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Service is April 9 for former Wayland man, hit and run victim
April 2, 2026
Power outage planned this month south of Wayland
April 1, 2026
Hopkins softball team manages only 1 hit in 11-0 loss
April 1, 2026
Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County
April 1, 2026
Researcher, author to talk at Leighton Library about tornadoes
April 1, 2026
Services will be Saturday, April 4, for Bill Talsma, 91
April 1, 2026
WHS grad named most improved for collegiate hoops squad
March 31, 2026
Viking boys win Hamilton track meet, girls take 2nd
March 31, 2026
Celebration of life May 2 is fund-raiser for Shaylee Torres
March 31, 2026
Local solar community grant awards announced
March 31, 2026
Safe Harbor to plant pinwheels throughout Allegan County
March 30, 2026
Hopkins grad homers twice in Glen Oaks softball victory
March 29, 2026
Celebrate a Taco Tuesday with some shredded chicken
March 29, 2026
Wayland Robotics team undefeated, captures district title
March 28, 2026
WHS senior wins Odyssey sponsored $500 award
March 28, 2026
‘Love for Lexi’ event to raise funds for cancer victim
March 27, 2026
WAEMS learns that former director died in Florida
March 27, 2026
Veteran Joseph Larson was laid to rest Friday
March 27, 2026
Four Dorr. Twp. trustee candidates interviewed by board
March 27, 2026
Funeral April 11 for Martin grad Danny Little, 76
March 26, 2026
Lady Viking softball team wins season opener 11-1
March 26, 2026
Wildcats, Vikings score points at Aquinas meet
March 26, 2026
Martin softball team quickly fashions 4-0 record
March 25, 2026
Hopkins bests Wildcats 3-1 in baseball season opener
March 25, 2026
Plan Commission OKs Sustainable Business Park project
March 25, 2026
Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County
March 25, 2026
Service for John VanGoor is Saturday in Moline
March 25, 2026
Wayland Ford’s moving plans take a step forward
March 25, 2026
Lady Clippers sweep doubleheader vs. BC Central
March 25, 2026
Dorr Twp. trustee vacancy to be filled Thursday
March 24, 2026
Wayland schools may re-evaluate fund-raising policy
March 24, 2026
Funeral will be April 25 for Gerald Napieralski of Dorr
March 23, 2026
Funeral arrangements pending for Rick Schafer of Hopkins
March 22, 2026
Corn fritters make a great treat or side dish
March 22, 2026
Wayland Robotics team runner-up in 1st competition
March 22, 2026
Hopkins guys take 2nd in GVSU Laker track challenge
March 21, 2026
Sustainable business park project on Planning agenda
March 20, 2026
Martin elementary student honored for saving a life with CPR
March 20, 2026
Dorr deputy supervisor proposal rejected by twp. board
March 20, 2026
German native Horst Kukulies dies at his Hopkins home
March 19, 2026
Dorr Township Board accepts nearly $2 million budget
March 19, 2026
Work begins a new dog park at the Rabbit River Trail
March 19, 2026
Wayland mayor lobbys Washington on behalf of trails
March 19, 2026
‘Intimate burial’ will be April 4 for WHS grad Don Engel
March 18, 2026
Martin High School grad Susan Sebright Tyler dies
March 18, 2026
Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County
March 18, 2026
Plan for new Mexican restaurant in Dorr is paused
March 18, 2026
Not again! 144th Ave. bridge struck by ‘too tall’ truck
March 17, 2026
Hopkins schools still preparing for May 5 bond issue
March 17, 2026
Wayland bowler finishes 14th in national competition
March 16, 2026
City Council makes decisions on street issues
March 16, 2026
Former Wildcat star hurler back from spring break
March 15, 2026
Crescent roll bread a welcome breakfast addition
March 15, 2026
Leighton firefighters honored at annual banquet
March 15, 2026
NE Allegan County endures high winds,3-hour power outage
March 13, 2026
WHS students explain life and death of Anne Frank
March 13, 2026
Leighton Twp. survives ‘Year of Living Dangerously’
March 12, 2026
Wayland students get closeup to professional musicians
March 12, 2026
Now 2 WHS music groups have achieved superior ratings
March 12, 2026
Two accessory buildings too much at 1 site?
March 12, 2026
Martin open house Monday to focus on proposed park
March 11, 2026
Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County
March 11, 2026
Former Wildcat football coach Gerry Diorio has died
March 11, 2026
NorthStar withdraws application for solar variance
March 10, 2026
Memorial visitation Saturday for Chuck Lindeman
March 10, 2026
Rainstorms threaten West Michigan Tuesday night
March 10, 2026
Monterey Plan Commission tables solar panel, battery issues
March 10, 2026
Wayland Twp. pleads poverty in denying requests
March 9, 2026
Former County Road Commissioner Bruce Culver dies
March 9, 2026
Funeral will be Thursday for Max Shook of Martin
March 9, 2026
Funeral mass will be Friday for Sgt. Ronald Spoors
March 9, 2026
Try colcannon during approach to St. Pat’s Day
March 8, 2026
Memorial service Tuesday for 10-month-old girl
March 8, 2026
Wayland’s Charity Laker takes 4th place in state mat tourney
March 7, 2026
Martin’s Haylen Buell wins 165-lb. state mat crown
March 7, 2026
Martin’s Torryn Harris named to all-SAC basketball team
March 7, 2026
Huge winning season for Hopkins girls comes to an end
March 6, 2026
Service Tuesday for Native American Vernita Weesaw
March 6, 2026
Electrical blackout planned for Thursday night, March 12
March 5, 2026
Local pickleball tourney winners announced
March 5, 2026
Watson enforcement officer wants slower traffic limits
March 5, 2026
Leprecons musicians preparing for busy St. Pat’s season
March 5, 2026
Remember to ‘spring ahead’ before Sunday morning
March 5, 2026
Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan Counrty
March 4, 2026
Lady Vikings have date with Otsego in district finals
March 4, 2026
Microsoft tries to explain data centers in Gaines Twp.
March 3, 2026
Microsoft terminates non-disclosure agreement with Dorr
March 3, 2026
Allegan Community Action announces utility crisis grant
March 3, 2026
Calling all, calling all… calling all history buffs
March 3, 2026
Dorr anthropologist, cabinet maker dies at age 78
March 3, 2026
City finance director leaving for Kentwood
March 3, 2026
All 3 girls’ hoops teams in action Wednesday in semis
March 2, 2026
Two Hopkins bond proposal forums are March 18, April 23
March 1, 2026
Slow Cooker Beef Tip Roast is a quick and easy dish
March 1, 2026
Vietnam veterans’ advocate Rex Greenawalt dies at 78
February 28, 2026
WHS bowler Louie Harnish 4th in 1st round of state tourney
February 28, 2026
Wayland High School concert band earns highest ratings
February 28, 2026
Four Wayland OM teams qualify for state competition
February 27, 2026
Dorr Twp. Board must appoint new trustee in 45 days
February 27, 2026
Questions for Microsoft about other data center proposals
February 27, 2026
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Heat, Covid, politics present school opening challenges

