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Let’s make certain no WHS football player wears No. 22 again
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “History… is bunk.” — Industrialist Henry Ford We put too much stock in the…
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Ranger Rick: Donald Trump appears to be the real deal
Donald Trump — Is he for real? Sure looks like it. When you consider the opposition is a communist/socialist old man (Bernie Sanders), a nobody (Martin O’Malley) and a sexual…
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Democracy Tree: How Gov. Snyder pitted city vs. city in water wars
by Amy Kerr Hardin The uncertainty created under Gov. Snyder’s emergency manager model of governance fostered dangerous fear-based public policy decisions — Michigan municipalities were pitted one against another —…
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Dorr Township offices to be open to public 40 hours per week
Dorr Township offices will be open for 40 hours per week and the exact times will be determined by office manager Vicki Fifelski. The Dorr Township Board voted 4-3 Monday…
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Fixing paved roads in Dorr Township would cost $3.3 million
The Dorr Township Roads Committee has estimated it would cost $3.3 million to fix local paved roads and more than $9 million to get gravel roads up to snuff. Township…
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Barry Hastings: This means war between the ‘rabble’ and the GOP
By Barry Hastings Several months ago, in a piece written for this column (The ticking time-bomb), I said, "I think this guy (Trump) just might be the fatal blow to…
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Funeral for ‘Case’ Pols, 71, of Dorr, will be held Thursday
Cornelis "Case" Pols, age 71, of Dorr, died Saturday, Jan. 23, under the care of his family and Faith Hospice. Case was born on Sept. 22, 1944 in Hoffdorp, Netherlands.…
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Monday Moanin’: Too much slack in my JC Penney slacks
By Jeff Salisbury https://misterjournalism.wordpress.com/ If you follow me on Facebook you probably already know this, but I’ve been on a quest to lose some weight. A lot of weight. Since…
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Martin bounces back from Delton loss to beat Galesburg, 61-34
by Jon M. Gambee Martin fell behind early Friday at Galesburg, but unlike the game Tuesday at Delton, the Clippers battled back to take a 61-34 victory against the Rams.…
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Hopkins boys lose to No. 1-ranked basketball team in the state
Wyoming Godwin Heights, the No. 1 boys' basketball team in the latest state-wide Class B Associated Press poll, defeated Hopkins 89-40 Friday night on the winners' floor. The loss dropped…