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

February 5, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Feb. 8, 1995 Anita Kerber wrote a letter to the editor insisting that the Hopkins Public Schools indeed have been in crisis because of overcrowding and needs for new buildings, made worse...

City Council decides to drop study for new traffic light

February 3, 2020

The Wayland City Council has decided to go no further with a proposed traffic study that would perhaps pave the way for installation of a traffic light at the corner of East Superior Street and Wildcat Drive. The council last agreed to continue with a traffic study, but only on...

Guest Column: So let us promote the social welfare

February 2, 2020

EDITOR'S NOTE: Jon Seymour is a 2017 graduate of Wayland High School, a student at Grand Valley State University and an employee at Steelcase and McDonald's. He was student rep for the Wayland City Council and Wayland Board of Education and winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution Award....

Yes It’s True: Remembering Dr. King is complicated

January 19, 2020

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. MONTGOMERY, AL - MARCH 25: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking before crowd of 25,000 Selma To Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marchers, in front of Montgomery,...

Use of controversial Reno Drive property still unknown

January 14, 2020

Keith Nickels Josh Otto EDITOR'S NOTE: The story published Tuesday evening about the odd-shaped parcel bought by Josh Otto and Keith Nickels was misleading. Heather Mitchell of Professional Code Inspections has reported there was a misunderstanding in interpreting an e-mail Otto sent her Tuesday. "When I read through the email...

Bittersweet birth for newest member of the Kramer clan

January 8, 2020

Finn Noel Kramer made his grand entrance Monday morning, Jan. 6, at 9lbs 1oz and 20.6 inches long. He is shown here with his mother, Dani, and brother Myles at the hospital in Pennsylvania. The tragic part of the good news was that he will never meet his biological father,...

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City Council hears about busy years for police, ambulance

January 6, 2020

Chief Mark Garnsey The Wayland City Council Monday night was treated to a "year in review" for Wayland Area Ambulance Services (WAEMS) and the local police department. Councilman Joe Kramer, himself an emergency medical technician, told his colleagues that the WAEMS broke record in number of calls for 2019, with...

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

January 1, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Jan. 4, 1995 Fall Festival in downtown Wayland in 1910. The Dorr Township Board will consider bids, estimated at between $234,500 and $278,000, to buy a new fire truck to replace the...

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

December 25, 2019

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Dec. 26, 1994 The Wayland High School Marching band, 1959. (Photo courtesy of Brandon Halloran) Robin Nyenhuis, a paramedic with the Wayland Area Emergency Services (WAEMS) ambulance service, was the winner of...

Nathan Ward officially is local troop’s 70th Eagle Scout

December 19, 2019

Nathan Ward, son of Matt and Jenny Sass Ward, Thursday night became Wayland Boy Scout Troop 97's 70th Eagle Scout at the Rock in Byron Center. Ward, who had as his project portable book facilities at the Rabbit River Park, also serves as student representative on the Wayland City Council.

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