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Dorr Twp. officials suffering from election troubles

August 31, 2018

There are many headaches related to elections looming for Dorr Township officials. Not only are they preparing for the general election Nov. 6, they have learned about extra duties required by providing copies of 2016 election ballots and a recount next month for the recycling millage that barely passed Aug....

Dorr Twp. Board refers rezoning request to attorney

August 31, 2018

Township Trustee and Planning Commissioner Terri Rios points to the area in question for a rezoning. It isn't often when a township board overturns or sends back a recommendation to a planning commission, but that prospect is very real in Dorr Township. The Township Board Thursday night decided to send...

Gun Lake Casino names 2 new assistant managers

August 24, 2018

Gun Lake Casino has announced the promotions of Marion Lebsock and Carter Pavey to assistant general managers. Lebsock previously served Gun Lake Casino as the director of human resources, where Pavey previously served as director of marketing. “I’m excited to promote Marion and Carter to assistant general managers,” said Sal...

Dorr Twp. rezoning may have future implications

August 21, 2018

Eric Thompson of PCI explains land use issues and the master plan to the Planning Commission. The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening made an agonizing 4-3 decision on rezoning a parcel that may have implications for the future of land use. Commissioners narrowly approved a request from Tyler Wustman...

City Council will take up chickens issue once again

August 20, 2018

Chickens are back in the news for the City of Wayland. After nearly a one-year hiatus, the City Council has agreed to revisit a proposal to craft a local ordinance permitting the keeping of a small number of chickens at residences within the city limits. No decision was made on...

City revokes special use permit for Lumberyard center

August 20, 2018

Mark and Marty Shepard at a City Council meeting earlier this year. The Wayland City Council Monday night almost unanimously voted to revoke a special use permit for the Lumberyard Events Center at the corner of Maple and Railroad streets. The decision came after co-owners Mark and Marty Shepard missed...

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Gun Lake Tribe to lead Kalamazoo River sturgeon release

August 16, 2018

The Gun Lake Tribe of Pottawatomi Indians; Michigan Department of Natural Resources; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Kalamazoo River Chapter of Sturgeon for Tomorrow, and Grand Valley State University will have a ceremony from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, to release sturgeon into the Kalamazoo River The ceremony...

AAESA fighting lawsuit stemming from principal’s arrest

August 16, 2018

Jonathan Garcia, former principal at the Hillside Learning and Behavioral Center in Allegan, is now serving a maximum sentence of 10 years in the Newberry Correctional Facility, but the Allegan Area Educational Service Agency is fighting a lawsuit in connection with his case involving sexual misconduct. Allegations of criminal sexual...

Wayland Plan Commission helps 3 proposals go 3-for-3

August 14, 2018

Kari and Tim Kennedy Three proposals that came before the City of Wayland Planning Commission went 3-for-3 Tuesday night, two of them involving businesses on Reno Drive. The winning proposals were a rezoning from Planned Enterprise and Culster Development (PECD) to light industrial for a parcel between Logistics and the...

Student-run spirit store to open at old WHS cafeteria

August 14, 2018

Wayland High School students will operate a new spirit store, with a grand opening scheduled during the high school’s open house from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28. The store is located in the common space that previously was the cafeteria near the main gym. Kim Moore, business teacher,...

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