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Former Wayland, Gun Lake used car dealer Otto Banas dies at 92

Word has been received that former Wayland and Gun Lake area auto dealer Otto Banas has died at age 92. Wayland City Councilwoman Lisa Banas, whose husband Dean was his…

Editor October 11, 2019

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

PHOTO CAPTION: The Wayland High School Marching Band performing at the Allegan County Fair parade in 1954. This photograph was taken in Allegan by Clayton Baugh and was donated by…

Editor October 9, 2019

Articles

Nickels-Otto text amendment request approved by council

The Wayland City Council Monday evening adopted an ordinance approving a text amendment for property purchased earlier those year by developers Josh Otto and Keith Nickels. The amendment will permit…

Editor October 7, 2019

Columns

Yes It’s true: For Ryan Mauchmar it was one shining day

"All the memories came flooding back — old Mrs. McAvoy eating that horrible chicken and the terrified child running from the burning wreck." — Vivian Stanshall, 1972 I spent Saturday…

Editor September 28, 2019

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Sept. 21, 1994 The $23.3 million bond proposal special election for a…

Editor September 18, 2019

Articles

Wayland City police personnel moves confusing, unexpected

An unexpected and confusing exchange about police department personnel occurred Monday night at the Wayland City Council meeting. Sgt. John Paul Damveld of the Allegan County Sheriff’s Department handed in…

Editor September 16, 2019

Articles

City sets Oct. 7 as date for Nickels-Otto parcel meeting

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Oct. 7 session will not be a public hearing, which already has taken place with the Planning Commission. Townbroadcast apologizes for the misunderstanding. A public meeting is…

Editor September 16, 2019

Editorial

I repeat: Wayland should honor voting majority on pot issue

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. I still resolutely urge the Wayland City Council to permit the sale and…

Editor September 7, 2019

Articles

Wayland Fall Fun Fest’s successor approved for Oct. 26

Wayland’s Fall Fun Fest may have died a couple of years ago, but the founder of the “This Is Wayland” web page is spearheading an effort for a special day…

Editor September 3, 2019

Columns

Ranger Rick: Democrats are at the helm of 4 cesspool cities

Let's examine cities run by Democrats for years and years — San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. All bastions of socialistic governments and run overwhelmingly by Democrat mayors,…

Editor August 27, 2019