Community Notices

A Women's Expo is planned in Hopkins for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 28, at the Hopkins Community Reformed Church. Barb Bennett, one the organizers, said more than…

The Allegan County Sheriff's Office Marine Division will conduct several boater safety courses this spring and summer. Persons who wish to operate a boat in the State of Michigan who…

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has US-131 both northbound and southbound lanes down to a single lane from Exit 49 to 55, from Plainwell to Martin. This situation will…

This is an unusual photo of 10-year-old Lilly Vanden Bosch of Dorr, who is in New York to receive an experimental treatment for a virus she contracted earlier this year…

Wayland High School competed in the Science Olympiad Region 10 contest Feb. 27 at Western Michigan University and recently received their awards. The 11 students who competed were Lynnsey Hooker,…

“13 The Musical” will be performed on stage at Hopkins Middle School Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 28, 29 and 30. The plot: “Evan Goldman is plucked from his fast…

The roller coaster ride that has characterized so much the life of seven-month-old Kinsley Zondervan, daughter of Steeby Elementary teacher Kristiana and Wayland Board of Education member Pete Zondervan, has…

There has been more than a little bit of chatter on Facebook over the past couple of days about Hilliards Lounge being closed at its location on 135th Avenue and…

The United Church of Wayland Saturday evening was host for a special murder-mystery dinner. The fund-raising event collected more than $1,000 for Sylvia's Place in Allegan, a shelter for victims…

Because of reports of numerous slideoffs northbound on U.S.-131 Saturday morning, authorities had to shut down the freeway  between Wayland and Dorr exits. Keli Bandoske-Yonkers, who snapped this photo, said,…