615 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Wayland and Comstock grants are provided through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants program. The money is to help first responders with daily operations and safety protocols. The funds also will be used for professional...

Dorr seems less interested in 425 pact with Hopkins

August 26, 2021

Hopkins Township Trustee Bob Modreske speaks to the Dorr Township Board. At right is Hopkins Supervisor Mark Evans. “Deal or No Deal.” Instead of a prime time TV game show, it appears to be the latter option for the surprising proposal for extension of sewer from Dorr Township to Hopkins...

Dorr Twp. Board members get update on business park

August 26, 2021

(From left) Ryan Mausch, Rick Chapla and Mark Zimmerman talk to Township Board members. Representatives from the proposed Sustainable Business Park revisited the Dorr Township Board and urged adoption on a resolution to grant extension of water and sewer into Dorr from Byron Township. If the Township Board agrees, it...

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Wayland schools studying newfangled teaching tool

August 24, 2021

Linda Anderson Bensyl Amy Nelson The Wayland Union school district is examining an online application that promises students better access to virtual instruction. Wayland High School math teachers Linda Anderson Bensyl and Amy Nelson demonstrated the program “SWIVL” in a video presentation for the Board of Education at its work...

Wayland schools’ parents protest K-6 mask order

August 23, 2021

Wayland Union Schools opened for a half day Monday, and despite the Allegan County Health Department’s order for all K-6 students to be masked up because of Covid, there were only a few negative incidents. Regardless, the Board of Education Monday evening again got an earful from parents opposed to...

Hopkins Twp. seeking sewer service from Dorr

August 19, 2021

Negotiations between Hopkins Township and the City of Wayland for annexation of about a dozen properties for sewer service have ended. Instead, Hopkins is seeking a “425” tax sharing arrangement with Dorr-Leighton Sewer Authority. The Dorr Township Board Thursday evening, Aug. 26, will take up the request. Dorr Township Supervisor...

All kids in grades K-6 must wear face masks to school

August 18, 2021

Well, here we go again. Despite local school districts’ intentions to start the academic year in the classrooms with masks optional, the Allegan County Health Department Wednesday issued an order for all students in grades K-6 to wear them. The move is the result of a spike in Coronavirus cases...

Dorr Plan Commission recommends self storage

August 17, 2021

Planning Consultant. Nathan Mehmed reads survey results. The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening recommended changing the local zoning ordinance to allow for an outdoor self-storage business to locate within the industrial district in the northeast end of the township. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hiestand asked the commission to allow...

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