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Funeral is Saturday for Corey Lake, 47
May 8, 2025
Public can’t seem to stop rigged political revolving door
May 7, 2025
Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
May 7, 2025
Bunker Hill restaurant to close on May 14
May 7, 2025
Judge Baillargeon says he’ll retire Aug. 1
May 7, 2025
Veyda Conley sets Martin 1600-meter record again
May 6, 2025
WHS Class of ’25 top students honored
May 6, 2025
Jessica Bredweg is new WHS volleyball coach
May 6, 2025
Green Wildcats sweep Red Wildcat opponent
May 6, 2025
Service May 7 for local community activist
May 5, 2025
Viking hurler tosses no-hit gem vs. Belding
May 5, 2025
WHS boys in driver’s seat for Gold track title
May 5, 2025
City to spend more than it takes in in 2025-26
May 5, 2025
King & I: Meditation on Derby Day, Tulip Time
May 5, 2025
Dodge Ram sought in hit-and-run crash
May 5, 2025
Celebration of life will be May 24 at VFW for Jo Ann Carpenter
May 5, 2025
Mass of Christian burial is May 12 for Maxine Gordon
May 4, 2025
Sloppy Joe Casserole Bake for a dish to pass
May 4, 2025
Funeral is June 11 for Dennis Muczynski
May 4, 2025
Wildcat softball team suffers upset at TK
May 4, 2025
Track invite Hopkins vs. Wayland war
May 3, 2025
Wildcat jayvees win 2nd straight tourney
May 3, 2025
Three WHS seniors earn Biliteracy seal
May 3, 2025
WHS honors choir takes part in solo-ensemble festival
May 3, 2025
Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
May 3, 2025
GoFundMe to help liver cancer victim with surgery costs
May 2, 2025
Frosh golfer paces Martin to 3 victories
May 2, 2025
Private family service set for Roger Potter
May 2, 2025
WHS grad finishes 3rd in college track meet
May 1, 2025
Watson Super agrees local housing in crisis
May 1, 2025
Army Bob: Fair trade a global economy need
May 1, 2025
Service Saturday for Margaret Myers, 102
May 1, 2025
Conley, Morin, Schipper have good track days for Martin
April 30, 2025
Wildcats keep on rolling in sweep of TK
April 30, 2025
WHS is host for ‘job fair’ for grades 10-12
April 30, 2025
‘Bygone Days’ to be delayed until Saturday
April 30, 2025
Public safety exercise set at Hopkins High
April 30, 2025
Buell shines again in Martin twin bill split
April 30, 2025
Hopkins band wins top ratings in state event
April 30, 2025
Viking lads suffer 1st loss, girls still perfect
April 29, 2025
High winds make fire danger even worse
April 29, 2025
Funeral will be May 1 for Marilyn Schurkamp
April 29, 2025
Vikings split 2 very different ballgames
April 28, 2025
Memorial service May 2 for Marion Ballard
April 28, 2025
WHS grad a legislative staffer in Mich. Senate
April 28, 2025
Veyda Conley breaks another Martin record
April 28, 2025
WHS vows to make Color Run annual event
April 28, 2025
My grandma called sloppy joe ‘lippy lappy’
April 28, 2025
King & I: Spring arrival also brings us hope
April 27, 2025
Service is April 30 for Connie Hoskinson, 70
April 27, 2025
Don’t be fooled by latest ballot proposal
April 26, 2025
Wildcat softball team goes 2 for 3 in tourney
April 26, 2025
Wayland Farmers Market season opens
April 26, 2025
Hopkins, Wayland flex track muscle in relays
April 26, 2025
Traffic incidents keep rescue personnel busy
April 26, 2025
Lady Wildcats sweep 2nd straight twin bill
April 25, 2025
Funeral April 29 for Helen Leep of Martin
April 25, 2025
Martin track teams lose 2 in double dual
April 25, 2025
Service will be May 5 for Jim Sebright, 83
April 24, 2025
Hopkins takes 2 wins from nonleague foe Zeeland East
April 24, 2025
Dorr Twp. doubles down on golf cart ban
April 24, 2025
Capturing Kids’ Hearts honor won by Steeby
April 24, 2025
Army Bob: We must reform higher education funding
April 24, 2025
Memorial service May 31 for Hopkins native
April 24, 2025
Vikings’ depth subdues 3 track opponents
April 23, 2025
Lady Wildcats sweep South Christian to seize lead in Gold
April 23, 2025
‘Cat girls, boys enjoy 2 wins in track openers
April 23, 2025
Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
April 23, 2025
Martin sweeps twin bill in softball with Galesburg-Augusta
April 23, 2025
Vikings tie, then lose in twin bill showdown
April 23, 2025
Service Saturday for dirt mover Al Trusch
April 23, 2025
Wayland City Park is getting new flooring
April 22, 2025
Grey Castello named Hopkins top firefighter
April 22, 2025
King & I: In Mich. We return to a simple life
April 21, 2025
New bat houses due on Rabbit River trail
April 21, 2025
Tech Vikes wins silver medal in world robotics
April 21, 2025
Retired air traffic controller dies at 60
April 21, 2025
Here’s smaller version of monster cookies recipe
April 20, 2025
Are the Bernie-AOC rallies the real deal?
April 19, 2025
State-ranked Eskimos quiet Wildcat offense
April 19, 2025
Celebration of life is May 10 for Ronda Kelly
April 19, 2025
Community journalist Jean Gallup dies at 91
April 19, 2025
Wildcat boys and girls 5th in Allegan meet
April 18, 2025
Lady Vikings swept by state-rated Vicksburg
April 18, 2025
Man who fired gun in Dorr eludes sheriff’s officers
April 18, 2025
Lady Vikings hope clutch hits continue
April 18, 2025
Martin softball wins 1, delayed on nightcap
April 18, 2025
Clippers’ Buell hurls 5-inning perfect game
April 18, 2025
Vikings enjoy a good day in track openers
April 17, 2025
Lady Wildcats settle for split against Jenison
April 17, 2025
Leighton Twp. gives Rhino Seed a tax break
April 17, 2025
Martin frosh shoots 80 in Enyart golf tourney
April 17, 2025
Army Bob: Short term pain for long-term gain
April 17, 2025
Dorr Twp. Library to welcome 19 authors
April 17, 2025
Conley wins 2, Martin girls split tri-meet
April 16, 2025
Dorr Plan Commission OKs rezoning request
April 16, 2025
Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
April 16, 2025
No service planned for Tamie Parfait-Sevigny
April 16, 2025
WHS grad paints mural for Dorr Elementary
April 16, 2025
Mass for Charlene Tolhurst will be April 24
April 16, 2025
Posted inCommunity Notices

