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Propose Dorr Library millage request in March, or in August?

November 21, 2019

Sara Rydeman The Dorr Township Library Board is wrestling with the question of whether to ask for a millage increase in the presidential primary election or the primary election in August next year. Sara Rydeman, secretary of the board, asked the Township Board Thursday evening for its input of the...

Dorr Plan Commission begins master plan update process

November 19, 2019

Nathan Mehmed The process of updating the master plan for Dorr Township began in earnest Tuesday evening for the Planning Commission. Nathan Mehmed, representing the Williams & Works firm, presented commissioners with suggested on-line survey questions to get residents’ opinions. He also indicated he will join the commission for six...

City sets public forum on buying, selling pot for Dec. 17

November 18, 2019

City Manager Josh Eggleston applauds as Mayor Tim Bala presents outgoing City Councilwoman Lisa Banas with a plaque. The Wayland City Council Monday night agreed to have a public forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, on the question of permitting the buying and selling of recreational marijuana. The city...

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Curbside recycling costs loom as a big 2020 issue in county

November 14, 2019

Supervisor Steve Deer (second from left) and Fire Chief Matt Weston (right) welcomed two Allegan County Sheriff's deputies to the board meeting. Most Allegan County municipalities are bracing for the likelihood that recycling program costs will increase again next year, and some will grapple with a proposal to raise the...

Eleven water wells to be tested within Village of Martin

November 13, 2019

The Martin Township Board Wednesday evening learned that 11 water wells within the Village of Martin will be tested for free by the Allegan County Health Department later this week. The wells are not hooked up to the village’s public water system, which is regarded as free of lead and...

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Financial audit says Wayland Schools continue to improve

November 11, 2019

Andrew vanBaal is the student representative this year on the school board. The financial health of Wayland Union Schools continues to improve, Assistant Superintendent for Finances Pat Velie told the school board Monday night. Velie said an audit for fiscal year 2018-19 now is complete and a fund balance, or...

Wayland Schools Supt. Norm Taylor says he’ll retire June 30

November 11, 2019

Supt. Norm Taylor reads his announcement that he is retiring at the school board meeting Monday night. Wayland Schools Superintendent Norman Taylor, credited with stabilizing a troubled school district during his decade of tenure, Monday night announced he will retire June 30, at the end of the academic year. Taylor...

No contamination found at residences near old dump site

November 7, 2019

Watson Township Supervisor Kevin Travis Thursday night announced state officials found no contamination in 12 residential water wells near the old dump site near the U.S.-131 Motor Sports Park. This good news followed the bad news two months ago that perfluorooctanoic acid, a perfluorinated carboxylic acid, or PFAs, has been...

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Dorr Township Library Board announces services cutbacks

November 5, 2019

The Dorr Township Library is having to make adjustments on services it offers to residents in the wake of the defeat last August of a millage request. The Township Library’s Board of Trustees, at its Oct. 21 meeting, "made several difficult decisions that affect all of Dorr Township’s residents," said...

Yes, Nov. 5 is Election Day, the last in Wayland for City Clerk

November 4, 2019

City Clerk Michelle Herman Tuesday, Nov. 5, is Election Day in the City of Wayland, and though the ballot will have three candidates running without opposition, the exercise will be the last for Clerk Michelle Herman. Herman Monday announced that she will retire after serving in the post for eleven...

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