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Michigan slowly reopening; Covid stats still improving

The Allegan County Health Department will vaccinate Hopkins Public School faculty and staff Friday, Feb. 5, so K-12 students will have a full day of on-line instruction. The development is…

Editor February 2, 2021

Columns

Yes It’s True: That was the year that was, with Covid

The year 2020 probably will go down in history as the most hated, all because of a viral pandemic, a seriously contentious presidential election and economic distress the likes of…

Editor December 31, 2020

Obituaries

Longtime teacher, coach principal Bob Marutz dies

Longtime Wayland Union Schools teacher, coach and administrator Robert Marutz died Monday. He was 90. Marutz came to Wayland from Caledonia in 1962 to teach science and biology at the…

Editor October 14, 2020

Editorial

Fall sports resumption for me a head vs. heart issue

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editorial. I’ve been called out by a persistent reader to present my opinion about having…

Editor October 3, 2020

Community Notices

Former WHS athlete joins Allegan Co. Sheriff’s Dept.

The newest deputy on the Allegan County Sheriff's Department is a familiar face to Wayland High School sports enthusiasts. Carter Morse, a WHS graduate, was sworn in this week. He…

Editor September 26, 2020

Editorial

We need another FDR in perilous American times

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. I hereby recommend all who read this to go to You Tube and…

Editor March 13, 2020

Obituaries

Private celebration of life planned for Jefferey Lawler, 61

Martin High School graduate Jeffery Keith Lawler, 61, of Vicksburg, died Friday, June 14, in Kalamazoo. Jeff was born on Sept. 24, 1957, in Kalamazoo, to Ronald and Susan (Philley)…

Editor June 21, 2019

Columns

Yes It’s True: New used car dealer proves it’s a good neighbor

“And like a good neighbor, Broadmoor is there.” — With sincere apologies to State Farm Insurance My family's cleaning lady, whom I playfully call “Wal-Mart Annie,” gets a weekly good-bye…

Editor June 16, 2019

Columns

Ranger Rick: Parents, not kids continue the rotting

When you get older, I think it is natural to think back from where you came from, where you in life's journey happened to make a turn or had an…

Editor April 30, 2019

Community Notices

Wayland schools to start before Labor Day next fall

The Wayland Union School District will begin its 2019-20 academic year on Monday, Aug. 26, instead of the day after Labor Day. The Wayland Board of Education Monday adopted the…

Editor January 17, 2019