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Copart’s rezoning request wins fast track from Dorr

March 18, 2021

The Dorr Township Board Thursday night voted narrowly, 4-3, to fast track a rezoning request to make way for a combination auto salvage yard and on-line sales business just east of the U.S.-131 expressway on 142nd Avenue. The Planning Commission Tuesday night recommended on a 6-0 vote to rezone the...

Dorr officials lose $5,000 each in salaries to roads

March 18, 2021

Katie Brinker has resigned as Dorr Library Director. The Dorr Township Board Thursday night adopted the 2021-22 fiscal year budget, but it was a couple of tweaks proposed by Trustee John Tuinstra that got the most notice. Tuinstra used his favorite device, amendments, to engineer the transfer of $15,000 in...

Salvage yard on-line auction business coming to Dorr?

March 16, 2021

It appears that the Dorr Township water tower site near the intersection of 142nd Avenue and the U.S.-131 expressway will be getting some company. The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening recommended rezoning a 77.64-acre parcel and approved, with conditions, a special use permit and site plan for Copart, a...

Hopkins has a school bus issue at Sycamore School

March 15, 2021

A shortage of school bus drivers has had a tremendously adverse impact on Sycamore Elementary in the Hopkins school district. Superintendent Gary Wood told Board of Education members Monday evening that a limited number of bus drivers is available for pickup and delivery of students at the rural school, located...

City Council postpones in-person meetings, for now

March 15, 2021

The Wayland City Council Monday evening decided against moving to in-person meetings, at least not until June. Council took up the issue because municipalities in the state legally may have in-person meetings after March 31, and City Manager Josh Eggleston asked members how they feel about it. Though they will...

Leighton Township Board adopts 2021-22 FY budget

March 11, 2021

The Leighton Township Board Thursday evening adopted the proposed general fund budget for fiscal year 2021-22, which officially begins April 1. Estimated revenues were set at 2,239,600, with expenditures at $ 2,401,602. It was noted that $32,000 is being set aside for street lights, $500,000 for public safety and $100,000...

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Plan Commission has 3 hearings, as well as 3 recommendations

March 9, 2021

The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening had three public hearings on zoning text amendments and eventually voted unanimously to recommend them to the City Council. Perhaps most satisfying was the amendment for the sign ordinance to make it compatible with the 2016 U.S. Supreme Court ruling insisting all local...

Wayland School Board almost shortens quarantine

March 8, 2021

The Wayland Board of Education Monday evening came within one vote of amending the Coronavirus quarantine period for the high school from 14 to 10 days. The board voted 4-3 to accept the recommendation of the Allegan County Health Department to shut down Wayland High School until Monday, March 22....

Andrew Augustin new Dorr Elementary asst. principal

March 4, 2021

Andrew Augustin New Assistant Principal Andrew Augustin will begin duties at Dorr Elementary Tuesday, March 9, pending approval by the Board of Education. Augustin comes to Wayland Union Schools from Thornapple Kellogg, where he taught English language arts and history for one year and was an assistant principal for one...

Watson to have in-person budget workshop March 22

March 4, 2021

The Watson Township Board has scheduled an in-person budget workshop for 7 p.m. Monday, March 22, at the township hall. The board, in its first non-virtual meeting since November, will work on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2021-22, which begins on April 1. In other business at Thursday’s virtual...

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