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Yes It Is, It’s True: Baseball defends electoral college

Townbroadcast has been inundated lately with opinions about the electoral college method of selecting the American president, thanks to a column by the venerable Army Bob. Column author Robert M.…

Editor December 2, 2018

Sports

WHS senior Rory Myers scores 1st career hat trick

Wayland High School senior Rory Myers scored the first hat trick (three goals) in his hockey career Saturday evening in the Team Byron Center home opener. He and several other…

Editor December 2, 2018

Articles

Write It Right: Dorr sewer project didn’t include water

Townbroadast last Thursday night published a story that incorrectly suggested that the Dorr Township sewer project that led to a recall effort included water. The project was only for installation…

Editor December 2, 2018

Obituaries

Longtime Wayland Post Office mail carrier dies at 75

Longtime Wayland Post Office mail carrier Patricia Annette Wilson, age 75 of Middleville, died Friday, Nov. 30. Pat was born, Oct. 27, 1943, in Detroit, the daughter of Robert and…

Editor December 2, 2018

Obituaries

Service Tuesday in Spring Lake for Dennis Heuschele

Dennis Lee Heuschele age 67, of Hopkins, died Friday, Nov. 30. Dennis was born on March 26, 1951, graduated from Godwin Heights High School in 1970, and attended Grand Rapids…

Editor December 2, 2018

Editorial

Lame-duck legislators ignore wishes of the voters

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “No man, woman or child is safe as long as the State Legislature…

Editor December 1, 2018

Obituaries

Wayland native Kenneth Pratt, 94, dies in Plainwell

Wayland native Kenneth I. Pratt, 94, of Parchment, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Life Care Center of Plainwell. Ken was born April 24, 1924, in Wayland, the son of Ray…

Editor December 1, 2018

Articles

Pedestrian struck by vehicle on U.S.-131 expressway

A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on northbound U.S.-131 expressway near the Shelbyville exit (No. 59) Northbound Friday afternoon. Traffic was shut down by authorities for almost an hour…

Editor December 1, 2018

Obituaries

Funeral Dec. 4 for Dorothy Knudsen, 88, of Hopkins

Dorothy Bernice Knudsen, 88 of Hopkins, died Thursday, Nov. 29, at Sentinel Pointe Retirement Community in Grand Rapids. Dorothy was born Oct. 16, 1930, in Winthrop, Mass., the daughter of…

Editor December 1, 2018

Sports

Wildcats win hoops opener despite woes against press

It's a safe bet that Wayland head varsity basketball coach Mike Hudson will be drilling his charges on breaking a full-court trapping press after his team's 58-44 season opening triumph…

Editor November 30, 2018