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The Muck Starts Here: Our founding fathers weren’t particularly religious

by Barry Hastings Contrary to the belief of many (not most) American citizens, this nation was founded on a political, not a religious basis, as witnessed by Article 6, Section…

Editor November 29, 2015

Articles

Dorr girl, 10, recuperating in hospital after bone marrow transplant

Ten-year-old Lilly Vanden Bosch of Dorr is recuperating today at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids after undergoing a bone marrow transplant. Lilly was diagnosed two years ago with…

Editor November 29, 2015

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 193

EDITOR’S NOTE: Because of generosity of longtime history maven Linda Stoepker, who opened at the doors of the Then & Now historical library Saturday afternoon, there is a “Bygone Days”…

Editor November 28, 2015

Community Notices

Unusual on-line ‘confession’ explains power outage at Reno Drive

Power was out along Reno Drive for more than an hour Friday evening, affecting Harding's Market and Do-It-Best Hardware. The cause of out the outage was "confessed" on Facebook by…

Editor November 27, 2015

Obituaries

Funeral for Bob Nakken, 77, will be Monday at Wayland Calvary Church

Robert L. Nakken, age 77, of Wayland, died Wednesday, Nov. 25. Bob retired after 36 years as a tool and die maker from General Motors. He drove school bus for…

Editor November 27, 2015

Features

Hopkins Girl Scout’s recycling project for a bench is a success

Heidi Gilder, a student in the Hopkins school district, has realized her goal of collecting enough plastic caps and lids to make a bench that will be donated to a…

Editor November 27, 2015

Columns

Army Bob: Blame terrorism on perpetrators, not on fossil fuels

Democratic presidential primary candidate Senator Bernie Sanders has said global warming is to blame for the existence of international Islamic terrorism. History is a teacher, a map that instructs us…

Editor November 26, 2015

Editorial

Incompetent State Legislature outdoes itself with new roads plan

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Just when I thought this State Legislature couldn’t do anything worse than it already…

Editor November 26, 2015

Community Notices

Elite Auto Clinic buys Estelle Automotive Gun Lake repair business

Ownership of the Elite Auto Clinic of Gun Lake auto repair shop has changed hands, with Matt Dykstra (right) taking over from Walter Estelle of Estelle Automotive. Dykstra, a lifetime…

Editor November 26, 2015

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Paul Henry’s death tragic in more than one way

Perhaps one of the most infuriating comments I’ve made and continue to make is: “If Republican A. Hitler ran against Democrat J. Christ in a West Michigan political contest, A.…

Editor November 25, 2015