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Most Gun Lake Winterfest events will be on Feb. 15

Most of the activities for the annual Gun Lake Winterfest celebration will take place through hout the day Saturday, Feb. 15, but a couple of events are planned for Wednesday,…

Editor February 1, 2020

Editorial

We must be proactive on climate change, like Y2K

To the editor: Thanks for providing a forum for news and discussion. A week or so ago you had a column on climate change. I read it several times to…

Editor February 1, 2020

Sports

Wildcat boys and girls both suffer defeats at Lowell

It's a difficult realization to swallow, but the Wayland girls' varsity basketball team very definitely struggles without star 6-2 junior pivot Stephanie Ainsworth. The Lady Wildcats were on the short…

Editor January 31, 2020

Sports

Martin girls outlast Coloma; boys falter down stretch

Sophomore Gracie Shettler and junior Natalie Yowler came off the bench and sparked the Martin girls’ varsity basketball team to a hard-fought 45-36 victory Friday night over a surprisingly competitive…

Editor January 31, 2020

Columns

Basura: The Beach Doctor conquers sea urchin bites

“Help! I need somebody! Help, not just anybody. Won’t you please, please, help me?” — The Beatles, 1965 My uncle, a Korean War vet, asked me the other day if…

Editor January 31, 2020

Articles

WAEMS Board working on 5-year restructuring plan

The Wayland Area Emergency Services ambulance operations are the busiest ever and personnel are scrambling to keep up with costs and demands. Penny Post, who represents Dorr Township on the…

Editor January 30, 2020

Community Notices

Man in Ethan Mutschler’s traffic death gets 1 year

Colter Rounds, the motorist who caused a traffic crash that killed 17-year-old Wayland High School student Ethan Mutschler has been sentenced to a year in jail. Rounds also was ordered…

Editor January 30, 2020

Articles

Wayland’s supt. search begins with seeking input

The search for a successor to retiring Wayland Union Schools Supt. Norman Taylor began in earnest Thursday afternoon and evening with a couple of “public input sessions.” Dr. Rodney Green…

Editor January 30, 2020

Columns

Army Bob: Rep. Adam Schiff has become a media deity

by Robert M. Traxler In researching this column, I Googled Representative Adam Bennet Schiff, (D-Ca.) and got page after page of hero worship by the media; to sum up the…

Editor January 30, 2020

Sports

Lady Viking bowlers still unbeaten in conference

The Hopkins girls' varsity bowling team continues to roll undefeated in the O-K Silver Conference. The Lady Vikings defeated Kent City on a non-league dual match Monday and then bested…

Editor January 29, 2020