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Dorr gazebo may be moved instead to Township Library site
The gazebo that used to be on the northeast corner of the intersection of 142nd Avenue and 18th Street in downtown Dorr may be moved to the Dorr Township Library.…
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Diorio named assistant principal, grid coach at Benton Harbor
Former Wayland High School head football coach Jerry Diorio has a new gig, assistant principal and assistant football coach at Benton Harbor High School. Diorio, who coached at Wayland two…
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Let’s tell 2 new legislators to ‘git er done’ on roads and fireworks
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. I have a terse message for the two (likely) new state legislators from this…
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Ranger Rick: Abortion continues culture of death for 42 years
With all the latest information coming out about Planned Parenthood’s abortion mills and selling of body parts and whole fetuses, I was physically ill from the descriptions and the undercover…
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Wildcat soccer team drops season opener 2-0 to Zeeland East
Wayland opened its soccer season Monday night with a 2-0 loss to visiting Zeeland East. The Dux sxored one goal each in both halves to edge past the Wildcats. Goalie…
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Cheetah program attracts 350 people at Pine Street Elementary
Mary Wykstra from Action for Cheetahs in Kenya (ACK) and "Zemba," a cheetah from the Columbus Zoo, visited Pine Street Elementary Monday in the concluding special program of the summer…
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CNN features leukemia patient Dawson Babiak’s crayon drive
Dawson Babiak, 5-year-old son of Wayland teacher Alison Babiak and Hopkins teacher Jason Babiak, is getting national attention in his heroic battle against leukemia. Dawson has launched a crayon donation…
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Probe claims Reps. Gamrat, Courser misused public resources
A Michigan House Business Office investigation claims that State Reps. Cindy Gamrat and Todd Courser Michigan state Reps. Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat, "misused taxpayer resources" in an alleged attempted…
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Memorial Mass will be Sept. 10 for Dorothy Clary, 88, North Dorr
Dorothy (Harig) Clary, of North Dorr, died Friday, Aug. 21. She was 88. Born Dec. 19, 1926, she is survived by her children, Gloria and Milan Delfosse, Deborah and David…
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Monday Moanin’: Nobody knows what the hell they’re doing
By Jeff Salisbury Maybe you’ve seen the video of people of all ages, offering words of wisdom to those of their generation, but just a bit younger. I spotted it…