Community Notices

Cars2Go building to be razed, but replacement uncertain

August 2, 2017

City Manager Tim McLean confirmed this week that the building that formerly housed Wayland Chevrolet and Cars2Go will be demolished. However, he said despite inquiries and rumors about it being replaced by a restaurant, there are no plans for the site as yet. It currently includes the building and plenty...

Dorr Township Treasurer honored for statistician services

August 1, 2017

Dorr Township Treasurer Jim Martin is being honored this year as a "Friend of Basketball" by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan, one of about a dozen to receive the recognition. Martin is being acknowledged for his role as a statistician and scorekeeper for Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School for...

Retro Room 1st business in new battle vs. ‘Corner Curse’

July 31, 2017

Wayland's newest downtown business continues the more than four decades battle against "The Corner Curse." The Retro Room, a place to buy and sell old recordings and electronics devices plans to have a grand opening Sept. 2 at 102 W. Superior St., where the historic Gurney's IGA building stood until...

Shear Concepts buys former Goodwill donation site

July 31, 2017

The Goodwill Donation Center at 1124 W. Superior St. in Wayland is closing and Shear Concepts next door has purchased the building. A phone call to the donation center, which has been open for seven years, produced a message that the phone at the site has been disconnected and its...

Martin Reformed Church youth serve in Kentucky

July 30, 2017

by Austin Marsman Martin Reformed Church sent 21 teens and adults on a week-long mission trip in Neon, Ky., earlier this month. After a day of travel, the group arrived Sunday evening, July 25, in the heart of Appalachia. Martin Reformed shared the volunteer camp with Emmanuel Lutheran Church from...

Fire destroys utility barn in Leighton Twp. near Caledonia

July 28, 2017

Fire destroyed a utility barn Friday morning after the structure caught fire in Leighton Township near Caledonia. No one was reported injured but the barn and its contents were a total loss, Leighton Township firefighters indicated. They were called to scene at about 10 a.m. on 108th Street at the border between Allegan...

City Council contest will be 4 for 3 seats in November

July 28, 2017

A challenger has decided to join the race for three Wayland City Council seats in the November general election. Sheryl Hamilton, who has been employed for the last six years by the Gun Lake Casino, will be on the ballot, along with incumbents Rick Mathis, Jennifer Antel and Lisa Banas,...

Downtown Wayland streets get patchwork paving done

July 27, 2017

There have been a lot of "road closed" signs displayed around the downtown Wayland area this week as crews have completed paving for patches of North Main and West Superior streets that were in a state of disrepair. The city's projects for this year appear to be finished, including 133rd...

Preliminary hearing is Aug. 28 for N.C. woman in fatal crash

July 27, 2017

A North Carolina woman charged in the traffic crash death of Alexis Danielle Brown-Johnson, 15, in Wayland Township last March has been scheduled for a preliminary hearing in August. Alyssa Kay Stark, 20, of Mebane, N.C., who was living in Grand Rapids at the time of the March 19 incident, has been with operating...

WHS grad Kyle Pitcher hired to direct Goshen orchestra

July 26, 2017

Wayland High School graduate Kyle Pitcher has been selected as director of the fifth and sixth grade orchestra at Goshen High School in Indiana. Pitcher, son of Roger and Renee Pitcher of Wayland, recently earned his bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University. He plays bass in an area pop/jazz/folk musical...

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