Month: June 2019

Lady Wildcats soccer team bows out of tourney in regionals

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The Wayland girls' varsity soccer season came to an end Tuesday night in the Division 2 regional semifinals with an 8-0 loss to state-ranked Forest Hills Northern. The Cinderella Lady Wildcats upset Byron Center and Grand Rapids Christian in the district tournament last week to advance to the regionals. (Photo...
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Austin Marsman’s persistence nets another political celebrity

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Martin High School graduate Austin Marsman continues to be politically active and meets and greets with famous people. He went to Lansing Tuesday to have this photo taken with Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachussetts. "It was incredible to have met Elizabeth Warren tonight and be in the front row...
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Funeral Saturday at East Martin for Tressa DeMann, 83

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Tressa K, DeMann of Martin died Monday, June 3, at Borgess Medical Center. She was 83. She was born May 8, 1936, in Byron Center the daughter of Joseph and Reka (Kuiphof) Morren. Tressa spent many years working on the family farm and raising her family. In her spare time she enjoyed...
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Yes It’s True: Dorr Twp. Library really could use public’s help

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“If people want to read books, why don’t they just go buy them at book stores?” — A Hastings Township Democratic trustee 25 years ago.  “Why don’t you go to the library and educate yourself, if you’ve got any guts.” — Frank Zappa, 1966 A typical "storytime" scene at the...
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Ranger Rick: The Democratic Party is becoming unraveled

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Old Ranger Rick has been watching the Democrats running for president.  While watching the antics of how to give away more to people to get their vote, the cities run by this party's mayors are in real trouble.  Chicago has shootings every day and this is a city where guns...
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Hopkins Middle School band members play at fun park

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Hopkins seventh and eighth grade band students performed at Michigan's Adventures last Friday They played three pieces for the crowds while they worked their way through the main gate. They then got to enjoy the park for about five hours after lunch. The combined group included between 70 and 80...
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Service will be in Kalamazoo Thursday for Amy Cole Misner

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A celebration of life service will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 6, at the Voyage Church, 6339 Atlantic Ave, Kalamazoo, for Martin High School graduate Amy Cole Misner, who died May 22 from injuries in a car accident in Colorado. She was born Nov. 24, 1974, in Kalamazoo the daughter...
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Local fireworks launching opportunities to be reduced

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The City of Wayland is likely to agree with the State Legislature in reducing the number of days fireworks can be set off during the year. City Manager Josh Eggleston offered to draw up a new ordinance that decreases the number of days for fireworks from 30 to a dozen...
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Lady Wildcats’ softball season ends in district finals defeat

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Cheri Ritz and her young Lady Wildcats. It’s been said in sports conventional wisdom that it’s extremely difficult for a team to beat another three times in one season Middleville Thornapple Kellogg’s softball squad, however, beat Wayland for the third time this spring, this time in the final round of...
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Graveside service planned Saturday for Bob Bell, 68

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Robert “Bob” Bell, age 68, of Wayland, died Saturday, June 1, after a battle with esophageal cancer. A member of the Bell family that came to Wayland in 1963 to own and operate the Dog 'N Suds restaurant and later Bell's Family Restaurant, Bob established a reputation in high school for excellence...
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