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Services Friday for longtime Wayland resident Marian Longstreet

Longtime Wayland resident Marian Longstreet died Sunday, Sept. 6. She was 90 years old and would have celebrated her 91st on Sept. 24. Marian was a member of the Wayland…

Editor September 8, 2015

Articles

Wayland teachers’ pay 4th lowest among 15 schools in area sample

Veteran Kalamazoo Gazette education reporter Julie Mack this week had a story published on MLive about teachers' salaries, as public schools begin the 2015-16 academic year. However, the data she…

Editor September 8, 2015

Columns

Ranger Rick: Do the science — Mother Earth is starting to cool

President Obama, armed with the speculation of “thousands of scientists” with scientific “consensus” the world is coming to an end because of Global Warming, er, Global Climate Change, or whatever…

Editor September 8, 2015

Columns

Democracy Tree: Do-nothing legislature’s approval ratings tanking

by Amy Kerr Hardin Blame, only where blame is due As predicted, the dog and pony show known as the Courser-Gamrat Affair is slated to suck all the oxygen out…

Editor September 7, 2015

Articles

Daughter of board member, teacher faces serious health issues

Wayland Board of Education member Pete Zondervan and his wife, Kristiana Kay, have had a difficult week since the birth Sept. 3 of their daughter, Kinsley Kristiana, a third grade…

Editor September 7, 2015

Columns

Monday Moanin’: College good investment only if you’re a bank

By Jeff Salisbury JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com Michigan high school juniors, like my grandson Auston, will be the first to take the SAT college admission standardized test next spring instead of the ACT. The switch,…

Editor September 6, 2015

Columns

The Muck Starts Here: Brits search for answers 12 years late

It has been six years since British Prime Minister Gordon Brown asked civil servant Sir John Chilcot to conduct an investigation into how Britain was led to join us in…

Editor September 6, 2015

Sports

O-K Gold, Silver, SAC football standings, roundup for week 3

Week Three — Overall records for the football teams in the O-K Gold, O-K Silver and Southwestern Athletic Conferences. Ottawa-Kent Gold Ottawa-Kent Silver GR Catholic Central…

Editor September 5, 2015

Obituaries

Visitation will be Wednesday, Sept. 9, for Greg Barney, 57

Greg Barney, age 57, of Wayland, died Wednesday, Sept. 2. He is survived by his loving sister Carolyn Bromer, good friends and his co-workers at Action Packaging. The family will…

Editor September 4, 2015

Obituaries

Longtime nurse Catherine Schrier dies days before 100th birthday

Catherine Elizabeth Seymoure Schrier (Betty) of Shelbyville died Thursday, Sept. 3. She was only 11 days shy of her 100th birthday. Born in Graybill, Ind., on Sept. 14, 1915, Betty…

Editor September 4, 2015