As if local school districts Martin, Wayland and Hopkins did not have enough challenges while opening for the school year, now comes oppressive heat that has closed some schools in…
Posted by Editor August 25, 2021
Posted inColumns

Continued Covid leaves me and family ‘languishing’

by Denise Dykstra This week I attended our school’s school board meeting.  They had some decisions that were being made and I wanted to hear what was going to happen.…
Posted by Editor August 24, 2021
Wayland schools studying newfangled teaching tool
Posted inArticles

Wayland schools studying newfangled teaching tool

The Wayland Union school district is examining an online application that promises students better access to virtual instruction. Wayland High School math teachers Linda Anderson Bensyl and Amy Nelson demonstrated…
Posted by Editor August 24, 2021
Posted inSports

Wildcats 2nd in both races at Wayland Invitational

The Grand Rapids Track Club Peregrines won both the boys’ and girls’ divisions of the season-opening Wayland Invitational cross-country meet Monday. GRTC had just 24 team points in the boys’…
Posted by Editor August 24, 2021
Posted inObituaries

Memorial service Sept. 25 for Hopkins’ Lee Swainston

Lee Swainston, patriarch of the longtime Hopkins family, died Friday, Aug. 20. He was 72. A 1967 graduate of Byron Center High School, he was a Hopkins area dairy farmer…
Posted by Editor August 23, 2021
Posted inObituaries

Celebration of life Monday for Debbie VanOflen, 66

Deborah “Debbie” Mae VanOflen, age 66, died Saturday, Aug. 21. While she couldn’t communicate in the traditional way because of her cerebral palsy, her smile, her expressions, and her eyes…
Posted by Editor August 23, 2021
Posted inObituaries

Service pending for Varano Electric owner Tom Varano

Thomas J. Varano, II, 51 of Dorr, died Saturday, Aug. 21, at Metro Health Hospital Born Oct.16, 1969,kj in Kalamazoo, he was the son of Geraldine “Jerri” Sinkler and the…
Posted by Editor August 23, 2021
Posted inSports

Wildcats get off to fast start in tennis with 8-0 victory

The Wayland High School boys' tennis team came out the gate fast for the start of the 2021 season by blanking Otsego in their home opener Monday night. Coach Ben Adams…
Posted by Editor August 23, 2021
Posted inArticles

Wayland schools’ parents protest K-6 mask order

Wayland Union Schools opened for a half day Monday, and despite the Allegan County Health Department’s order for all K-6 students to be masked up because of Covid, there were…
Posted by Editor August 23, 2021
Posted inColumns

Ramblin’ Road: So who’s to blame for shooting on pier?

by Phyllis McCrossin I observe people and things. It’s what I do. Even before becoming a journalist I would watch people and how they reacted to different things. I didn’t…
Posted by Editor August 23, 2021

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