WHS grad Baily Sopjes enrolls in med school at MSU

Baily Sopjes, a 2013 graduate of Wayland High School and the daughter of Jack and Erin Sopjes of Dorr, has enrolled at the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.…
Posted by Editor June 16, 2017
Posted inColumns

One Small Voice: Congressman Scalise may suffer mightily

by Lynn Mandaville A little over 48 hours ago, one James Hodgkinson decided that the appropriate redress of his (unknown to us) grievances was to shoot down Republican congressmen who were…
Posted by Editor June 16, 2017
Army Bob: Trump was right to pull out of Paris Accords
Posted inColumns

Army Bob: Trump was right to pull out of Paris Accords

by Robert M. Traxler President Donald Trump took us out of the Paris Climate Accord; the folks in the "anti-everything our President does" crowd are harping and carping overtime. We…
Posted by Editor June 16, 2017
Posted inArticles

Dems had majority in Dorr Twp. less than a decade ago

Once upon a time, Dorr Township was an island of Democrats in a sea of Republicans in Allegan County. Those days are gone. To be sure, there have been pockets…
Posted by Editor June 15, 2017
Hate-filled rhetoric fuels troubling incidents like shooting
Posted inEditorial

Hate-filled rhetoric fuels troubling incidents like shooting

To the editor: A person shot up a baseball practice in the Washington D.C. area; not surprising, the target was a team made up of Republican members of the House…
Posted by Editor June 15, 2017
Posted inCommunity Notices

Hopkins Township barn fire kills more than a dozen cattle

Several animals were killed in a barn fire early Thursday morning at Ybema Farms in Hopkins Township. Authorities indicated the fire started overnight by some kind of electrical spark. Local firefighters…
Posted by Editor June 15, 2017
Posted inFeatures

Finally! Clouds portend that a hard rain’s a gonna fall

Randy Maynard took this photo of the swirl of clouds over the overpass at U.S.-131 and 144th Avenue just north of Dorr on Wednesday evening. It wasn't long afterward that…
Posted by Editor June 14, 2017
Posted inArticles

Martin Twp. adopts $800,000 budget for fiscal year 2017-18

The Martin Township Board Wednesday night adopted a budget of more than $800,000 after holding a truth in taxation hearing. The board chose to levy the maximum amount of 0.8625…
Posted by Editor June 14, 2017
Posted inFeatures

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

25 Years Ago — June 17, 1992 Leighton Township Supervisor Dar VanderArk has outlined a proposal to fund road paving and improvement projects, very similar to the one used by…
Posted by Editor June 14, 2017
Posted inArticles

City Plan Commission tables decision on PERC zoning

The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening after a public hearing tabled a proposal to eliminate Planned Enterprise Residential Cluster (PERC) zoning designation. Only four of the seven commissioners were…
Posted by Editor June 13, 2017

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