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Gun Lake Tribe, Hopkins Twp. in land trust talks

November 12, 2018

Hopkins Area Department Chief Tim McKinnon and the new truck. Representatives from the Hopkins Township Board and Gun Lake Tribe of Potowatomis are engaged in negotiations to reach an agreement for tribal land held in trust by the federal government. Supervisor Mark Evans and Trustee Bob Modreski are representing the...

Leighton may spend half million on bridge, road repairs

November 8, 2018

New Leighton Township firefighters Brian Denny, Cody Sanchez, Ben Offringa, Misty Sherer, Dale McGarry, Mike Jahnke, Cody Williams and Shane Veldheer were sworn in during the Township Board meeting. Major expenses for a bridge on 140th Avenue and road repairs promise to be big expenses for the Leighton Township Board...

It wasn’t blue tsunami, but Dems make election gains

November 6, 2018

Matt Longjohn Fred Upton It wasn’t the tsunami Democrats had been hoping for, but the top state-wide offices in Michigan went to female Democratic candidates Tuesday. Democrats, as predicted by the polls, won the Michigan governor’s race and the contest for U.S. Senator and all three state-wide ballot proposals were...

Wayland City Council finally nixes chicken ordinance

November 5, 2018

Nancy VandeVoord (left) and Jessica Desposito came to a public hearing earlier this year to talk about the positives of having an ordinance permitting chickens in the city. The issue of chickens in the City of Wayland has been settled, and proponents will be disappointed. The City Council Monday night...

Wayland Police Chief Harper to retire early next year

November 5, 2018

Steven Harper Wayland City Police Chief Steven Harper has indicated he will retire from law enforcement and will step down from his duties here by next February. Harper, who will be concluding a six-year commitment as Wayland's chief, has agreed to take a position as community impact pastor at his...

Watson to inform residents near old dump about water

November 1, 2018

Because of the recent spate of reports of water contamination in Otsego Township, Watson Township officials want to warn local residents about such possibilities near the old Watson-Martin dump. Though former Township Clerk Kathy Pardee noted the site had been capped more than 30 years ago, Township Supervisor Kevin Travis...

Former State Rep. Yonker may have violated state law

October 31, 2018

Former 72nd District State Rep. Ken Yonker possibly violated state laws this fall when he used a county truck to hand out campaign literature opposing a Caledonia school district millage proposal. Yonker, who represented the City of Wayland, Wayland Township, and Leighton and Dorr townships in Lansing for four years,...

Site plan for Liquid Haulers Maintenance in Dorr OK’d

October 30, 2018

Craig Gengler, representing Liquid Haulers Maintenance, points to the stormwater retention basin at the site. The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved a site plan submitted by Liquid Haulers Maintenance in a 6-0 vote a special meeting. The company plans to construct another 12,000-square-foot building at its site at...

Dorr Township Library to seek millage vote next year

October 25, 2018

Dorr Library Director Elyshia Schafer (left) and her predecessor, Natalie Bazan Sarosta. The Dorr Township Library Board is grappling with economic issues heading into next year, in the wake of the defeat of a millage request last August. Voters in the primary election turned down a request for a levy...

Village, city councils, a school board also to have votes

October 20, 2018

Despite all the hoopla over state and national races and proposals, there will be other local elections in northeast Allegan County Tuesday, Nov. 6. Those other elections include Wayland City Council, Martin Board of Education and the Villages of Martin and Hopkins. City of Wayland — Mayor Tim Bala Tim...

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