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Wayland man charged for taking, having pics of children

The Wayland Police Department has arrested a Wayland man on six counts of taking and possessing child sex abuse photos. Wayland department responded to a complainant residence in July, when…

Editor February 6, 2020

Community Notices

Public meeting Feb. 13 to discuss Bradley exit project

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), in partnership with the Gun Lake Tribe, will have a public meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, to discuss a 2020-21…

Editor February 6, 2020

Sports

Kennedy Gill rolls 277; Hopkins d. Rockets twice

Both Hopkins boys' and girls' varsity bowling teams walked away with wins Wednesday after at Brewhouse Lanes in Dorr against Kelloggsville High School. High scores for the girls team came…

Editor February 6, 2020

Columns

Army Bob: About Schiffting the ownership of Alaska

by Robert M. Traxler Folks, you can’t make this stuff up. U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (Democrat-California), a House of Representative Impeachment Manager, stated on the floor of the United States…

Editor February 6, 2020

Columns

One Small Voice: Romney is ‘the cheese stands alone’

by Lynn Mandaville “Today Mitt Romney is the cheese,” I said. “What?” my husband Dave asked me over the sound of the talking heads on the television. “Mitt Romney is…

Editor February 6, 2020

Columns

Barry Hastings: State of the Union told by pathological liar

by Barry Hastings The state of our union ... troubling (not to say shaky). Our President is a pathological liar. The Senate, sitting on some 400 bills sent them by the Houses of Representatives has bent…

Editor February 6, 2020

Obituaries

Celebration of Life will be Saturday for Jerry Daniel

Jerry Wayne Daniel of Wayland, died at his home Tuesday, Feb, 4, after a brief and difficult struggle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was born July 9, 1938, in Hughey, Tenn.,…

Editor February 6, 2020

Obituaries

Funeral is Monday for Bill Schaendorf, 79, of Dorr

William John Schaendorf, age 79, of Dorr, died Wednesday, Feb. 5. Bill had two passions in life. The first, building quality homes in West Michigan with more than 1,400 built…

Editor February 5, 2020

Columns

Ranger Rick: In praise of radio icon Rush Limbaugh

While at work in 1988, a friend said he just heard a person on the radio with a real conservative viewpoint. I laughed because was a recent convert to conservatism…

Editor February 5, 2020

Columns

Mark Wakeman: Memory of Kingston Trio is special

In November of 1958, when I was 11 years old, something happened that I was unaware of at the time, but would later prove to be a major factor in…

Editor February 5, 2020