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Prospects good for South Main Street project grant
Prospects are looking good for street work to be done in Wayland on South Main Street from Maple south to the end of Locust. City Manager Joshua Eggleston told the…
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Clippers now 2-0 with victory at Galesburg-Augusta
The Martin boys' varsity basketball team improved to 2-0 on the season overall with a 47-22 victory over Galesburg-Augusta Friday. The Clippers held their hosts to just two points in…
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Area charity event organizer Chad Miller dies at 45
Chad E. Miller of Hamilton, organizer of the Legend Quest Bike Run, died of a heart attack Friday. He was 45. Chad was born Dec. 24, 1972. He will be…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Baseball defends electoral college
Townbroadcast has been inundated lately with opinions about the electoral college method of selecting the American president, thanks to a column by the venerable Army Bob. Column author Robert M.…
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WHS senior Rory Myers scores 1st career hat trick
Wayland High School senior Rory Myers scored the first hat trick (three goals) in his hockey career Saturday evening in the Team Byron Center home opener. He and several other…
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Write It Right: Dorr sewer project didn’t include water
Townbroadast last Thursday night published a story that incorrectly suggested that the Dorr Township sewer project that led to a recall effort included water. The project was only for installation…
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Longtime Wayland Post Office mail carrier dies at 75
Longtime Wayland Post Office mail carrier Patricia Annette Wilson, age 75 of Middleville, died Friday, Nov. 30. Pat was born, Oct. 27, 1943, in Detroit, the daughter of Robert and…
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Service Tuesday in Spring Lake for Dennis Heuschele
Dennis Lee Heuschele age 67, of Hopkins, died Friday, Nov. 30. Dennis was born on March 26, 1951, graduated from Godwin Heights High School in 1970, and attended Grand Rapids…
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Lame-duck legislators ignore wishes of the voters
ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “No man, woman or child is safe as long as the State Legislature…
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Wayland native Kenneth Pratt, 94, dies in Plainwell
Wayland native Kenneth I. Pratt, 94, of Parchment, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Life Care Center of Plainwell. Ken was born April 24, 1924, in Wayland, the son of Ray…