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Great Clips to replace Cricket at Reno Drive mall?
Word on the street is that a Great Clips franchise hair/beauty salon will join the businesses in the strip mall on the west side of Reno Drive. Great Clips is…
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Ranger Rick: Always tracking, always alerting, always hyping
In the old days of three TV stations (WKZO, WOOD, WZZM) the talking heads of weather forecasting would come on and tell us of the changing weather. When snow was…
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Lady ‘Cats rollers top South Christian, lift record to 7-1-1
Wayland defeated visiting South Christian 27-3 Monday afternoon to lift its girls’ bowling dual match record to 7-1-1. The boys’ team, meanwhile, lost to Sailors by the same score and…
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Renovated kitchen is ready at Allegan Tech Center
A major renovation to the Allegan County Area Technical and Education Center has been completed with a sweet result. The Culinary Arts program area was completely gutted over the past…
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WHS grad Dollarhide super sub for Lawrence Tech
Hope Dollarhide, a 2016 Wayland High School graduate, had a homecoming of sorts Saturday when she and her Lawrence Tech University teammates visited Cornerstone University for a basketball game. The…
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Yes It’s True: Remembering Dr. King is complicated
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I have had a profound appreciation…
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Weekend storms drop nearly 10 inches of snow
The second wave of snowfall over the weekend may have been even worse in West Michigan, as roads were snow- and ice-covered and slippery Sunday morning. Shown here are emergency…
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Funeral mass for Wayland native Larry Lapekes, 86
Wayland native Lawrence Lee Lapekes, 86, died Saturday, Jan. 18. Larry was born Oct. 15, 1933, in a farm house in Wayland and was the 10th of 11 children to…
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Dorr Library wants to get rid of Sword of Damocles
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “Are you threatening me? Why ya stupid toad… I oughta beat your brain out.”…
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12th Street residents file petitions for annexation
A group of residents living along 12th Street west of the City of Wayland across the U.S.-131 expressway this week filed petitions in Lansing seeking to be annexed. Grand Rapids…