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Will City of Wayland drop sidewalk snowplowing?

June 7, 2021

Wayland City Council members appear to be between a rock and a hard place on an issue that’s probably near and dear to the hearts of many residents — sidewalk snowplowing. Council received a report and recommendation from the Budget Committee that suggested the city drop the service because it...

Is the state going to take over gravel pit regulations?

June 6, 2021

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. “Politics makes strange bedfellows,” — adapted from Shakespeare’s, “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.” The Michigan Legislature is seriously considering a new law that would hand over decisions on and enforcement of gravel mining...

Watson braces for potential gravel mining legal trouble

June 4, 2021

Watson Township, just like Wayland Township, soon may be in for some legal battles over gravel mining operations. Northstar Aggregates, LLC and its sister company, USA Earthworks, LLC propose to mine 44.49 acres on a 77.74-acre parcel east of 13th Street and north of 117th Avenue in Watson Township. Matt...

Direct deposit suggestion isn’t routine in Dorr Twp.

May 27, 2021

The Dorr Township Board Thursday night voted 4-3 to permit direct deposit of employee paychecks into United Bank, but the discussion of the proposal was not routine. Township Clerk Debbie Sewers announced she opposed the change from manually creating and issuing the checks and putting them in a designated place...

WHS welcomes 4 inductees into Alumni Hall of Fame

May 26, 2021

William and Eric Hooker Four new honorees were inducted into the Wayland Union Schools Alumni Hall of Fame Tuesday during the Senior Award Night at the Wayland Union Fine Arts Center. The four were William and Eric Hooker (posthumously), Lisa Schroeder Banas, and Alan Baugh. William and Eric Hooker were nominated by Mary Hooker-Tong, daughter...

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Dorr Plan Commission to do vision meeting July 20

May 18, 2021

Nathan Mehmed After a delay of more than a year because of Covid-19, the Dorr Township Planning Commission finally will have its visioning meeting for a proposed new master plan on July 20. Nathan Mehmed, representing Williams & Works, said public input could be aggressively sought from residents about what...

Leighton Twp. hears more about infrastructure woes

May 13, 2021

The Leighton Township Board was told about three very needy road projects Thursday evening, but it’s the same old problem on fixing them — money. Supervisor Steve Wolbrink mentioned the sorry state of the bridge over 140th Avenue, Hooker Cemetery needing a paving job and the terrible condition of the...

Plan Commission gives OK to housing, storage plans

May 11, 2021

The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening recommended rezoning for a proposed residential development on 133rd Avenue and approved a site plan for a second storage unit business on Reno Drive. The commission held a public hearing on rezoning two parcels along 133rd from agricultural to residential, from R-A to...

Is this the most worthless warning sign in America?

May 9, 2021

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. “Who was that masked man? “I don’t know, but I wanted to thank him.” — A late 1960s commercial for Pizza Rolls, featuring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels, who asks, “Have a pizza roll,...

Wayland activist, school principal Bill Mauchmar dies

May 8, 2021

William Mauchmar, educator, administrator, community servant and patriarch of a well-known athletic local family, died Friday, May 7. He was 88. Born Sept. 26, 1932, he was longtime member of St. Therese Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 7581, and was elementary principal for many years at East...

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