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Chris Rupke wins Brenner Outstanding Teacher award

Chris Rupke (left) has been selected as this year's winner of the Katheryn Lorraine Brenner Outstanding Teacher Award. Rupke is an elementary art teacher. The honor is bestowed annually in…

Editor June 8, 2018

Editorial

Sincerely: Use your only power to vote Aug. 7, Nov. 6

ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. “If voting really made a difference, they wouldn’t let you do it.” —…

Editor June 8, 2018

Features

Watson learns family head, not girl, buried roadside

New information reveals that the supposed nearly 120-year-old roadside grave in Watson Township actually contains the body of the former property owner rather than an infant girl. The tragic and…

Editor June 8, 2018

Columns

Army Bob: U.S. military base in Poland is a good idea

by Robert M. Traxler Poland is offering to pay $2 billion to establish a permanent U.S. military presence in its country, according to a recently revealed proposal. “This proposal outlines the…

Editor June 8, 2018

Sports

WHS 1600-meter relay team wins all-state accolades

The four members of the Wayland High School 1600-meter relay team were awarded all-state accolades for finished eighth in their event last Saturday in the Division 2 state meet. They…

Editor June 8, 2018

Community Notices

Authorities ask for help finding missing Delton man

by Austin Marsman The Barry County Sheriff's Department, family, and friends are asking for help to find a missing Delton man. David Lukins has not been heard from since Sunday,…

Editor June 8, 2018

Articles

Watson seeks drainage district to solve Big Lake flooding

Watson Township Board members Thursday evening unanimously adopted a resolution to set in motion the process of establishing a drainage district for flood-plagued Big Lake. About three dozen residents showed…

Editor June 7, 2018

Sports

WHS grad Teunissen earns another collegiate honor

Wayland High School graduate and Davenport University junior pitcher Mallory Teunissen has earned NCAA Division II All-Academic accolades. The 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America Softball Team was selected by CoSIDA,…

Editor June 7, 2018

Community Notices

Wayland teachers’ 4.5% pay increase seen as overdue

The some 160 teachers in the Wayland Union Schools will get a 4.5% pay increase in the 2018-19 academic year and a 2.5% bump in the following year. Wayland school…

Editor June 7, 2018

Community Notices

Gun Lake Tribe’s local spring payments over $2 million

The Gun Lake Tribe has announced local revenue sharing payments this spring have amounted to more than $2 million in casino money. The State of Michigan received $4,268,003, the Local Revenue…

Editor June 7, 2018