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WAEMS earns state grant for youth bicycle helmets

Wayland Area Emergency Services (WAEMS) personnel have announced that they have received a grant from the State of Michigan, Bureau of EMS, Trauma and Preparedness, for bicycle helmets for local…

Editor April 16, 2021

Editorial

Dems didn’t start the fire on federal revenue sharing

So municipalities in Allegan County soon will be getting a total of $22.9 million in the federal stimulus package, or American Rescue Plan signed into law last month by President…

Editor April 16, 2021

Community Notices

WHS grad Monday to open restaurant in Hastings

Wayland High School graduate Orland Smith is opening Bunker's Smokehouse & Grill in downtown Hastings Monday. The eatery is just one block away from State and Jefferson Streets, at 101…

Editor April 15, 2021

Articles

How will Leighton spend its federal stimulus check?

Steve Shoemaker, Leighton Township Planning Commissioner, appeared before the Township Board Thursday evening as a private citizen to ask what will be done with the $589,074 coming soon from the…

Editor April 15, 2021

Columns

Army Bob: Must we replace science with socialism?

by Robert M. Traxler In a recent editorial, the owner of this esteemed publication, a man we all need to thank for his darn near single-handed labor of love, the…

Editor April 15, 2021

Community Notices

Wayland man among those killed in Saturday crash

One of the three people killed in a traffic crash Saturday night in Wyoming was a 50-year-old Wayland man. Michigan State Police released the names of the three, identifying the…

Editor April 15, 2021

Obituaries

Daniel Carr dies at age 86 in Wayland nursing facility

Daniel D. Carr of Wayland, formerly of Otsego, died Wednesday, April 14, at the Laurels of Sandy Creek in Wayland. He was 86. He was born Nov. 7, 1934, in Plainwell,…

Editor April 15, 2021

Obituaries

No services set for Arlene Prater, 75, of Sandy Pines

Arlene Prater died of metastatic pancreatic cancer after celebrating her 75th birthday, and resided in Zeeland, Mich.,and Wesley Chapel, Fla. Throughout her battle with cancer , she worried daily about…

Editor April 15, 2021

Articles

Commissioner Cain wants stimulus to go to broadband

Allegan County Commissioner Rick Cain Wednesday evening told the Martin Township Board the county is receiving $23 million in the recent federal stimulus package. Cain said commissioners have had preliminary…

Editor April 14, 2021

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 — April 17, 1996 The Globe’s front page was graced by Wayland’s oldest…

Editor April 14, 2021