Local Government

City Council sets strategic planning session for Feb. 4

The Wayland City Council voted to have its annual strategic planning session at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at council chambers. Council members gather for a special meeting at about…

Editor January 3, 2017

Articles

Wayland City officials pleased with another clean audit

The Wayland City Council Monday night accepted a clean financial audit report from certified public accountant Peter Woldman. Woldman told council members that the city at the end of fiscal…

Editor December 19, 2016

Community Notices

Gun Lake Casino local revenue sharing $1.8 million

The Gun Lake Tribe this morning announced details of its fall revenue sharing payments. The State of Michigan received $3,974,387, and the local revenue sharing board received $1,823,054. Gun Lake…

Editor December 7, 2016

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Political fatigue overwhelms me

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." — Edmund Burke Election results last week were disappointing for me on more than a few fronts, but perhaps the most troubling…

Editor November 17, 2016

Articles

Watson, Wayland City, Twp. to take up dispensary issues

Inquiries continue to come into area municipalities for prospective medical marijuana dispensary businesses in the wake of a new law passed by the State Legislature. Besides Watson Township, the City…

Editor November 11, 2016

Editorial

Four recommendations for Dorr Township races:

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “You’re running with a bad crowd.” — My fishing buddy Jim Wasserman, upon catching…

Editor November 2, 2016

Editorial

Has author’s prophetic ‘post fact’ society been realized?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Shelly Sulser, former ace reporter in bygone days for me and now executive editor of the Battle Creek Shopper News, penned this timely letter this week and has…

Editor November 2, 2016

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: I really don’t think ‘they’ want us to vote

I drop in every Wednesday afternoon at the venerable Then & Now historical library in Dorr, and in my more than four years of research, the most astonishing changes in…

Editor October 15, 2016

Articles

Watson supervisor’s race has Dem incumbent vs. GOP challenger

Perhaps the most watched general election contest for township supervisor in these parts is in Watson Township Nov. 8. It is a rarity in that the incumbent is a Democrat…

Editor October 15, 2016

Editorial

Tiresome, ignorant fears about marijuana persist in these parts

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story, it is an editorial by the editor. “…Your old road is rapidly agin' Please get out of the new one if…

Editor October 11, 2016