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Zondervans seek help from public in daughter’s health crisis

Wayland Board of Education member Pete Zondervan and his wife, Kristiana Kay, continue to deal with their daughter Kinsley's serious health issues since she was born last Sept. 3. Kinsley,…

Editor April 7, 2016

Columns

Army Bob: It’s politically correct these days to hate the rich

by Robert M. Traxler Quite frankly I must admit to being confused with the apparent hypocrisy of at least one of the Democrats running for President of the United States.…

Editor April 7, 2016

Articles

Watson Township to consider Johnsons’ planning bid

The Watson Township Board will evaluate a proposal from Tim Johnson of Main Street Planners to provide planning services for the township. Johnson, who re-started Main Street with his wife,…

Editor April 7, 2016

Articles

Watson Township adopts budget with healthy fund balance

The Watson Township Board adopted a balanced 2016-17 fiscal year budget of $218,850 in both revenue and expenditures after a public hearing Thursday night. Township Treasurer Sue Jones reported the…

Editor April 7, 2016

Articles

Watson Twp. sticks with dust control service at higher cost

EDITOR"S NOTE: The original story published last Thursday night reported an incorrect figure for the cost of paving 122nd Avenue. The total cost will be $483,780. The Watson Township Board…

Editor April 7, 2016

Obituaries

Service will be Tuesday for Randall Lee Postma, 58

Randall Lee Postma, age 58, died Wednesday, April 6. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Cindy (Borowka) Postma; children, Marcy (Nate) Zylstra, Nicole (Mike) Augustine, and Rick…

Editor April 7, 2016

Columns

Democrary Tree: Perrigo among Michigan offshore tax cheats

As reporters pore over the recently leaked “Panama Papers”, searching the massive document dump for names familiar here in the U.S., the Obama administration used the occasion to push for…

Editor April 7, 2016

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 210

25 Years Ago — April 10, 1991 VanSolkema Farms has been ordered to pay $16,000 in civil penalties and for damages in the 1989 “chemical drift” killing of about 2,000…

Editor April 6, 2016

Articles

Distracted driving is growing problem causing traffic crashes

With more than 3,000 people killed nationwide in distracted-affected crashes in 2012, the Michigan State Police (MSP) seeks to educate the public about the dangers of distracted driving. According to…

Editor April 6, 2016

Columns

Basura: I made the Marine tennis team in Hawaii, for awhile

“Contrariness;” continued Tweedledum, “if it was so, it might be; and, if it were so, it must be; but, if it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.” — Lewis Carroll, Through…

Editor April 5, 2016