Category: Community Notices

Julia Sturvist chosen Wayland Main Street/DDA Director

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Julia Sturvist Julia Sturvist has been selected as the new Main Street/DDA Director, succeeding Ingrid Miller, who left last month to take a job in Grand Rapids. Sturvist received her bachelor’s degree in public and non-profit administration and will graduate with her master’s degree in public administration this December. She...
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Woman who drowned in Gun Lake was Laura Smith, 66

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The Barry County Sheriff’s dive team and Hastings firefighters recovered the body of Laura Smith, 66, of Middleville, who apparently drowned in Gun Lake Thursday afternoon. Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf said her body was found on the north side of the lake off Murphy’s Point. The "This Is Waylansd"...
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Person of interest outed in local sex traffic, drug case

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Rob Grigsby denies anything is happening at his residence. WOOD-TV Channel 8 News has identified Rob Grigsby, a 1987 Wayland High School graduate, as a person of interest Monday's police raid of his house at 603 West Maple St. while investigating cases that may involve sex trafficking and drug offenses....
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Police raid unveils sex trafficking, drug crimes

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The Wayland Police Department executed a search and seizure warrant in the 600 block of West Maple to obtain evidence of a suspected sex trafficking ring, and drug crimes. Chief Mark Garnsey said a Wayland Police investigation had been going on since last October and evidence was gathered back to...
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Rep. Johnson’s bill supports non-vaxxing foster parents

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State Rep. Steven Johnson, in the middle of his second two-year term in Lansing, has introduced a House bill that would support foster parents whose biological children are not completely vaccinated. Johnson, who represents the cities of Wayland and Kentwood and the townships of Gaines, Wayland, Dorr and Leighton in...
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Dorr-Leighton wastewater plant earns $4.5 million grant

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The Dorr-Leighton Wastewater Treatment Plant has been awarded a $4.85 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to expand its size. Dorr Township Supervisor Jeff Miling said the plant is nearing capacity, at 80 percent, and the two townships are experiencing population and business growth, which prompted the...
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Meat smoker fire closes Town & Country temporarily

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The meat smoker caught on fire at the Town & Country Supermarket (formerly Weick's) on 124th Avenue, Gun Lake, shortly after noon Tuesday. There was minimal smoke damage, but the store was closed for nearly four hours Tuesday. It reopened  at about 4 p.m. There were reports that the market's...
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Hopkins couple killed in plane crash near Seward, Alaska

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Michael and Traci Timmer A Hopkins couple was killed in a plane crash southeast of Seward, Alaska, last weekend. Michael John Timmer, 42, and Traci Pauline Timmer, 43, were passengers in the fatal crash of a Helio Courier H-250 plane. The pilot, 63-year-old Kem Sibbitt of Fairbanks, also died. The...
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Wildcat Drive construction under way until July 5

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Wildcat Drive construction got under way Monday, June 24, through July 5. Parents dropping students off to soccer camp can use 133rd Avenue to Wildcat Drive. All other athletic camps please use the main drive entering the high school.
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Man, 63, charged with 2 murders, assault in Gun Lake area

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A $10 million bond was set Monday in Barry County District Court for a Gun Lake area man who is accused to killing two men Friday and attempting to strangle his wife. Jon Otis Burnett, 63, was arraigned on charges of two counts of open murder, a count of assault with a...
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