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City denies Marlo Lane, Geneva Drive drainage request

January 22, 2019

City Manager Josh Eggleston explains local utility rates in a Power Point presentation. The Wayland City Council Tuesday evening turned down a request from residents on Marlo Lane and Geneva Drive for an underground drainage system, but agreed to proceed with the street project this year without sidewalks. More than...

Dorr Planning Commission urged to ‘Reimagine Trash’

January 15, 2019

The "Reimagine Trash" project was outlined for members of the Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening. The Kent County Department of Public Works has launched a "Reimagine Trash" project that may have a lot of impact on Dorr Township and Allegan County. Darwin Baas, director of the department, made a...

Dorr Plan Commission OKs 2 site plans, 2 rezonings

January 15, 2019

Travis Tate from Dan Vos Construction explains plans for a truck equipment business. The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday night was busy approving two site plans and two rezoning requests. Getting the green light from the commission, but still awaiting action from the Township Board were requests to rezone a...

Hopkins Township buys land to expand cemetery

January 14, 2019

The Hopkins Township Board unanimously adopted a resolution Monday night to purchase a one-acre parcel east on 22nd Street to accommodate expansion of Lakeview Cemetery. The township has agreed to a $7,000 purchase price from the seller and landowner, Shrock. "We've been talking about this for a long time," said...

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Leighton agrees to change of plans for road projects

January 10, 2019

The Leighton Township Board agreed to a change in plans for local road projects for 2019, at the recommendation of the Allegan County Road Commission. The board agreed to the Road Commission's suggestions to have 9th Street and 2nd Street repaving projects completed. Originally, the township planned to have 137th...

Martin Twp. plans to expand East Martin Cemetery

January 10, 2019

Martin Township plans to expand East Martin Cemetery on the west side of 8th Street by purchasing up to six acres of land. The Township Board Wednesday night took initial steps to buy the parcel for $9,000 per acre from Hopkins Ag Center LLC because the current cemetery is just...

Banquet center planned for facility next to new hotel

January 8, 2019

(From left) Jerry Bancroft, Denny Dryer and Tim Bodenberg show plans for a new banquet center next to the Best Western Hotel. A new banquet center just to the north of the Best Western Hotel apparently will be coming to Wayland. The City Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved a site...

Wayland City voter turnout in November nearly 70%

January 7, 2019

County Clerk Bob Genetski Allegan County Clerk-Register of Deeds Bob Genetski appeared at Monday night's City Council meeting and told local officials the City of Wayland had a whopping 69.13% voter turnout in the Nov. 6 general election. The city's voting percentage topped the county-wide count of 56.7% and the...

Watson wants to monitor well at former dump site

January 3, 2019

Shawn Caulder The Watson Township Board is likely to file a complaint with the Allegan County Health Department to get the ball rolling on monitoring a well at the former site of the Watson-Martin landfill that was closed more than 30 years ago. Board members were given an update on...

Dorr Township Parks Board is experiencing turnover

December 27, 2018

The Dorr Township Parks Board is experiencing some turnover lately, and the Township Board Thursday night appointed one new member. William Mallow was approved on a 6-0 vote, with Trustee Terri Rios absent, but Trustee John Tuinstra had misgivings about appointing someone he's never heard of. He said he didn't...

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