Local Government

Despite protests, recycling surcharge no problem in Dorr Twp.

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Dorr Township Trustee Patty Senneker and community activist Bernie Schumaker raised a ruckus a…

Editor July 30, 2015

Articles

Fire district discussions planned for city, neighboring townships

The City of Wayland, Wayland Township, Yankee Springs Township and perhaps Hopkins and Leighton townships may be meeting sometime next month to further discuss the possibility of creating a fire…

Editor July 20, 2015

Editorial

Throw the rascals Tuinstra and Senneker out in August 2016

The ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The problems of gridlock and poisonous…

Editor July 2, 2015

Columns

Ranger Rick: Wage equality campaigns are lots of nonsense

"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift…

Editor June 23, 2015

Editorial

Make Plan Commission smaller, independent, better paid

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. ‘Twas a year ago that I suggested in this very space that The Wayland…

Editor June 6, 2015

Columns

Democracy Tree: Many local police now are armed to the teeth

Is your local government armed to the teeth? Many in Michigan are. A recent editorial in U.S. News & World Report cited the drama writer’s principle known as “Chekhov’s Gun”…

Editor May 28, 2015

Columns

Army Bob: Hard to believe, but Dorr government is a bargain

The election is over and most things went down in flames; the Michigan State Road Proposition 1 was massacred and no better use of the vote was ever made. No…

Editor May 12, 2015

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 164

25 Years Ago — May 9, 1990 The Allegan County Board of Commissioners voted 12-1 to allow all 24 townships to decide whether they will apply a $25 per household…

Editor May 6, 2015

Editorial

Don’t let Proposal 1 poison worthy local millage requests

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story, It is an editorial by the editor. A special election Tuesday, May 5, was hailed at first as a chance…

Editor May 1, 2015

Columns

Democracy Tree: State lawmakers allow toy guns to look real

by Amy Kerr Hardin Michigan’s legislature is poised to enact a bill that should be of grave concern for parents who, unlike GOP lawmakers, will immediately understand the true danger…

Editor April 22, 2015