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The Muck Starts Here: Another ‘no’ voter in May 5 election
By Barry Hastings As of April 8, polls indicate a "no" vote on the sales tax increase the legislature wants you to vote for next month (so they won't have…
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Service Tuesday for Bob Kramer, 63, Bay Valley electrician
Robert Kramer, age 63, of Wayland, died Saturday, April 11. Bob graduated from Reeths-Puffer High School, Muskegon. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, stationed in Germany.…
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Changing sub teachers provider won’t really solve problem
I hear tell Wayland schools and the other districts in the Allegan Educational Services Agency (AAESA) no longer will hire substitute teachers through Professional Education Services Group of Caledonia. I…
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Public Safety Beat: Teen murder suspect to plea to agreement
Joshua Lee Keyzer, 16, is expected to enter a plea May 11 in Allegan County Circuit Court in the case in which he is accused of raping and fatally stabbing…
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Electronic, household waste recycling set May 2 at Harding’s
Allegan County Resource Recovery will sponsor a special recycling event for household hazardous waste, TVs and computers and electronic devices from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at…
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Current Allegan County Stray Dogs: April 10
All stray pets at the Allegan County Shelter have a short “stray hold,” waiting for their family to reclaim them. If you see your pet in this photo gallery it…
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Summit Pointe residential project preliminary plans OK’d
The Leighton Township Board Thursday evening awarded preliminary plat approval to the Merstone Group of Byron Center for an eight-lot single-family residential development on 144th Avenue west of Kalamazoo Avenue.…
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Hopkins High School Class of 1976 salutatorian passes at 57
Laurie Ann Pawlowski, age 57, of Grand Rapids, died Wednesday, April 8. Laurie graduated from Hopkins High School in 1976 as the class salutatorian and was a member of that…
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Celebration of Life ceremony for Deb White will be April 17
Deborah Sue White, 61, died in Allegan April 3. She was born and raised in Alabama and moved to Michigan in 1977, but never lost her accent, which is something…
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Army Bob: Equal pay for equal work for women a bogus issue?
Equal pay for equal work has been the law, some could argue, since 1920. Most would agree that the 1963 Equal Pay Law passed by Congress and then signed by…