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Ethel Visser resigning ZBA post after serving 44 years

May 31, 2018

The Dorr Township Board Thursday night accepted the resignation of Ethel Visser as secretary of the Zoning Board of Appeals. Mrs. Visser served on the ZBA for 44 years, beginning in 1974. ZBA Chairman Robert Traxler, in a letter to Supervisor Jeff Miling, explained that, “Ethel’s health is day to...

Both Martin Odyssey teams make top 20 at World Finals

May 30, 2018

by Austin Marsman The Martin High School OM team, Travis Stone, Carina Andrews, Sophia Shettler, Becca Bailey, Mallory Andrews and Austin Marsman. (Photos courtesy of David Harnish) Two Martin teams were among the top 20 at the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals at Iowa State University May 23-27. The...

Jeff Salisbury seeks open seat on Wayland City Council

May 29, 2018

Jeff Salisbury The City of Wayland is accepting applications to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Wayland City Council. Councilwoman Tracy Bivins last month announced she is resigning her seat, effective June 18. Any persons interested in being appointed to fill the remainder of Bivins' term may do so by...

Circuit Court rules twice against Leighton airstrip foes

May 23, 2018

Kate Scheltema Opponents of the proposed airstrip in Leighton Township were dealt two blows in Allegan County Circuit Court earlier this month. New Circuit Judge Roberts Kengis, who just began duties earlier this year, ruled twice against neighbors of the proposed Galloway Landings airstrip near the corner of Kalamazoo Avenue...

Steeby students getting ‘batty’ with houses again

May 21, 2018

Six representatives from Danielle LaJoye's third grade class at Steeby Elementary make a presentation about bats to members of the Wayland Board of Education. Third-graders in Lori Howell's classroom at Steeby last month presented the City Council with their project to install bat houses in the City Park and Rabbit...

City Councilwoman Tracy Bivins to resign June 18

May 21, 2018

Tracy Bivins Tracy Bivins is resigning her Wayland City Council post effective June 18 for what she said was for personal reasons. Bivins first was elected to her first two-year term in November 2012 and was re-elected in 2014 and 2016. She would have been up for re-election again this...

Bay Pointe gets final nod for $5 million expansion

May 19, 2018

by Austin Marsman After extensive review, the Barry County Planning and Zoning Monday night deemed a proposal by Bay Pointe Inn owner Mike Powers fit for approval. The decision was reached in a 4-1 vote, Commissioner Robert Vanderboegh cast the dissenting vote. Two commissioners were noted as absent from the...

Rural events barns decision postponed by Dorr Twp.

May 15, 2018

About 75 people crammed into the township hall with standing room only for the public hearing. About 75 local citizens appeared at a normally sparsely attended Dorr Township Planning Commission meeting Tuesday evening to object to a proposal to allow wedding barns near residential neighborhoods. The citizens' opposition was so...

County, Hopkins Twp. to file comments on tribe land

May 14, 2018

Allegan County and Hopkins Township have until next month to file comments with the U.S. Department of the Interior on the Gun Lake Tribe's request to take into trust a parcel along 12th Street close to the expressway. The Tribe has purchased a 130-acre parcel near the corner of 12th...

Bay Pointe Woods planning review to continue Monday

May 13, 2018

by Austin Marsman After granting initial planned unit development approval in February, the Barry County Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Monday will discuss further specifics for the proposed Bay Pointe development on Oarie Drive. The meeting will be at the Tyden Building (121 S. Church St.) in Hastings, it will...

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