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Wayland City Manager Eggleston gets 2% raise
Wayland City Manager Josh Eggleston received a 2 percent salary increase by action of the City Council Monday night. Eggleston, who was hired four years ago for an annual salary…
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Don’t let the ‘burnt’ in burnt sugar cake scare you away
by Kathy Hamman Miller This recipe came from my 91-year-old mother’s grandmother. We all remember it from family reunions, but had never made it because her daughter had carried on…
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Date for Trick-or-Treating could use a little tweaking
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Every now and then someone comes up with an idea that is worth discussion…
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Dykstra, Morin to represent Martin at state cross meet
Martin High School seniors Eli Dykstra and Mercedes Morin both qualified for next Saturday's Division 4 state cross-country meet in regional competition at Allendale. Though Dykstra missed making the all-regional…
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Wildcats miss qualifying for state by 5 team points
The Wayland High School boys’ cross-country team just missed qualifying for the Nov. 6 state championships by five points Saturday. The Wildcats, with their exceptional bunching, finished the regional competition…
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Two Lady Vikings qualify for D-3 state cross meet
Two Hopkins female harriers Saturday morning at the regionals in Otsego qualified for the Division 3 state championships next weekend. Freshman Kambria Moored and sophomore Helena Kerber placed ninth and…
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Olivia Barabas qualifies; ‘Cats take 8th in regionals
Wayland High School junior Olivia Barabas Saturday morning qualified for next week’s Division 2 state cross-country championship by placing seventh in the regionals at Portage. Barabas, who also qualified for…
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Services will be Tuesday for Carl Haveman of Martin
Carl Haveman, age 90, of Martin, died Friday, Oct. 29. Number six of nine siblings, Carl graduated from Martin Agricultural High School in 1949. He began farm-related work as a…
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Martin hikes spotless mark to 10-0 with playoff victory
The Martin varsity football team continued its relentless search for a state Class D eight-man football championship by taking down visiting Tekonsha 41-0. The Clippers struck early and often and…
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Hopkins, O-K Silver suffer bad playoffs opening night
It was a really awful night of football for the O-K Silver Conference Friday. None of the four teams in the league won its first-round playoff game. League champ Comstock…