Genealogy

Former Wayland City official Edith Weber dies

Former Wayland City Clerk, Treasurer and Acting City Manager Edith Irene (nee Dean) Weber, 95, died Saturday, Jan. 13. Edith was born Aug. 18, 1928, in Pellston, the daughter of…

Editor January 15, 2024

Obituaries

Diane Wolf Simkins, WHS grad, dies at Virginia home

Diane Marie (Wolf) Simkins, 74, of Norfolk, Va., died at home surrounded by family on Friday, June 30, after a lengthy illness. Born Jan. 23, 1949, near Ovid, MI she…

Editor July 2, 2023

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 — July 14, 1997 Local historian James Levandoski died of a heart attack…

Editor July 13, 2022

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 — Oct. 21, 1996 The Village of Hopkins considered buying the abandoned livestock…

Editor October 20, 2021

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 — April 17, 1996 The Globe’s front page was graced by Wayland’s oldest…

Editor April 14, 2021

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 — April 3, 1996 The Tree Tracers genealogy group had to leave its…

Editor March 31, 2021

Obituaries

Sandra Pattock, Wayland High Class of ’55, passes

Sandra Lee Pattok, age 82, of Hastings, died Aug. 26. She was a 1955 graduate of Wayland High School. Sandra was born on Aug. 3, 1938, in Kalamazoo, the daughter…

Editor September 8, 2020

Obituaries

Visitation Saturday in Hopkins for Barbara Roxbury, 81

Barbara Roxbury, 81, of Hopkins, died Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at her home. Born July 1, 1937 in Holland, she was the daughter of the late Harry Raymond and Florence…

Editor May 31, 2019

Articles

Then & Now days numbered with property purchase

The Then & Now Historical Library near the corner of 18th Street and 142nd Avenue in downtown Dorr may have only a couple of years to vacate the building in which it…

Editor March 22, 2018

Features

Then & Now Library still looking for a permanent home

The Then & Now Historical Library near the corner of 18th Street and 142nd Avenue in downtown Dorr again is in a precarious housing position. The service continues to operate…

Editor December 1, 2017