Community Notices

Plentiful rain prompts flood warnings in W. Michigan

The rains from late last week, the weekend and Monday and Tuesday have prompted flood warnings all over West Michigan. Tanya Chachulski Salinas, a Wayland High School grad, snapped this…

Editor May 19, 2020

Community Notices

Community garden slated again at East Superior site

St. Therese Parish is coordinating another community garden this year on East Superior Street, at the site of the former nuns' residence. Linda Shoemaker-Johnston said, "It’s in the works of…

Editor May 19, 2020

Community Notices

Wayland Supt. 5 finalists to be interviewed June 6

The Wayland Board of Education plans to interview five finalist candidates for new superintendent Saturday, June 6, beginning at 10 a.m. Board members are shooting for having the interviews face…

Editor May 18, 2020

Community Notices

Wayland Schools wins Dollar General books grant

Wayland Union Schools has received a $3,000 grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to purchase books this summer. Books will be distributed to students participating in the Summer Learning…

Editor May 18, 2020

Community Notices

Allegan County Fair still planned for Sept. 11-19

Allegan County Fair officials dispelled any tumors that Michigan's oldest fair has been canceled. In the wake of reports that the Ionia and Barry County fairs have been called off…

Editor May 18, 2020

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Allegan County COVID-19 deaths remain at only 2

The Allegan County Health Department has reported that as of Friday, May 15, there have been 180 cases of Coronavirus reported, but only two deaths. There are a total of…

Editor May 17, 2020

Community Notices

Brewhouse Lanes to shut down permanently in Dorr

Brewhouse Lanes in Dorr has announced it is closing permanently, but the Five Lakes Brewing Co. and Restaurant will continue to do business. The bowling establishment, home to the Hopkins…

Editor May 17, 2020

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Hopkins Fire Dept. cancels Father’s Day breakfast

Due to the uncertainty of how long the Covid-19 pandemic may last, the Hopkins Area Fire Department has decided to cancel this years Fathers Day Pancake Breakfast. "The health and…

Editor May 17, 2020

Community Notices

Salem Twp. man charged with 2 cold case murders

A Salem Township man, arrested last November at the Burnips gas station, has been charged in the deaths of two women, one in 1980 and another in 1989. Dennis Lee…

Editor May 16, 2020

Community Notices

WHS teacher writes book about issues of infertility

Wayland High School teacher Sarah Sisson Rollandini has penned a book, "Life After Infertility," which came out earlier this month. "Life After Infertility" is part memoir, part devotional eschewing Christian…

Editor May 15, 2020