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WAEMS Board working on 5-year restructuring plan

January 30, 2020

Penny Post The Wayland Area Emergency Services ambulance operations are the busiest ever and personnel are scrambling to keep up with costs and demands. Penny Post, who represents Dorr Township on the WAEMS Board, said Thursday evening that the service made a record high 4,452 runs in 2019, up from...

Wayland’s supt. search begins with seeking input

January 30, 2020

Dr. Rodney Green speaks to a group of parents with a backdrop of a Power Point. The search for a successor to retiring Wayland Union Schools Supt. Norman Taylor began in earnest Thursday afternoon and evening with a couple of “public input sessions.” Dr. Rodney Green from the Michigan Association...

WUS teacher Lori Howell selected Fulbright Scholar

January 28, 2020

Wayland Union Middle School sixth grade science teacher Lori Howell, was selected into the highly prestigious Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms program. The Fulbright program is a year-long professional learning opportunity and short-term exchange for elementary, middle and high school educators from the United States to develop skills to prepare...

Council approves study for traffic light at Wildcat Drive

January 21, 2020

Anthony Winters The Wayland City Council Tuesday night agreed to continue with a traffic study for a light at the corner of Wildcat Drive and East Superior Street near the high school and middle school. City Manager Josh Eggleston said the study eventually could cost as much as $10,000 and...

12th Street residents file petitions for annexation

January 18, 2020

Brian Silvernail A group of residents living along 12th Street west of the City of Wayland across the U.S.-131 expressway this week filed petitions in Lansing seeking to be annexed. Grand Rapids area Realtor Brian Silvernail last Monday filed the petition on behalf of the residents, who local officials say...

City Plan Commission has lengthy discussion on pot

January 14, 2020

Members of the Wayland City Planning Commission had considerable discussion Tuesday night about prospects for allowing the growing, processing, transportation and sale of recreational marijuana, which was legalized in November 2018. Some members said they were uncomfortable with only discussing the issue and expressed a preference for deciding once and...

Use of controversial Reno Drive property still unknown

January 14, 2020

Keith Nickels Josh Otto EDITOR'S NOTE: The story published Tuesday evening about the odd-shaped parcel bought by Josh Otto and Keith Nickels was misleading. Heather Mitchell of Professional Code Inspections has reported there was a misunderstanding in interpreting an e-mail Otto sent her Tuesday. "When I read through the email...

Robin Seniura promoted to Dorr Elementary principal

January 13, 2020

Robin Seniura Robin Seniura has been promoted from assistant principal to principal at Dorr Elementary School. Seniura, whose appointment was announced Monday night at the Wayland Board of Education meeting, succeeds Kevin Zaschak, who resigned last month to take a special education post with the Kent County Intermediate School District....

Dollar General store to come to Leighton Twp. site

January 9, 2020

The fastest-growing township in Allegan County and one of the top three in all of Michigan finally will have a commercial retail store within its borders. Leighton Township soon will have a Dollar General store on a lot just to the south of the former Chemical Bank site on Polk...

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Martin Twp. agrees to put recycling proposal on ballot

January 8, 2020

The Martin Township Board Wednesday night agreed to place a county-wide recycling question on the August primary election ballot. The proposal will enable a surcharge of up to $50 per household per year for curbside recycling services, an increase of $14 per year. Recycling Coordinator Rosemary Graham said the fee...

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