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Watson Twp. learns of PFAS contamination at old dump

September 5, 2019

PFAS, or perfluorooctanoic acid, has been in the news in Michigan lately, and the Watson Township Board learnedThursday night it is an unwelcome guest at the old Watson-Martin Township dump site. Trustee Chuck Andrysiak, who also serves on the Planning Commission, told colleagues unacceptable levels of PFAS were found in...

Wayland Fall Fun Fest’s successor approved for Oct. 26

September 3, 2019

Anthony Winters Wayland’s Fall Fun Fest may have died a couple of years ago, but the founder of the “This Is Wayland” web page is spearheading an effort for a special day Saturday, Oct. 26. Anthony Winters told the Wayland City Council Tuesday evening he wants to establish a five-kilometer...

Dorr Township maintenance supervisor’s job may be filled

August 30, 2019

After 30 years of service, Dave Crowe has officially retired from the Dorr Township Fire Department. As a small token of appreciation, Chief Gary Fordham (left) and Deputy Chief Dan Berkenpas presented him Thursday with his helmet. “A helmet seems so small for 30 years of missed family dinners, kid’s...

Dorr Twp. Board votes to concur with sewer authority rules

August 30, 2019

The Dorr Township Board, after lengthy and contentious discussion Thursday evening, adopted a resolution of concurrence with Dorr-Leighton Sewer System rules and regulations. Supervisor Jeff Miling, who shares administrative duties with Leighton Township Supervisor Steve Deer on the authority, said it hasn’t been determined yet whether it’s necessary to have...

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Dorr Library Board unhappy with Tuinstra’s electioneering

August 30, 2019

Rachel Vote The Dorr Township Library Board made it very clear it is unhappy with the behavior of Dorr Township Trustee John Tuinstra during the failed millage election earlier this month. Two representatives from the Library Board told the Township Board Thursday evening that Tuinstra overstepped his freedom of speech...

Federal govt. allows Gun Lake Tribe to take parcel into trust

August 27, 2019

The Hopkins Township Board has lost its latest round of legal battles with the Gun Lake Tribe, as the U.S. Department of the Interior has placed the Nowak property at 129th Avenue and 12th into trust. Tribal Chairman Bob Peters announced Tuesday, “The Nowak parcel has been placed into trust...

Dorr Plan Commission OKs rezoning from ag to rural estates

August 20, 2019

(From left) Joseph Edsall and Al and Wanda Talsma. The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening decided to recommend a rezoning for three parcels on 14th Street from agricultural to rural estates. Joseph and Michelle Edsall were asking for the rezoning in order to get ahead of the prospects of...

204-unit apartment complex project in Dorr Twp. halted

August 20, 2019

The crowd last year was huge for the hearing on a proposed apartment complex at 14th Street and 142nd Avenue. Plans for aa 204-unit apartment complex.on 34-acre parcel at 142nd Avenue and 14th Street have been halted, according to Dorr Township Planning Commission Chairman Bob Wagner. Wagner told his colleagues...

No public comment as City Council OKs water rate hikes

August 19, 2019

Though there were rumblings about citizens’ protests greeting the Wayland City Council upping water rates, an ordinance approving the increases was adopted without any public comment Monday evening. The only discussion about the proposal was among council members themselves, and the vote was 5-1, with Mayor Tim Bala casting the...

Allegan County GOP Chairman Kevin Whiteford resigns post

August 16, 2019

Kevin Whiteford West Michigan Politics Editor Brandon Hall is reporting a shakeup in the Allegan County Republican Party, as Chairman Kevin Whiteford, husband of State Rep. Mary Whiteford, has resigned. Whiteford resigned after a meeting Thursday of the Allegan GOP Executive Committee. Hall reported the chairman "discovered a series of financial discrepancies Allegan...

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