Public Safety – Page 18

Village of Hopkins smoke testing sanitary sewer lines this week

The Village of Hopkins is conducting smoke testing of sanitary sewer lines this week as part of a project to map and look for repair needs of its sewer system.…

Editor October 25, 2015

Articles

Yankee Springs seeks City of Wayland proposal for fire service

The City of Wayland has been asked by the Yankee Springs Township Board to provide cost estimates for providing fire services to the township. City Manager Mike Selden said the…

Editor October 8, 2015

Editorial

Nanny state government could help ‘Bring ’em back alive!’

The Republican Party has been popular over the last 35 years with opposition to “Nanny government.” Yet at times it is guilty of the crime itself and has failed to…

Editor October 3, 2015

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 185

25 Years Ago — Oct. 3, 1990 The Dorr Township Board, led by Clerk Dick Dutkiewicz, voted 4-1 to take part in the Allegan County $25 annual surcharge program for…

Editor September 30, 2015

Articles

Dorr Township Board approves buying 2 speed limit traffic signs

The Dorr Township Board Tuesday evening voted to buy one flashing speed limit sign and a solar-powered radar sign to increase safety for pedestrians as motorists approach the heart of…

Editor August 25, 2015

Coming Events

Private grand opening planned for Gun Lake Tribe govt. complex

Gun Lake Tribe of Pottawatomi Indians will have a private grand opening of government campus and new government office at 2872 Mission Drive, Shelbyville, at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25.…

Editor August 18, 2015

Articles

Negotiations on possibility of area fire district continue

The City of Wayland, Wayland Township and Yankee Springs Township held preliminary talks Thursday evening on the possibility of creating a fire district to include all three municipalities. Yankee Springs…

Editor August 17, 2015

Articles

Fire district discussion will be held Aug. 13 at Yankee Springs

The City of Wayland, Wayland Township, Yankee Springs Township and perhaps Hopkins and Leighton townships will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Yankee Springs Township Hall to…

Editor August 3, 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

Articles

WHS bowling coach’s wife killed in Ionia industrial accident

The woman who was killed in an industrial accident Tuesday afternoon in Ionia was the wife of Wayland High School varsity bowling coach Bill Holbrook. Wanda Jean Holbrook, who worked…

Editor July 8, 2015