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Lifelong Wayland resident, WHS grad Tom Hooker dies
Tom Hooker, a 1966 graduate of Wayland High School and lifelong local resident, died at his home Tuesday, Sept. 26. He was 69. He was born Aug. 27, 1948, in…
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Service Saturday for State Police Trooper Ray Hoffman
Word has been received of the death of Michigan State Police Trooper Ray Hoffman of the Wayland post. He was 46. The Yankee Springs/Wayland Fire Departments posted on Facebook today,…
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Beulah Johnson, 75, to be buried in Ft. Custer Cemetery
Beulah Johnson, 75, died Tuesday, Sept. 26. She was born April 15, 1942. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Johnson, and her sister, Lonnie Seiger, and parents.…
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Ranger Rick: Trump shows no-nonsense approach to U.N.
President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations Council last week. The deferential language, weak body language, the scraping and bowing are things of the past. President Obama was the appeaser…
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Longtime propane gas businessman Bill Whittredge dies
Bill Whittredge died Sunday, Sept. 24, just two days after his 89th birthday. He was born on Sept. 22, 1928 in Blue Creek Township, Indiana, the son of Ira and…
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Memorial service is Friday for Ruth DeHaan, 65
Ruth Anne (DeVoogd) DeHaan, age 65, of Wayland, died Saturday, Sept. 23. She is survived by her children, Rebecca (Jeffrey) Weaver, Rachael (Frank) Ashiwer, and Nathan DeHaan, along with many others who…
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Service Wednesday for Carolyn Westhouse of Moline
Carolyn Westhouse, age 88, of Moline, died Sunday, Sept. 24. She is survived by her children, Ed and Marilyn Westhouse, Mike and Pam Westhouse, Don and Mary Westhouse, Cherri Westhouse, David…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Wayland, TK to leave O-K Conference?
I hear tell there are high-level discussions being conducted by Wayland and Middleville Thornapple Kellogg schools to leave the O-K Conference and join the Wolverine. Both Wayland and TK joined…
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Hopkins girls take 6th, boys 8th in Buchanan C-C Invitational
The Hopkins varsity cross-country teams went south for the Buchanan Invitational Saturday, with the girls finishing sixth among 13 teams and the boys eighth among 10. South Haven won the…
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Funeral will be Tuesday in Dorr for ‘Bud’ Perry, 77
Charles E. "Bud" Perry died Saturday, Sept. 23. He was born Feb. 4, 1940, in Jamestown Township, the son of Charles and Ruth (Winter) Perry. Bud began his working career with his…