Community Notices

Most Gun Lake Winterfest events will be on Feb. 15

February 1, 2020

Most of the activities for the annual Gun Lake Winterfest celebration will take place through hout the day Saturday, Feb. 15, but a couple of events are planned for Wednesday, Feb. 12, and Thursday, Feb. 13. The semifinal round of Gun Lake Idol competition, with $2,000 in prizes, will take...

Man in Ethan Mutschler’s traffic death gets 1 year

January 30, 2020

Colter Rounds, the motorist who caused a traffic crash that killed 17-year-old Wayland High School student Ethan Mutschler has been sentenced to a year in jail. Rounds also was ordered to serve five years or probation in his sentencing Thursday in Kent County Circuit Court. Mutschler, a three-year letterman on...

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Superintendent search input sought in 2 meetings

January 28, 2020

The Wayland Union Board of Education has begun the search process to find a new superintendent and the public is invited to special public meetings at 12:15 p.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday, jan. 30. Assisting the board in the search to succeed the retiring Norman Taylor is the Michigan Association...

Pine Street Elementary spelling bee winners noted

January 23, 2020

The Pine Street Elementary spelling bee champions were announced as Carter Vronko, first place, and runner-up Brooke Trumbull. Both students now will advance to the regional spelling bee in February.

Local spelling bee winners announced at middle school

January 22, 2020

Isaiah Gates took first place and Dylan Schwab was runner-up in t his week's local spelling bee competition at Wayland Middle School. They have qualified to compete in the Regional Bee at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the middle school.

Great Clips to replace Cricket at Reno Drive mall?

January 21, 2020

Word on the street is that a Great Clips franchise hair/beauty salon will join the businesses in the strip mall on the west side of Reno Drive. Great Clips is believed to be moving into the former Cricket Wireless site at 322 Reno Drive. Cricket was said to have moved...

Renovated kitchen is ready at Allegan Tech Center

January 20, 2020

Culinary Arts student Logan Blanchard, Plainwell and Culinary Arts Instructor Mary Hoadley. A major renovation to the Allegan County Area Technical and Education Center has been completed with a sweet result. The Culinary Arts program area was completely gutted over the past summer, with even the concrete floor being torn...

Weekend storms drop nearly 10 inches of snow

January 19, 2020

The second wave of snowfall over the weekend may have been even worse in West Michigan, as roads were snow- and ice-covered and slippery Sunday morning. Shown here are emergency workers and vehicles dealing with a difficult situation on the U.S.-131 expressway between Dorr and Wayland. Some weather observers said...

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Gun Lake and another tribe together buy McKay Tower

January 15, 2020

The Gun Lake Tribe of Potawatomis and Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomis announced Wednesday they have together purchased the McKay Tower in downtown Grand Rapids for $17.5 million. The McKay Tower, billed as the first high-rise building in Grand Rapids on Monroe Avenue, will continue to serve as a site...

State Rep. Steven Johnson says he will seek a 3rd term

January 11, 2020

State Rep. Steven Johnson Steven Johnson has announced he will seek his third two-year term in the Michigan Legislature’s 72nd District in the August Republican primary election. Johnson, who lives in Wayland, was first elected in 2016 and was re-elected in 2018. He will not be eligible to serve for...

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