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City denies Marlo Lane, Geneva Drive drainage request

January 22, 2019

City Manager Josh Eggleston explains local utility rates in a Power Point presentation. The Wayland City Council Tuesday evening turned down a request from residents on Marlo Lane and Geneva Drive for an underground drainage system, but agreed to proceed with the street project this year without sidewalks. More than...

City Council should invoke ‘Rios Rule’ to allow pot sale

January 10, 2019

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. Terri Rios I resolutely urge the Wayland City Council to invoke the "Rios Rule" to eventually permit the sale and distribution of the now legal product marijuana within the city limits. The "Rios Rule"...

Wayland City voter turnout in November nearly 70%

January 7, 2019

County Clerk Bob Genetski Allegan County Clerk-Register of Deeds Bob Genetski appeared at Monday night's City Council meeting and told local officials the City of Wayland had a whopping 69.13% voter turnout in the Nov. 6 general election. The city's voting percentage topped the county-wide count of 56.7% and the...

Wayland’s ‘Wonder Women’ working winning ways

December 30, 2018

Presley Hudson Mallory Teunissen They are the champions, my friend. A trio of Wayland female athletes proved they are worthy and brought a lot of glory and positive attention for this community in 2018. Their combined stories merged to make it the No. 1 story of the year now just...

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

December 19, 2018

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Dec. 22, 1993 O & A Electric Cooperative General manager Robert Hance wrote a letter to the Globe about its recent articles and letters about a Martin-area farm family asserting that stray...

Wayland’s city budget audit getting even cleaner

December 17, 2018

Cheri Parrish The financial audit for the City of Wayland was presented Monday night and once again Dan Veldhuizen of Siegfried Crandall commented, "Overall, the city's financial condition is quite healthy." The auditor told the City Council there were fewer corrections needed than last year and identified budget weaknesses were...

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

December 5, 2018

25 Years Ago — Dec. 8, 1993 The Bruce Aukema family members of Martin Township insist their recent health problems and related troubles for their animals are the result of stray electric voltage. The Dorr Township Board denied a request from Louis Bartz to rezone the property behind the Dairy...

City Council student rep. selection process to change

November 19, 2018

John Sloan Abe Garcia The Wayland City Council has agreed to change the way the student representative is selected every year to represent Wayland High School. Because a student representative still hasn't been chosen for the 2018-19 academic year, Mayor Pro Tem Jennifer Antel suggested that eligibility no longer be...

Lumberyard Events Center prospects for rebirth good

November 13, 2018

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Heather Mitchell, PCI's newest employee. So it was Tuesday night for Mark and Marty Shepherd, co-owners of the proposed Lumberyard Events Center at the corner of Maple and Railroad streets in Wayland. The City Planning Commission unanimously approved on 7-0 votes,...

Bala re-elected mayor, GOP dominates county races

November 7, 2018

Tim Bala Wayland Mayor Tim Bala won re-election to his sixth two-year term and all City Council candidates won without opposition. Meanwhile, Democrats filled every one of the seven county commission slots, but lost every one to Republicans. Allegan County’s results turned out to be very, very red, as Republicans...

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