Local News

Yes It’s True: ‘Michigan’s Best’ the latest to bite dust

"And another one bites the Dust.” — Queen, 1980 I noticed that over the last couple of weeks the faithful walking delivery guy of “Michigan’s Best” free publication hasn’t been…

Editor February 3, 2024

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) This is downtown Wayland looking west on Superior, probably in the late 1920s or early 1930s.…

Editor September 6, 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 — Aug. 31, 1998 A front page photo showed two local children dancing…

Editor August 30, 2023

Columns

One Small Voice: We chose to endure lifestyle of heat

“Jesus H. Christ, we must be a mile from the sun.” This was a line spoken in the 1985 film Volunteers by the character Lawrence Bourne III (Tom Hanks), upon…

Editor July 9, 2023

Editorial

Much maligned Facebook sometimes is a blessing

“News is something somebody doesn’t want printed; all else is advertising.” — William Randolph Hearst Who decides when and if the news will be printed or broadcast? Some public officials and…

Editor January 22, 2023

Editorial

Senator Sanders bemoans current state of journalism

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an op-ed piece Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders sent to me and probably many others in the journalism field. by Senator Bernie Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders…

Editor December 9, 2022

Columns

I’m taking a break (sort of) from the social media zoo

by Denise Dykstra Last week, I met up with a handful of friends and forgot to take a photo of us all. This is so unlike me! I usually love…

Editor July 6, 2022

Obituaries

Wayland special ed teacher Kathy Lough Mathews dies

Former Wayland Union Schools special education teacher Kathy Lough Matthews died Friday at Cumberland Gap, Tenn. She was 71. The daughter of longtime Wayland High School secretary Bea Smith, she…

Editor November 7, 2021

Editorial

So is the local town crier in the business over his head?

“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate” — Strother Martin in “Cool Hand Luke,” 1966 ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial…

Editor August 20, 2021

Columns

The joy of perpetual/(pure) magic of blueberry picking

by Denise Dykstra I love the way the blueberries look when they still have dew hanging from them out in the field. I love the way the sun moves over…

Editor July 27, 2021