Community Notices

Special celebration of Ethan Mutschler’s life is Friday night

The This Is Wayland web site is reporting that plans are in motion for a special celebration of the life of 17-year-old Ethan Mutschler, who would have been a senior…

Editor July 15, 2019

Community Notices

The accent is on local history at Martin’s Founders Day

A presentation on the history of Martin by Scott Kuykendall was featured Saturday afternoon at the Martin Founders Day celebration at the JC Wheeler Library. The observance was of the 180th…

Editor July 13, 2019

Community Notices

WHS senior grid lineman Ethan Mutschler dies in car crash

The Wayland High School community is reeling from the news this morning that senior athlete Ethan Mutschler was killed in a traffic accident. Mutschler was perhaps best known as a…

Editor July 13, 2019

Community Notices

Julia Sturvist chosen Wayland Main Street/DDA Director

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…

Editor July 13, 2019

Community Notices

Woman who drowned in Gun Lake was Laura Smith, 66

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…

Editor July 11, 2019

Community Notices

Person of interest outed in local sex traffic, drug case

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.…

Editor July 4, 2019

Community Notices

Police raid unveils sex trafficking, drug crimes

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…

Editor July 2, 2019

Community Notices

Rep. Johnson’s bill supports non-vaxxing foster parents

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…

Editor June 28, 2019

Community Notices

Dorr-Leighton wastewater plant earns $4.5 million grant

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…

Editor June 26, 2019

Community Notices

Meat smoker fire closes Town & Country temporarily

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…

Editor June 25, 2019