Community Notices

Dorr Township Treasurer honored for statistician services

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.…

Editor August 1, 2017

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

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…

Editor July 31, 2017

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Shear Concepts buys former Goodwill donation site

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…

Editor July 31, 2017

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Martin Reformed Church youth serve in Kentucky

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…

Editor July 30, 2017

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Fire destroys utility barn in Leighton Twp. near Caledonia

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,…

Editor July 28, 2017

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City Council contest will be 4 for 3 seats in November

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…

Editor July 28, 2017

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Downtown Wayland streets get patchwork paving done

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…

Editor July 27, 2017

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

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,…

Editor July 27, 2017

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WHS grad Kyle Pitcher hired to direct Goshen orchestra

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…

Editor July 26, 2017

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Hopkins man injured in farm accident in Zeeland Township

A 24-year-old Hopkins man was listed in fair condition at an area hospital Saturday after being injured in a farming accident near Hudsonville. Authorities have reported Jacob Elzinga was operating a boom…

Editor July 22, 2017