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WAEMS Manager Bob Hess to retire next summer

Bob Hess, longtime general manager of Wayland Area Emergency Services (WAEMS) plans to retire next summer. The Martin Township Board Wednesday evening learned of this development from Sarah Lynema, who…

Editor August 10, 2022

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 11, 1997 New asphalt has arrived for application on North Main…

Editor August 10, 2022

Community Notices

Fatal accident reported on Marsh Road near Martin

Troopers from the Wayland post of the Michigan State Police are investigating a fatal accident near Martin Wednesday. Troopers said a person has died after being hit by a vehicle…

Editor August 10, 2022

Community Notices

Freda’s Fish Fry closes eatery at Gun lake location

Alicia Thorpe and Freda's Fish Fry at its downtown Wayland location about a decade ago. Freda's Fish Fry, the restaurant that got into trouble about seven years ago for having…

Editor August 10, 2022

Editorial

Opportunity knocked, but ‘It’s Too Late’ for Wayland

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “But it’s too late, baby, now it’s too late, though we really did…

Editor August 9, 2022

Columns

Farmers Market in Martin is Jake’s dream come true

Jake Dykstra and his wares at Martin's first Farmers Market. by Denise Dykstra My husband was able to see one of his dreams come true this past weekend. Jake Dykstra…

Editor August 9, 2022

Community Notices

Sam Ball to succeed Supt. Ballee-Stone at Martin

Samantha Ball Brooke Ballee-Stone Brooke Ballee-Stone, superintendent of Martin Public Schools for the past three years, will step down effective Sept. 1 and Samantha Ball, current chief financial officer, will…

Editor August 9, 2022

Obituaries

Service Thursday for plane crash victim David Peahl

David Tyson Peahl, 70, of Wayland, died in a plane crash near South Haven Tuesday, Aug. 2. He spent his childhood surrounded by his close-knit family on Lake Minnetonka; a…

Editor August 9, 2022

Obituaries

Funeral will be Thursday for Clayton Meyer of Dorr

Clayton Dewey Meyer, 75, of Dorr, died late Saturday morning, Aug. 6, at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids. Clayton served in the U.S. Army. He could be simply described…

Editor August 9, 2022

Articles

Wayland Schools to ask for bond OK again next May

The Wayland Board of Education plans to seek voters’ approval for a bond proposal in May 2023 in the wake of the ballot defeat Aug. 2. Supt. Tim Reeves and…

Editor August 8, 2022