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Lady Wildcat bowlers collect toys for underprivileged kids for holidays

The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team has been doing very well on the lanes, and this holiday season they're doing well for the community with a toy drive for gifts…

Editor December 22, 2015

Features

Leighton Fire Dept. veteran of 20 years Dave VanPutten retires

Dave Putten this past week retired from the Leighton Township Fire Department after serving for 20 years. He is moving on to work at Dutton. He was given this cake…

Editor December 21, 2015

Articles

City treasurer, staff receive praise for clean audit, healthy finances

Wayland City Treasurer Cheri Parrish earned high praise again from the auditor for her work on the city’s finances. Peter Woldman, audior from Gabridge & Company of Grand Rapids, told…

Editor December 21, 2015

Articles

City’s application for rec trail grant turned down for a 3rd time

The Michigan Department of Transportation has informed the City of Wayland that its third application for a grant to help build and pave a recreational trail along the north-south interurban…

Editor December 21, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcats punish young, inexperienced Sparta group, 70-36

Wayland’s girls’ basketball game against a young and struggling Sparta team Monday afternoon was over after the first quarter. The Lady Wildcats exploited that youth and inexperience with full-court pressure…

Editor December 21, 2015

Columns

Monday Moanin: Gov. Snyder responsible for water tragedy in Flint

By Jeff Salisbury TV political commentator Rachel Maddow reports on the poisoning of Flint, Michigan residents when their water supply was switched, and shows explicitly how responsibility for the tragedy…

Editor December 20, 2015

Columns

The Muck Starts Here: Why not just ban sales of drones and lasers?

by Barry Hastings While our idiot government is messing its collective pants over drones and lasers threatening the safety of passenger aircraft near just about every airport (often hundreds of…

Editor December 20, 2015

Sports

Wildcat boys’ bowling team captures 3rd place at Cedar Springs tourney

After a grueling four straight days of bowling, the Wayland boys' varsity bowling team still managed to bring home third place out of 14 teams competing in the Cedar Springs…

Editor December 19, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcats set records while winning Cedar Springs championship

"I keep saying, 'If this team ever finally realizes how good they really are, they'll be very dangerous.' Well, guess who finally the figured out how good they are?" These…

Editor December 19, 2015

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Sometimes getting information is like pulling teeth

“I’ve always depended on the kindness of strangers.” — Blanche DuBois in “A Streetcar Named Desire.” This past Friday night was one of the most difficult and challenging for me…

Editor December 19, 2015