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Stop the presses! Shane won Wayland school board seat

As Yogi Berra so famously said long ago, “It’s not over until it’s over.” In yet another twist of election fate, it has been determined that an error in counting…

Editor November 24, 2020

Features

And so it begins… the white stuff of the season cometh

The first real snow of the season arrived Tuesday morning, with flurries dropping all over West Michigan. Though there has been some indications of cold precipitation earlier this month, today's…

Editor November 24, 2020

Articles

Wayland board president may have won vote after all

Wayland Board of Education President Cinnamon Mellema may have been elected to a second four-year term after all. First reports had her finishing fifth in a race for four open…

Editor November 24, 2020

Articles

Wayland schools proposed solar project still on hold

There were some misgivings about the proposed solar project expressed by members of the Wayland Board of Education Monday night. Patrick Poer and Kelly Hipskind, co-founders of SunfundED of Indianapolis,…

Editor November 23, 2020

Columns

Hamburger Soup provides a hearty, inexpensive meal

by Kathy Hamman Miller This Hamburger Soup recipe is tomato based and filled with ingredients for ease and convenience. It keeps hot long after the burner is shut off for…

Editor November 22, 2020

Columns

Ramblin’ Road: Goddess of repair delivers Karma to me

by Phyllis McCrossin As I’m writing this, it is a quiet Sunday afternoon. Well, it feels like an afternoon. It’s actually 11 a.m., but King is watching football, which back…

Editor November 22, 2020

Obituaries

Graveside service at Hooker Cemetery for Donald Peet

Donald Lynwood Peet, age 85, died Friday, Nov. 20. He was born on Dec. 28, 1934, in Allegan. He was preceded in death by his parents David Sr. and Marion…

Editor November 22, 2020

Articles

Back to the drawing board for Leighton road funding?

There are no plans now for any kind of revenue raising for Leighton Township roads in the wake of the failure Nov. 3 of the one-mill request. Citizens' Road Committee…

Editor November 21, 2020

Community Notices

GR man arrested in Wayland now faces cold case charge

A 44-year-old Grand Rapids man arrested for assault earlier this month in a domestic disturbance at a Wayland home now is a suspect in other cases through the use of…

Editor November 20, 2020

Features

Wayland NHS collects food for pantry, despite Covid

Wayland Union High School National Honor Society students held a food drive that ended early because of the Covid, but were still able to collect more than 200 canned goods…

Editor November 20, 2020