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Woman dies after boat-jet ski accident on Gun Lake
A series of events revolving around a crash on Gun Lake Saturday eventually led to the death of a 54-year-old Hastings woman. The crash involved a jet ski sent and…
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Gun Lake citizens stage protest of marina expansion
by Austin Marsman Nearly 15 citizens held a peaceful demonstration this weekend against Lucas Spoor’s plans to expand his marina on Gun Lake. Many of those marching had passionate arguments…
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Basura: The beauty of night sky at ‘Windows to the Sea’
"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Dorr’s soap opera begins 7th chapter
The 3-3 deadlock Thursday on the reappointment of longtime Planning Commission Chairman Bob Wagner represents the beginning of the seventh chapter of the soap opera that is Dorr Township politics.…
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WHS enjoys 2nd consecutive year with Islamic visitor
Esha Ahmed, from Rawalpindi, Pakistan, last month completed her academic year as a foreign exchange student at Wayland High School. Shown here with her “American father,” Tim VanHouten, she was…
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Four local women bowlers competing in national tourney
Four Wayland-area women are taking part in a national women's bowling tournament in Baton Rouge, La. this week. The four are (clockwise, from top left) Heather Siegwart, Connie Sevigny Cassie…
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Paving completed at JC Wheeler Library parking lot
The paving at the parking lot at the JC Wheeler Library on 10th Street in Martin has now been completed. The work was done this week after the Martin Township Board…
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Army Bob: Unhinged left can’t get over losing the election
Resist, fight, occupy, eliminate, seize, destroy, kill, obstruct; words used by the good folks on the left side of the political divide, much more since the last election. A non-Socialist…
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Dorr Twp. Board won’t pay $270 bill for leaf site cleanup
The Dorr Township Board Thursday evening refused to pay a $270 bill from David Selvig of Dave's Dozing for cleanup of the old leaf pickup site. The township had been…
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Dorr Twp. Board fails to reappoint longtime PC chairman
Unless Dorr Township Supervisor Jeff Miling can pull together a special meeting before July 18, Dorr Township Planning Commission Chairman Bob Wagner will not be a voting member of the…