Community Notices

Hopkins Hall of Fame coach Mick Francis battles cancer

Longtime Hopkins High School football and softball coach Mick Francis is in the fight for his life after diagnosis last January of an advanced stage of cancer. Francis, who was…

Editor June 14, 2018

Community Notices

City unhappy with Wayland Family Dentistry’s sign

Wayland City officials are starting to get a bit impatient with Robinson Dental Care over a sign on West Superior Street in front of Wayland Family Dentistry. The structure is…

Editor June 12, 2018

Community Notices

Town & Country to replace Weick’s Foodtown, Gun Lake

The ownership of Weick's Foodtown at Gun Lake is changing hands this week. The grocery store will be closed Tuesday to complete inventory and change of signs, then reopen for…

Editor June 11, 2018

Community Notices

Authorities believe body is that of missing Delton man

Barry County Sheriff's authorities believe they may have found the body of a Delton area man reported missing last month. A body was found in a wooded area not far…

Editor June 11, 2018

Community Notices

Chris Rupke wins Brenner Outstanding Teacher award

Chris Rupke (left) has been selected as this year's winner of the Katheryn Lorraine Brenner Outstanding Teacher Award. Rupke is an elementary art teacher. The honor is bestowed annually in…

Editor June 8, 2018

Community Notices

Authorities ask for help finding missing Delton man

by Austin Marsman The Barry County Sheriff's Department, family, and friends are asking for help to find a missing Delton man. David Lukins has not been heard from since Sunday,…

Editor June 8, 2018

Community Notices

Wayland teachers’ 4.5% pay increase seen as overdue

The some 160 teachers in the Wayland Union Schools will get a 4.5% pay increase in the 2018-19 academic year and a 2.5% bump in the following year. Wayland school…

Editor June 7, 2018

Community Notices

Gun Lake Tribe’s local spring payments over $2 million

The Gun Lake Tribe has announced local revenue sharing payments this spring have amounted to more than $2 million in casino money. The State of Michigan received $4,268,003, the Local Revenue…

Editor June 7, 2018

Community Notices

Construction projects at WHS start later this month

Wayland Union Schools will begin construction on projects at the high school in mid-June. The projects are part of the $19.25 million bond passed by voters in November 2017. …

Editor June 7, 2018

Community Notices

Second applicant expressing interest in city council post

Word on the street is that a second candidate may be applying for the soon to be vacant seat on the Wayland City Council. Councilwoman Jennifer Antel was circulating a…

Editor June 5, 2018