Community Notices

Former Wayland Schools’ employee investigated

Wayland Union Schools administrators have sent a letter home to parents and guardians of students acknowledging the Wayland Police Department is investigation a former employee of allegations of sexual harassment.…

Editor June 8, 2020

Community Notices

County Health Dept. downgrades COVID-19 threat

The Allegan County Emergency Operations Center has moved to a state of partial activation after being fully activated since March 21. The county’s EOC was fully activated to help with…

Editor June 4, 2020

Community Notices

Man, 23, charged in killing of McKenna Dutkiewicz

John Jacob Spangenberg has been arrested on a charge of murder for shooting and killing McKenna Dutkiewicz of Wayland Monday night in Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer…

Editor June 4, 2020

Community Notices

Service will be Monday for McKenna Dutkiewicz, 21

A "Meal Train" effort is being organized for the Dutkiewicz family in Gun Lake because if the sudden and unexpected death Monday night of McKenna Dutkiewicz, 21. A spokesperson on…

Editor June 2, 2020

Community Notices

WHS grad is social worker at Family Justice Center

Wayland High School graduate Hannah Wykoski, daughter of Mr. and Mars. Robert Wykoski of Dorr, has joined the Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County as a social worker. Ms.…

Editor June 2, 2020

Community Notices

Kalamazoo man gets 32 to 50 for 2019 crime spree

William Thomas Travis, 23, of Kalamazoo, sentenced to 32 to 50 years in prison last week in Allegan County Circuit Court for a crime spree that included assault with intent…

Editor June 2, 2020

Community Notices

Fire destroys house on Apollo Drive in Wayland

Local firefighters were summoned to house fire on Apollo Drive in the City of Wayland Saturday and found the structure fully involved on arrival. Leighton Township Fire Department, paramedics from…

Editor May 30, 2020

Community Notices

Hopkins grad ceremony scheduled for July 24

Hopkins Public Schools officials have decided to set in stone a graduation date for 7 p.m. Friday, July 24, for the Class of 2020. "Many factors went into this decision and…

Editor May 30, 2020

Community Notices

Gun Lake Casino set to reopen Monday, June 8

The Gun Lake Casino and six other Michigan tribal casinos are planning to open before Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home order expires June 12. “Just as the state consults health professionals…

Editor May 26, 2020

Community Notices

Schaendorf Cattle Co. now selling local ground beef

The Town & Country Market on 124th Street and Patterson in Shelbyville today welcomed local ground beef from the Schaendorf Cattle Co. of Hopkins. Because of many recent reports of…

Editor May 26, 2020