Tag: City Council

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

Post has published by Editor
(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 24, 1994 This is the Wayland school faculty just before the 1940-41 academic year. (Photo courtesy of Brandon Halloran) Local residents have been complaining to City Hall about dust, flying stones...
Read More

City OKs capital improvement plan, fireworks ordinance

Post has published by Editor
The Wayland City Council Monday night adopted a local fireworks ordinance and a capital improvements project plan through 2024. Council members were seizing on the idea it is better to raise sewer rates by smaller amounts over time to fund improvements than to allow them to remain the same before...
Read More

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

Post has published by Editor
25 Years Ago — July 4, 1994 Tim Campbell was commissioned to do this drawing of Dorr pioneer business JC Neuman's store. Area farmers and power companies agree that solutions for the continuing problems electrical stray voltage seem to be elusive, according to a feature story written by Pat Staley....
Read More

Ranger Rick: I watched only part of the Dem circus

Post has published by Editor
I don't know why I watched the two debates, in fact, I couldn't watch them completely, but at least over an hour of the two hour debates each. This is what I got out of the debates: 1)  Former Vice President Joe Biden is out of his element of plain...
Read More

Tony Kramer, 2005 WHS graduate, reportedly has died

Post has published by Editor
Word has been received today of the death Wednesday of Tony Kramer, a 2005 graduate of Wayland High School. The son of nurse Amy Kramer and Wayland City Councilman Joe Kramer, he was a chef, a husband and father living in New Wales, Pa. His mother posted on Facebook, "We...
Read More
Articles

Wayland City adds $100,000 to 2019-’20 general fund balance

Post has published by Editor
Kelle Tobolic The Wayland City Council Monday night adopted a fiscal year 2019-20 budget that will add almost $100,000 to the fund balance. The council unanimously after a public hearing approved anticipated revenues of $2,576,708 in the general fund budget, expenditures pegged at $2,476,776 and nearly about a $100,000 figure...
Read More

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

Post has published by Editor
(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago —June 15, 1994 This is an astonishing photo because these Martin girls were playing a game that had been invented only 15 years prior. The Allegan County Board of Commissioners has voted to...
Read More

Great Lakes’ Goodwin station to be expanded and upgraded

Post has published by Editor
Elizabeth Wetherell from Wolverine Power Cooperative points to where the facility expansion will occur. The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved a site plan to upgrade the Goodwin Distribution Station location for Great Lakes Energy at 1049 133rd Ave. Joe Hughes and Elizabeth Wetherell, representing Wolverine Power Cooperative, which...
Read More

Local fireworks launching opportunities to be reduced

Post has published by Editor
The City of Wayland is likely to agree with the State Legislature in reducing the number of days fireworks can be set off during the year. City Manager Josh Eggleston offered to draw up a new ordinance that decreases the number of days for fireworks from 30 to a dozen...
Read More

City Plan Commission recommends special use permit OK

Post has published by Editor
Park Street just south of Dahlia is being recommended for a facelift next year to fix the damn pot holes. The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening recommended approval for a special use permit for construction of a garage on West Sycamore Street and approval for zoning ordinance amendments to...
Read More
Previous Next