Emergency Services

Dorr Township hears about proposed trails commission

Jennifer Antel, representing West Michigan Trails and Greenways group, gave a presentation to the Dorr Township Board Thursday night about plans to establish a commission to oversee local paved recreational…

Editor June 30, 2020

Community Notices

Fire destroys house on Apollo Drive in Wayland

Local firefighters were summoned to house fire on Apollo Drive in the City of Wayland Saturday and found the structure fully involved on arrival. Leighton Township Fire Department, paramedics from…

Editor May 30, 2020

Features

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

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — May 3, 1995 Amanda Bard and her father, Wil, appeared in a…

Editor April 29, 2020

Community Notices

FFA alums, Sue Sebright decontaminate Hopkins FD

The Hopkins Area Fire Department is extending appreciation to Sue Sebright, the Hopkins FFA Alumni and Sebright Products for coming to the stations and decontaminating trucks and gear. She came…

Editor April 20, 2020

Editorial

Ambulance service is not under threat of bankruptcy

To the editor: Wayland Area Emergency Medical Services (WAEMS) has provided service to our neighbors for more than 40 years and will continue into the future. We are led by…

Editor February 15, 2020

Articles

Ambulance service seeks more local govt. funding

The Wayland Area Emergency Services Board is telling all members it needs more financial support to stay in business. The Leighton Township Board Thursday evening was the latest to be…

Editor February 14, 2020

Articles

Watson must come up with action plan to combat PFAs

Watson Township has until June 22 to come up with an action plan to deal with perfluorooctanoic acid, a perfluorinated carboxylic acid, or PFAs, that was discovered last fall in…

Editor February 6, 2020

Articles

WAEMS Board working on 5-year restructuring plan

The Wayland Area Emergency Services ambulance operations are the busiest ever and personnel are scrambling to keep up with costs and demands. Penny Post, who represents Dorr Township on the…

Editor January 30, 2020

Articles

Dollar General store to come to Leighton Twp. site

The fastest-growing township in Allegan County and one of the top three in all of Michigan finally will have a commercial retail store within its borders. Leighton Township soon will…

Editor January 9, 2020

Features

Bittersweet birth for newest member of the Kramer clan

Finn Noel Kramer made his grand entrance Monday morning, Jan. 6, at 9lbs 1oz and 20.6 inches long. He is shown here with his mother, Dani, and brother Myles at…

Editor January 8, 2020