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Capt. Scott Matice hired as new Wayland police chief

December 19, 2022

Scott Mattice Retiring Allegan County Sheriff's Dept. Captain Scott Mattice has been selected as the City of Wayland's new police chief. Mattice, who served on the Allegan. County department for 28 years, most recently was in charge of patrol operations and investigative services. The City Council Monday night approved a...

City Council approves 4 special use permit requests

December 19, 2022

Bret Butler (left) and Brian Sikkema explain the special use request from University of Michigan West Health Center. The Wayland City Council Monday night approved four requests for special use permits for new businesses in the community. Included among them were proposals for three marijuana retail businesses and the new...

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

December 7, 2022

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) Flash Back to Wayland, when in 1887 the Wayland Exchange Bank, a private bank, was established by Ensign W. Pickett in the Pickett Brothers General Store. 25 Years Ago— Dec. 8, 1997 Though teen-agers have been...

Articles

Public hearing Dec. 19 on proposed ORV ordinance

December 5, 2022

City of Wayland Water Superintendent Ben Batchelder is retiring soon. Though prospects for an ordinance permitting use of golf carts in the Wayland City limits are dead in the water, hope springs eternal for off road vehicle (ORV) enthusiasts. The Public Safety Committee has been meeting and crafting a proposed...

Christmas parade brightens otherwise wet, dreary day

December 3, 2022

The annual Wayland Chamber of Commerce Christmas parade stepped off Saturday morning to brighten up an otherwise blustery, dreary and wet day. Grand Marshal for the festivities was local dentist and former mayor and city councilman Dr. Michael DeWeerd. At his right is his mother, the indestructible and venerable Dorothy...

First Wayland marijuana business gets 1 green light

November 21, 2022

New Planning Commissioner Megan Mickelson Wayland’s first-ever marijuana retail business took a big step forward Monday in a special meeting of the Planning Commission. The commission approved on a 5-0 vote a site plan from Fawn River Cultivation and recommended the City Council approve a special use permit for the...

Jennifer Antel sworn in as 1st female Wayland mayor

November 21, 2022

It was a historic night for the Wayland City Council Monday when outgoing Mayor Tim Bala passed the gavel to newly-elected Mayor Jennifer Antel, the city’s first ever female chief executive. Antel was elected without opposition in the November runoff to succeed the retiring Bala. She had served on the...

Dr. DeWeerd grand marshal of Christmas parade Dec. 3

November 15, 2022

Dr. Michael DeWeerd Dr. Michael DeWeerd has been selected this year’s Wayland Christmas Parade Grand Marshal. A spokesperson for the Wayland Chamber of Commerce said, “Dr. DeWeerd has a lifelong heart of appreciation for our community.” DeWeerd, a 1968 graduate of Wayland High School, was one of the first paramedics...

Columns

Yes It’s True: I fight giving politicians free publicity

November 14, 2022

Woody Allen "Eighty percent of life is just showing up." — Woody Allen Long ago, but not far away, the late, great Wayland Globe Editor and Publisher Irvin P. Helmey taught me a lesson about cropping pictures that I’ve never forgotten. It must have been in 1974, when I received...

Editorial

Allegan County still red, but not so for most of Michigan

November 11, 2022

Allegan County: We like the way things are around here. Let’s keep it that way. Vote Republican.” — A winning political strategy for more than a century Composer Gustav Mahler wrote what I believe to be the longest piece of instrumental music ever, Symphony No. 3, “What the Universe Tells...

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