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Plan Commission OKs rezoning request for 133rd

The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved a rezoning request from Award Enterprises for a parcel on the southern edge of town on 133rd Avenue. Award Enterprises, which plans…

Editor October 12, 2021

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now historical library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Oct. 7, 1996 The Wayland Board of Education gave tentative approval to…

Editor October 6, 2021

Articles

Hopkins Twp., Village plan to forge sewer agreement

Hopkins Township and the Village of Hopkins Tuesday evening are expected to vote on a 425 agreement to provide village sewer services to 25 properties along 12th Street from 135th…

Editor October 4, 2021

Articles

City proceeds with plans for sewer repair facilities

The Wayland City Council Monday night unanimously voted to proceed with a proposal to upgrade lift stations for the sewer treatment plant. Water and Sewer Supt. Ben Bachelder showed council…

Editor September 20, 2021

Columns

Yes It’s True: It’s Gambee’s fault for ‘discovering’ moi

"Wherever the newspapers are filled with good news, the jails are filled with good people." — Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan A message to all those who don’t like me or…

Editor September 19, 2021

Obituaries

Local community activist Max Monroe dies at age 81

Word has been received of the death Wednesday, Sept. 15, of former Wayland City Councilman Maxwell Dow Monroe. He was 81. Most recently a resident of Middleville, Max was born…

Editor September 16, 2021

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Sept. 9, 1996 Some Moline residents are complaining that their new half…

Editor September 8, 2021

Articles

Jim Stoddard fire chief at Wayland-Yankee Springs

Jim Stoddard last week was selected as new fire chief for the City of Wayland/Yankee Springs Fire Department. Stoddard, owner-operator of the C. Stoddard & Sons Oil Co., succeeds Joe…

Editor September 7, 2021

Editorial

Last 2 local police chiefs very different on the job

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. The City of Wayland has had two police chiefs in the past nine years,…

Editor August 30, 2021

Editorial

So is the local town crier in the business over his head?

“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate” — Strother Martin in “Cool Hand Luke,” 1966 ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial…

Editor August 20, 2021