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Ramblin’ Road: Are flowers blooming in the desert?
by Phyllis McCrossin It’s the start of another quiet week. King and I are back at the trailer while the boys are at their father’s for the week. The good…
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Hopkins graduate takes 5th in WHAC bowling tourney
Hopkins High School graduate Brenden Gossman finished fifth individually in the Wolverine-Hoosier Conference bowling event Saturday at 5 Star Lanes in Sterling Heights. Gossman rolled a 714 series, with games…
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Yes It’s True: Gov. Whitmer advanced corporate lying
I was more than amused earlier this week when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was pressed unsuccessfully about the abrupt departure of Robert Gordon, director of the Michigan Department of Health. Whitmer…
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Twenty-plus year Wayland school bus drivers retire
Wayland Union Schools bus drivers Teresa Permoda (right) and Caroline Badalamente retired today, Friday, Jan. 29. Teresa has worked for Wayland schools for 29 years and Caroline for 21 1/2…
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Alzheimer’s takes 1953 Wayland grad Jack DeVries
Jack DeVries, a 1953 graduate of Wayland High School, died Thursday, Jan. 28, after an 18-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. Jack, born in Dorr on July 17, 1935, had a…
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Army Bob: The new left seems to exclude everyone
by Robert M. Traxler I read an article in the Washington Post titled “A Warning from the 1960s Generation” by John B. Judis, who warned today’s crop of leftists not…
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Katie Brinker new director at Hopkins, Dorr libraries
Katie Brinker has been hired as the new director of the Dorr Township and Hopkins District libraries. The founder and managing director of “Parenting by the Book” and former program…
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Dorr Twp. to offer virtual meeting option for 1 year
The Dorr Township Board voted 4-3 Thursday night to offer citizens an on-line option for attending meetings, at least until Dec. 31. New Trustee Chandler Stanton proposed the move, maintaining…
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Hopkins to increase in-person instruction March 8
The Hopkins Board of Education Thursday night adopted a plan to increase students’ time the classroom starting March 8 and chose Stephanie Wilson to fill a vacancy. The board approved…
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One Small Voice: ‘The Big Lie’ prompted insurrection
When we were very little, my sisters and I often heard from our parents the expression “honesty is the best policy.” Patty and I heard the expression correctly, but Nancy,…