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Presley Hudson owns CMU assists, 3s career records

Presley Hudson, a 2015 graduate of Wayland High School, was honored Saturday for becoming central Michigan University's all-time leader in assists and three-point field goals. She was acclaimed in a…

Editor November 18, 2018

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: We are powerless vs. gas prices

"If I could have my way. I'd get myself right up today, but I can't, so I'll cry instead." — The Beatles "There ain't nothin' I can do about it."…

Editor November 17, 2018

Community Notices

Carpenters, millwrights training center almost ready

Work is progressing at the site of the new carpenters and millwright training center at 700 Reno Drive, just east of General RV. The site can be viewed very easily…

Editor November 17, 2018

Community Notices

Local free food truck visit seems popular this month

The monthly free food truck served more than 300 people, more than a third of them children, Friday at the United Church of Wayland. Local organizers reported that the Feeding…

Editor November 17, 2018

Obituaries

Funeral will be Monday for Florence Jones of Hopkins

Florence Jones, 96, of Hopkins, died Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Laurels of Sandy Creek in Wayland. Born Feb. 8, 1922 in Burnips, she was the daughter of George and…

Editor November 17, 2018

Sports

WHS to have 3 new varsity coaches for spring sports

Wayland High School will have new girls' varsity soccer and girls' varsity tennis coached next spring, as well as new baseball coach Mike Huberty (see earlier story). Morgan Lee will…

Editor November 16, 2018

Community Notices

Minor injuries in rollover on U.S.-131 near Martin

First responders were dispatched in the early hours of Friday morning to the scene of a rollover on southbound U.S.-131 near the 56 mile marker, just north of Martin. Traffic…

Editor November 16, 2018

Community Notices

Delton woman, 77, dies in traffic crash on Patterson

A Delton area woman described as being in her 70s was killed in a traffic crash Thursday afternoon on Patterson Road in Wayland Township. Allegan County Sheriff's authorities indicated snowy…

Editor November 15, 2018

Editorial

‘Cleaners’ documentary shows wheat-chaff issue

ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. "I've seen the men, sir. Gawd, I wish I hadn't." — The Bonzo…

Editor November 15, 2018

Columns

Army Bob: We are not just tribes, we are Americans

Political holy grail is that the Republicans are practicing “tribalism.” What constitutes tribalism is once more what people want it to be. “Tribalism is the state of being organized by,…

Editor November 15, 2018