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Will City of Wayland drop sidewalk snowplowing?
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…
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Is the state going to take over gravel pit regulations?
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.”…
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Watson braces for potential gravel mining legal trouble
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…
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Direct deposit suggestion isn’t routine in Dorr Twp.
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…
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WHS welcomes 4 inductees into Alumni Hall of Fame
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…
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Dorr Plan Commission to do vision meeting July 20
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…
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Leighton Twp. hears more about infrastructure woes
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…
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Plan Commission gives OK to housing, storage plans
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…
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Is this the most worthless warning sign in America?
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.”…
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Wayland activist, school principal Bill Mauchmar dies
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…