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‘Monster Mash’ planned for downtown Wayland Oct. 29

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“He did the Monster Mash… It was a graveyard smash… It caught on in a flash…” — Bobby "Boris" Pickett, 1962 Billed as something to do in town over the Halloween holiday weekend, the city of Wayland will have a “Monster Mash” celebration downtown on Saturday evening, Oct. 29. The...
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Reasons for Chief Garnsey’s departure clarified in letter

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a clarification from attorney Rob Howard of Bos & Glazier, PLC of Grand Rapids, regarding Wayland Police Chief Mark Garnsey's departure late last month. Mark Garnsey To the editor: Chief Garnsey began discussing retirement with the city in March of this year. He has been...
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Attorney general stops in Martin to talk about safety

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (fourth from left) stopped in at Martin Public Schools Tuesday morning for a discussion on school safety and opportunities to leverage grant funding for safer schools. She met with Martin school board members and administrators. Second from left in the photo is new Supt. Samantha...
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Wayland Schools to ask for bond OK again next May

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The Wayland Board of Education plans to seek voters’ approval for a bond proposal in May 2023 in the wake of the ballot defeat Aug. 2. Supt. Tim Reeves and board members held a discussion of the issue Monday night and decided it was best to wait until next spring....
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City Council agrees to revisit golf cart proposal

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Former Mayor Burrell Stein The Wayland City Council Monday night agreed to revisit the question of an ordinance permitting use of golf carts and sider-by-side within the city limits. The action followed additional prodding by former Mayor Burrell Stein, who had suggested the move at the council’s July 18 meeting....
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Former mayor asks council to permit use of golf carts

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Former Wayland Mayor Burrell Stein and citizen Amy DeShaw Monday night asked the Wayland City Council to reconsider earlier inaction and adopt an ordinance permitting use of golf carts. “I would like to see the council discuss legalizing golf carts and side by sides” in the next meeting Aug. 1,...
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Wayland schools to send city input about pot shops

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New Wayland Union Schools Supt. Tim Reeves will represent the district next Monday night at the City Council meeting to decide whether or not the city will adopt an ordinance permitting the growing, processing, sale and distribution of recreational marijuana. The Board of Education asked Reeves to tell the council...
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I have 3 huge reasons for backing school bond issue

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ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. I’m sending my mail-in ballot to my township clerk this week with an emphatic “yes” to both economic proposals being made Aug. 2. I support the senior citizens’ millage on general principles and...
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Man with medical issue closes freeway near Otsego

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A 37-year-old man with a medical issue somehow was able to shut down traffic on the U.S.-131 expressway for several hours at the 50-mile marker near the Plainwell/Otsego exit Sunday evening. Deputies from the Allegan County Sheriff’s Office and officers from the Otsego Police Department and Plainwell Department of Public...
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‘Uninvited wildlife’ causes council meeting relocation

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The Wayland City Council had a change of venue Monday night, meeting at the fire barn instead of the customary council chambers in the back of City Hall. City Manager Josh Eggleston blamed the situation on “uninvited wildlife,” including a dead bat that invaded the upper portions of the more...
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