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Dorr master plan work suspended until next year

August 18, 2020

The Dorr Township Planning Commission has decided to suspend the work on the master plan process until the beginning of next year because of problems created by the Coronavirus. Chairman Bob Wagner said he will get in touch with engineers from Williams & Works to let them know the commission...

Wayland Council considers ordinance for golf cart use

August 17, 2020

Golf carts in the city? The Wayland City Council Monday night asked Police Chief Mark Garnsey to speak with other police chiefs in communities that have allowed golf cart use within their borders. He mostly will try to bring back information about safety. The city doesn’t have an ordinance that...

What are we going to do about rigging the election?

August 15, 2020

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Sir Edmund Burke “Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care.” — George Carlin “I’m mad as Hell, and I’m not going to take it any more.” — Howard Beale in the movie “Network.”...

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Leighton Twp. to seek 1 more mill for roads Nov. 3

August 13, 2020

The Leighton Township Board has agreed to ask local voters to approve a one-mill tax increase for roads in the Nov. 3 general election. Leighton already has a one-mill levy rolled back to 0.9616 mill because of the Headlee Amendment, but local officials and a special Road Committee agree it...

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

July 29, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Historical Society in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 2, 1995 Hopkins residents and neighbors sift through rubble of the fire that ravaged downtown Hopkins 100 years ago. Hopkins farmer Orville Miller was taken to his final resting place by a...

Two challengers highlight City Council races Nov. 3

July 28, 2020

Mayor Tim Bala and Tracy Bivins two years ago when she announced her resignation. A couple of familiar names will be on the Nov. 3 general election ballot as challengers in races for the Wayland City Council. Former Councilwoman Tracy Bivins will challenge Mayor Tim Bala for a two-year term...

Yes It’s True: Thank Army Bob for his job well done

July 23, 2020

“Politics makes strange bedfellows” — Adapted from “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare. This is my favorite Army Bob photo, as he urges all citizens to "mask up." This time honored phrase is perhaps the best way to describe my relationship of eight years with Robert M. Traxler, known to so...

Dorr Plan Commission OKs rezoning, special use permit

July 21, 2020

A representative of Award Enterprises points to the area on the map where the road extension would occur. The Dorr Township Planning Commission recommended approval to rezone 40 acres on 140th Avenue from agricultural to rural estates and granted a special use permit to Award Enterprises to expand a private...

‘Army Bob’ Traxler resigns Dorr Plan Commission, ZBA

July 21, 2020

Robert M. Traxler, perhaps best known to readers of this on-line publication as “Army Bob,” Tuesday evening resigned his posts as vice chairman of the Dorr Township Planning Commission and chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals. Traxler, who has served on the Planning Commission for the past 11 years,...

Hopkins Twp. annexation proposal clears state hurdle

July 14, 2020

Lori Castello was welcomed back by the Planning Commission. The Wayland City Planning Commission welcomed new member Mark Lyons in its first meeting since the COVID-19 crisis hit Michigan in March. The meeting Tuesday evening was a virtual session, just like all other city public meetings for the past four...

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