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City of Wayland selects PCI for planning consultant

May 18, 2016

The Wayland City Council was unanimous in selecting Professional Code Inspections (PCI) of Dorr Monday as new planning consultant. Kirk Scharphorn Jr. will be the planner working with the city and at Planning Commission meetings. “We're excited to add planning to the variety of services provided to the City of...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 216

May 18, 2016

25 Years Ago — May 21, 1991 The Globe published a front page photo of the gravesite of Charles L. Barrell of Leighton Township, who served with the 102nd Infantry Division in Camden, S.C., in the Civil War in 1865. Barrell, who received the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1891...

Two finalists chosen for Wayland City plan consultant

May 10, 2016

The City of Wayland has received three bids for planning consultant services and will interview two finalists Thursday. City Manager Tim McLean said a committee of three City Council members and himself will interview Williams and Works of Grand Rapids and Professional Code Inspections of Dorr. PCI has been serving...

Officer Jason Beckwith to take Kalamazoo DPS post

May 2, 2016

Wayland police officer Jason Beckwith is leaving the force later this month to take a post with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety. Beckwith, who has served in Wayland for the past six year, is one of five full-time officers. The others are Jay Anderson, Tom Newberry, Mark Riemersma and...

City of Wayland to have new electric sign installed

May 2, 2016

An electronic sign will be installed on West Superior Street in front of the fire station in Wayland. The Wayland City Council Monday decided to spend $22,944.11 for the 2x8-foot device in an agreement with Midwest Signs of Byron Center. The sign will be a lot the like the ones...

Second casino funding forum has more interest, same results

April 21, 2016

There was a better turnout from the public Thursday evening at the Wayland Board of Education’s second forum on spending funds from the Gun Lake Casino. No one showed at the first hearing last month, but this time more than a dozen citizens were in attendance, mostly to ask questions...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 211

April 13, 2016

25 Years Ago — April 17, 1991 Four area fire departments battled a barn fire in Salem Township that killed two dry cows. Yankee Springs Township has agreed to pay Recycling in Barry County (RiBC) $100 a month for providing recycling services with a couple of bins at Gun Lake...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 210

April 6, 2016

25 Years Ago — April 10, 1991 VanSolkema Farms has been ordered to pay $16,000 in civil penalties and for damages in the 1989 “chemical drift” killing of about 2,000 brown trout fingerlings in the Rabbit River in Leighton Township. The burglary and break-in at the Radio Shack at 138...

Wayland city police officers agree to new 5-year contract

April 5, 2016

Local police officers and the Wayland City Council have agreed to a new five-year employment contract. The City Council Monday night unanimously approved the pact, which covers the years 2016 to 2021. The negotiating teams included Police Chief Steve Chief Harper, Finance Director Cherie Parish, and City Manager Tim McLean....

Basura: Gov. Snyder’s apologies for Flint strain credibility

March 29, 2016

"Never ruin an apology with an excuse." — Benjamin Franklin "Flint, Mich. — The World Health Organization’s “action level” for lead contamination in drinking water — indicating the need for intervention — is 10 parts per billion. The Environmental Protection Agency’s action level is 15 parts per billion. "In tests...

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