Community Notices

Wildflower Grace artisan market opens next month

Wildflower Grace, an artisan market and boutique will open next month at 106 W. Superior St. in downtown Wayland. The new business, owned jointly by Joy Stuive, Billie Redder and…

Editor March 3, 2021

Community Notices

Covid vaccine clinic links cheaters create cuts in line

There is some confusion about whether the Coronavirus pandemic threat indeed is lessening or just getting ready to take off again in West Michigan. Signs still point to positive developments.…

Editor March 2, 2021

Community Notices

Exit No. 61 on expressway closed for M-179 project

Highway reconstruction has begun on M-179 overpass from Exit No. 61 on the U.S.-131 expressway east beyond the Gun Lake Casino site. The Gun Lake Tribe, owners of the casino,…

Editor March 1, 2021

Community Notices

Area firefighters, animal control rescue horse in pond

Allegan County Animal Control officers and members of the Yankee Springs-Wayland Fire Department Friday morning responded to a distress call from a Wayland Township to rescue a horse that fell…

Editor February 26, 2021

Community Notices

Mason Drozd wins regional spelling bee championship

Wayland Union Middle School eighth-grader Mason Drozd won the the 2021 Allegan County Spelling Bee championship and qualified for the Greater Grand Rapids Spelling Bee at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday March…

Editor February 24, 2021

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County Covid deaths jump to 118, but signs positive

The number of Coronavirus cases reported in Allegan County continues to decline, but the death toll in the last week increased from 110 to 118. The average number of cases…

Editor February 22, 2021

Community Notices

Monterey Twp. man’s trial for murder begins in Allegan

Dennis Bowman, 71, of Monterey Township, who admitted killing a woman in Virginia 40 years ago, was in Allegan County District Court to face charges of murdering his 14-year-old adopted…

Editor February 22, 2021

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Hopkins schools’ dropoff, pickup procedures change

Hopkins Public Schools officials have announced adjustments for student drop off/pickup procedures in preparation for the return of all students Monday, March 8. The changes will first occur on Monday,…

Editor February 21, 2021

Community Notices

The snowstorm: Just how bad was it in these parts?

It was the largest snow dump in more than two years Monday night and Tuesday morning in this area, closing Hopkins, Martin and Wayland schools. Wayland had just spent its…

Editor February 16, 2021

Community Notices

Area firefighters battle cold, blaze at Cobb Lake location

A structural fire at a Cobb Lake residence Saturday in Yankee Springs Township resulted in a total loss, but no one was in injured. Firefighters from Leighton Township department, Martin…

Editor February 14, 2021