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Allegan Area ESA plans to launch a rebranding project

August 22, 2022

As an outgrowth of the strategic planning that Allegan Area ESA completed in 2021, the organization embarked on a brand refresh project. The concept was to better align the district’s services and offerings and to communicate those to the public. The story of Allegan Area ESA is about how the broader...

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Martin Public Schools reorganizing staff, administrators for ’22-’23

July 19, 2022

Danielle Whitaker Shelby Finney Martin Public Schools is undergoing a reorganization of staff and adminsitrators to commence the 2022-23 academic year. Supt. Brooke Ballee-Stone explained, "We have a couple more positions to fill due to our Pre-K through 12th grades re-organization and re-structuring. Martin Public Schools will be moving to a...

Burglar at Rock ‘N Bowl apprehended by authorities

March 11, 2022

Local authorities have apprehended a minor suspect in the break-in and burglary early Tuesday morning at the Rock 'N Bowl bowling establishment just north of the Wayland city limits. The business owners, Ron and Linda Lannon, said the money and stolen items were returned by the police Thursday night. "The...

Supt. Update focuses on safety and 2022 bond issue

February 10, 2022

Bond Project 2022 Thank you to those who responded to the MRA-EPIC telephone survey about our upcoming bond project. The results are favorable demonstrating support of our proposals so far Tower-Pinkster and Triangle will provide a presentation of the project at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21, at the Board of...

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School’s casino funding workshop crowd sparse

December 6, 2021

Supt. Dr. Christina Hinds explains casino fund usage from one of the three categories. Nearly a decade ago, a large group of citizens demanded to know how Wayland Union school district funds from the Gun Lake Casino were obtained and distributed. Monday night, only a dozen local people showed up...

Memorial celebration for Jose Blanco will be Sunday

July 12, 2021

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story orginally and incorrectly reported the memorial party was to be held Saturday afternoon. It will be Sunday afternoon instead. A memorial service for Jose Blanco will be held starting at 4 p.m. Sunday, July 18, at the Vann's Valley Event Center (formerly Hidden Valley...

Wayland board pressured to fully reopen the schools

October 12, 2020

The subject once again Monday night was handling Covid-19, and members of the Wayland Board of Education had yet another lengthy and painful discussion about what to do about it. Superintendent Dr. Christina Hinds, acknowledging popular community support for opening up the schools for face-to-face instruction five days a week,...

Wayland Union Schools reports 2 cases of Covid-19

September 30, 2020

Two cases of the Coronavirus have been reported at two separate buildings in the Wayland School District today. School officials did not specify which two buildings among the six were involved. Supt. Dr. Christina Hinds, in a letter to parents, wrote: "This week, Wayland Union Schools has been notified that...

Martin to honor Class of 2020 at football field Friday

April 30, 2020

Martin High School seniors (Class of 2020) will be honored at 8:20 p.m. at the high school football stadium, where lights will come on and stay lit for 20 minutes. Seniors will line the west end of the football stadium and stay in their cars, practicing social distancing. Parents, staff...

Dorr’s Kuperus Dairy Farm founder dies at age 83

February 8, 2020

John Kuperus, husband, father and grandfather, died Thursday, Feb. 6. John was born in the Netherlands on July 14, 1936, and immigrated to New Jersey in 1953 where he met and married Annette Aukema Dec. 30, 1958. Together, with five of their children, they moved to Dorr and started Kuperus...

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