Emergency Services

Wayland Athletic Booster of Year Award goes to Tom Andrews

January 28, 2016

The Wayland High School 2015 Athletic Booster of the Year Award will be presented to Valerie Andrews, widow of Tom Andrews, Friday evening between the varsity home basketball games against Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills. Andrews, who had served as president of the Athletic Boosters until he resigned for health reasons,...

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 200

January 20, 2016

25 Years Ago — Jan. 23, 1991 Members of the Wayland Area Emergency Services (WAEMS) were told by Manager Bob Farrell the agency is having financial difficulties and discussion about a plan of action is necessary. WAEMS had expenses of $37,588 over renevue for 1990. The 10th annual Gun Lake...

City of Wayland buys used office furniture from upstairs neighbor

January 18, 2016

The Wayland City Council Monday night agreed to a staff request to buy some used office furniture from SOAP Transcription Services. SOAP operates its business upstairs in the City Hall building, renting it from the city for about $1,800 a month. SOAP proposed selling it used office materials for the...

The Year in Review: Yes, Gamrat-Courser affair put us on the map

January 1, 2016

The year 2015 certainly was eventful in this area, and it was a mixed bag in terms of positive and negative developments. Rating the top stories of the year is a hazardous task because the evaluator must consider two factors — impact and headline value — both of which are...

Prospects look good for Yankee Springs to join ambulance service

November 12, 2015

Prospects are looking good to Yankee Springs Township's request to join the area served by Wayland Area Emergency Services. Leighton Township Supervisor Steve Deer told his colleague Thursday night that a straw poll of the Ambulance Board was taken Wednesday night and all 10 municipalities expressed support. Cathy Pardee, who...

Yankee Springs Twp. wants to join Wayland Ambulance Service

November 5, 2015

Not only is Yankee Springs Township seeking fire service from the Wayland Fire Department, it also is asking to join the municipalities served by Wayland Area Emergency Services. In both instances, Yankee Springs is trying to sever ties with its current fire and ambulance service provider, Thornapple Township Emergency Services....

Wayland approves fire service agreement with Yankee Springs Twp.

November 2, 2015

The Wayland City Council Monday night gave its blessing to a fire service agreement to cover Yankee Springs Township. The proposal later this month will go before the Yankee Springs Township Board. City Manager Mike Selden, who wrote the proposal for agreement, saying it, "breaks down what we talked about......

Yankee Springs seeks City of Wayland proposal for fire service

October 8, 2015

The City of Wayland has been asked by the Yankee Springs Township Board to provide cost estimates for providing fire services to the township. City Manager Mike Selden said the township has submitted a request for proposal, prompting city officials to begin the process of providing data and searching for...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 175

July 22, 2015

25 Years Ago — July 25, 1990 Ray and Gerald Page of Middleville have announced plans for renovations at their Gun Lake resort, just south of the Yankee Springs State Park entrance. They intend to clear out apartments and trailers to construct 22 condominiums. Despite a number of local...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area past, Part 173

July 8, 2015

25 years Ago — July 11, 1990 Howard DeYoung, 38, of Dorr, has been charged with secretly videotaping employees having sex in the back room of DeYoung’s Krazy Acres Radio Shack in Hillcrest Mall. Allegan County Sheriff’s Detective Lt. Rick Cain said the employees were teen-agers between the ages of...

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