Community Notices

Because the name of only one candidate appeared on the November general election ballot in a contest for two seats, the Hopkins Board of Education is seeking someone to be…

Michelle DeYoung-Foster (center), Wayland Middle School science teacher and robotics coach, was named the 2018 VFW Teacher of the Year award recipient at the annual Pearl Harbor Assembly Friday, Dec.…

The 40th annual Wayland Christmas parade was held downtown Saturday morning, with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Tanner as grand marshals. The Wayland High School marching band got into the spirit…

Chalk artist Tess Tobolic Marhofer, formerly of Wayland, was a featured artist last weekend at this year's Tempe Festival of the Arts Chalk-A-Lot-Street fair in Tempe, Arizona. She created an original…

The Young Authors organization at Sycamore Elementary learned last month it was awarded a $500 grant from the Michigan Youth Arts and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs…

A 27-year-old woman from the Hastings area died Monday evening when a deer crashed into her car while she was traveling on 135th Avenue near 7th Street in Wayland Township.…

The first snowstorm of the 2018-19 winter season Sunday night and Monday morning dumped 7.7 inches of the white stuff on this area, according to local weather enthusiast Bob Zapolnik…

The Allegan County Sheiff's Department is reporting this week that deputies have been busy with car vs. deer accidents. A spokesman said, "So far this month, we've taken 89 car…

Work is progressing at the site of the new carpenters and millwright training center at 700 Reno Drive, just east of General RV. The site can be viewed very easily…