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Martin Schools masks optional indoors, not on buses

August 16, 2021

The Martin Board of Education voted Monday night to follow the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) mandate that masks be worn on public transportation, including school buses, but they will be optional in the classroom. The CDC issued a federal order mandating facial coverings on public transportation in response to...

City crews begin removing streetside brush and debris

August 16, 2021

Wayland City Manager Josh Eggleston Monday night told the City Council he expects cleanup and removal of brush will take at least another week in the wake of the fierce summer storm Wednesday night and Thursday morning. High winds caused considerable damage with felled trees and branches, which now grace...

No CRT or Covid fireworks at Wayland school board

August 9, 2021

Despite recent contentious and lengthy meetings of the Wayland Board of Education Monday night' session was relatively brief, at about 60 minutes and it included few explosive comments from the audience. About 45 to 50 people, including board members, were in attendance at the Fine Arts Center. The issues remain,...

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Allegan Area ESA launches strategic planning process

August 3, 2021

The Allegan Area Educational Service Agency (AAESA) is launching a new initiative to guide the district through a three-to-five-year year strategic plan. The purpose of this initiative is to help develop new goals and strategies for providing quality services and supports for local schools, families and communities. Stakeholder feedback...

City officials tour marijuana facilities in Lowell, Ionia

August 2, 2021

Wayland City Council members and local officials spend the god part of a day last month touring and inspecting marijuana dispensaries and growing operations in Lowell and Ionia. Local officials are trying to do some research on the feasibility, wisdom and effects of a substance that was illegal until 2008...

Wayland hires Hopkins AD, names assistant principal

August 2, 2021

Adam Valk Karri Bailey Wayland Union Schools has hired Adam Valk as new athletic director at Wayland Union High School and Karri Bailey as the new Middle School/High School assistant principal, pending board approval. Valk, who has been athletic director at Hopkins High School for the past eight years, succeeds...

Hopkins, Martin to vote on non-homestead millages

July 30, 2021

Two school ballot proposals, for Hopkins and Martin, will be included in special elections on Tuesday, Aug. 3. Both non-homestead proposals are for five-year renewals of taxes for commercial and second residential properties within each district. When Proposal A was passed statewide in 1994, it provided for an 18-mill levy...

A fall brings Townbroadcast news to a crawl

July 29, 2021

by J.D. Gonzales The editor of the Townbroadcast, David T. Young, suffered a rather bad fall up north while helping out a family member. After a hospital visit, it was determined that he did some major damage to his right elbow and may require surgery. Unfortunately, it looks like...

Martin activist named to Internet broadband group

July 23, 2021

Austin Marsman of Martin has been appointed to serve on the new Broadband Action Workgroup by the Allegan County Board of Commissioners. The workgroup was formed by the Allegan County Board of Commissioners earlier this year. The group brings together various backgrounds in education, business, agriculture and local government to...

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Dorr Township Board agrees to seek rescue funds

July 22, 2021

The Dorr Township Board Thursday night in a special meeting voted unanimously to authorize Supervisor Jeff Miling to apply for American Rescue Funds in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. Miling called the special meeting hastily because the deadline for application is Tuesday, July 27. Deputy Treasurer Jim Martin said...

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