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Unusually lively November election looms for county

April 26, 2018

Mark DeYoung Six Republican incumbents will face challenges from Democrats in all seven districts. Don Black has decided to retire as commissioner from the Seventh District and Republicans Rick Cain and Nathaniel Sherman will vie in Aug. 7 primary and face Democrat Rachel Collingsworth in the Nov. 6 contest. Veteran...

GOP primaries for state rep., senate on Aug. 7 ballot

April 24, 2018

It’s official now: State Rep. Steven Johnson (R-Wayland) will be challenged by Wayland City Mayor Pro Tem Jennifer Ante in the Aug. 7 Republican primary election for the 72nd District. The deadline for filing for partisan offices was 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 24. Both paid the $100 fee for filing....

Martin Schools move ahead with bus garage project

April 18, 2018

by Austin Marsman The Martin Board of Education Monday night approved bids for a $372,000 project that would build a new bus garage facility to provide more bus space and a new area for bus maintenance, allowing the district employees to complete their own repairs. Mike Hammis, project manager for the...

Wedding barns public hearing is May 15 in Dorr Twp.

April 17, 2018

The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday night agreed to schedule a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, on the subject of wedding barns. The commission has been having a number of discussions on the increasingly popular entertainment venues. After Lori Castello walked members through particulars of a...

Lumberyard Events owners asked to be at city meeting

April 16, 2018

The Wayland City Council wants owners Mark and Marty Shepard to attend the next meeting May 7 to answer questions about parking requirements for their new Lumberyard Events Center at the corner of Railroad and Maple streets. The Shepards and city officials have been working on meeting a mandate...

Landing Marina limited to 6 boat slips on S. Gun Lake

April 15, 2018

by Austin Marsman Lucas Spoor At least 100 people attended a public Michigan Department of Environmental Quality hearing Wednesday on a marina expansion request for 30 slips and a boat launch on Gun Lake. Lucas Spoor, owner of the Landing Marina, sought to expand the number of slips from 17...

Martin Twp. to pursue compliance issues; fines possible

April 12, 2018

by Austin Marsman Supervisor Glenn Leep (center) explains some of the compliance issues to Martin Township Board members. A gravel pit located at 1082 10th Street, owned by Nathan Knight, is the center of two controversies discussed at Wednesday's Martin Township Board meeting. The first controversy deals with a non-permitted...

Shifting cemetery in Martin Twp. to get retaining wall

April 12, 2018

by Austin Marsman The Martin Township Board dealt with ongoing issues with shifting cemeteries at its regular meeting Wednesday night accepting a $4,900 bid from Property Revolution, formerly CNC Lawncare, to construct a retaining wall at one of the problem sites. Supervisor Glenn Leep said he met with Property Revolution...

‘Air park’ referendum on busy Leighton primary ballot

April 12, 2018

Kate Scheltema speaks to the Township Board about the airpark. Leighton Township voters will be given a busy ballot in the Aug. 7 primary election, featuring the very contentious "airpark" issue. The matter is so contentious that citizens who oppose establishing the air park near the corner of 144th Avenue...

Leighton Twp. continues to experience growing pains

April 12, 2018

A sketch of the farm machinery sales and service business at Division and 142nd Avenue. Political science, economics, sociology and history has long taught that growth cannot be stopped, it can only be managed. Such was obvious at the Leighton Township Planning Commission meeting Wednesday night, where two commercial proposals...

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