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Barry Hastings: You gotta love this game of fast-pitch softball
A tale by Barry Hastings As I've said a time or two, I was extremely lucky with the first three fast-pitch softball teams I coached on the "small" diamond. The…
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Daughter of Wayland’s greatest bowler to co-coach sport at WHS
The daughter of Wayland’s greatest bowler has decided to be co-coach this year for the Wayland High School girls’ and boys’ bowling teams. Sherry Rybiski Miklusicak, whose dad, Frank Rybiski,…
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Funeral Tuesday for Dave Hoffman, 54, semi-truck crash victim
David Leon Hoffman, 54, of Shelbyville, died in a traffic crash Thursday, Oct. 29, while operating the semi-truck he loved in Grant County Indiana. He was born July 31, 1961,…
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Former Dick’s Market building may turn into Ace Hardware store
The old Dick's Market building inside the Hillside Mall on 142 Avenue in Dorr soon may have a tenant. Matthew Janrog of Cedar Springs has been working extensively on securing…
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Don’t be fooled by misleading TV ads about energy efficiency
Legislators in Lansing are considering a dangerous proposal being pushed by utility companies that would increase electricity costs for Michigan families and businesses. State Senator Mike Nofs and State Representative…
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Ex-Wildcat coach Diorio enjoying Benton Harbor playoff adventure
It was just about a year that Jerry Diorio gave up the head football coaching position at Wayland and it was just a couple of months ago he began his…
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Does it always have to rain for Halloween? It was wet and wild
Somebody on Facebook Saturday afternoon asked, "Why does it always rain on Halloween? It probably doesn't, but seems that way. Trick-or-treaters were fewer in number as temperatures hovered in the…
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Two Wildcats qualify for state C-C meet; team 5th in regional meet
Wayland senior Perry Carter and junior Jonathan Zuiderveen both qualified Saturday for the Division 2 state cross-country meet by placing among the top 15 individuals in the regionals at Portage.…
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Hopkins harriers qualify for state; Velderman is regional champ
Laura Velderman is the individual regional champion and the Hopkins cross-country team is going back to the Division 3 state meet next Saturday at Michigan International Speedway near Brooklyn. Velderman,…
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Hopkins FFA among nation’s top 10 as ‘Model of Innovation’
The Hopkins High School chapter of the FFA was selected as one of the top ten chapters in the nation as a "Model of Innovation" for community development out of…