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Ambulance service is not under threat of bankruptcy

To the editor: Wayland Area Emergency Medical Services (WAEMS) has provided service to our neighbors for more than 40 years and will continue into the future. We are led by…

Editor February 15, 2020

Obituaries

Funeral will be Tuesday for Susan DeVries of Martin

Susan DeVries, age 54 of Martin, died Wednesday, Feb. 12. She was born March 9, 1965, in Grand Rapids, the daughter of Frederick and Ardith (TerHorst) Roodvoets. Sue was a…

Editor February 14, 2020

Sports

Another game without a starter, Lady ‘Cats lose at East GR

"If it wasn’t for bad luck," the Lady ‘Cats basketball team "wouldn’t have no luck at all." The Wayland girls had to play one of the top Class A teams…

Editor February 14, 2020

Sports

Hopkins guys make it 8 in a row with win over Rockets

Kelloggsville showed up at the Hopkins gym Friday night with just six players in uniform, but put up a brave fight in a 78-59 verdict. It was the Vikings’ eighth…

Editor February 14, 2020

Sports

Hopkins girls get revenge with defense vs. Rockets

A solid defensive effort and the depleted ranks of O-K Silver Conference co-leader Kelloggsville led to a girls’ basketball upset at Hopkins Friday night. The Vikings, who lost 55-39 at…

Editor February 14, 2020

Articles

Ambulance service seeks more local govt. funding

The Wayland Area Emergency Services Board is telling all members it needs more financial support to stay in business. The Leighton Township Board Thursday evening was the latest to be…

Editor February 14, 2020

Community Notices

Rev. Bonnie Simerly will retire April 26 at United Church

The Rev. Bonnie Simerly has announced she will retire this spring and leave the United Church of Wayland to return to Louisiana. She posted on Facebook today that she has…

Editor February 14, 2020

Features

Hopkins kindergartner’s art work featured in exhibit

Hopkins Elementary kindergartener Kade Byville's art work was exhibited in the Michigan Visual Arts Celebration Feb. 7-12. His piece was chosen for further adjudication at the state level The Visual…

Editor February 14, 2020

Columns

Barry Hastings: Trump challenges all our decency

Throughout the many years I’ve been writing for publication, I’ve periodically promised readers I’ll never knowingly tell them an untruth, a mistruth, or an outright lie. These days, I'm forced…

Editor February 13, 2020

Articles

Leighton Twp. plans to seek road millage Nov. 3

The Leighton Township Board has committed to making a request for extra road millage in the November general election. The board Thursday evening agreed to put a question on the…

Editor February 13, 2020