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No service scheduled for ex-Marine Ervin Byler, 84
Ervin Byler, age 84, died Saturday, Aug. 10. Ervin served in the Marines from 1956 to 1961. He loved to ride his bike through country roads, but most importantly, he…
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Fire accord near, but Hopkins Twp.-tribe legal fight persists
An agreement between the Gun Lake Tribe of Potowatmis and Hopkins Township Board on services by the Hopkins Area Fire Authority appears to be nearing ratification by both sides. Hopkins…
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Basura: Naneena Ice Classic payout is more than $300,000
“The use of traveling is to regulate the imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” — Samuel Johnson NANEENA, Alaska. — We…
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Errant motorist temporarily disables gas dispenser in Dorr
Billy Fifelski, owner-operator of the Dorr Marathon gas station on 18th Street and 142nd Avenue, said this past Thursday evening a customer accidentally drove into a gasoline dispenser. Fifelski said,…
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Public invited to next Dorr Library Board meeting Aug. 19
The Dorr Township Library Board appreciates everyone who came out and voted on the library millage last Tuesday, especially all those who voted yes. We are very disappointed that the…
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Yes It’s True: I fear ‘The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street’
Call me a nervous Nellie if you wish, but I am fearful that Vladimir Putin and his Russian henchmen and henchwomen are winning a high tech cyber war against the…
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Don’t eliminate, but regulate the Internet for safety at home
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “It can’t happen here. It can’t happen here. I’m telling you my dear, that…
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One Small Voice: ICE raids create environment of terror
That the president doesn’t see that his ICE raids in Mississippi are separating families the same way his tactics at the southern border did is incredibly disturbing. But it’s not…
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Celebration of life for LJ Long, 59, will be Thursday evening
“John “LJ” Long, 59, died Tuesday, Aug 6. LJ, son of the late Gilman and Harriet Long, was born on Dec. 16, 1959, in Danville, Vermont. He later served in…
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Mass of Christian Burial Aug. 16 for Celia Mylnarchek Cisler
Celia Clara (Mlynarchek) Cisler 88, of Middleville, a 1949 graduate of Wayland High School, died Tuesday morning, Aug. 6. Celia was born November 26, 1930 on the family farm at…