Month: June 2023

New Wheeler Library director has started job

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Abbie LaFountaine Abbie LaFountaine commended her duties this week as new director of the Wheeler Library in Martin. She was selected to the position by the Library Board, succeeding Alicia Kershaw, who resigned after 16 years to take a new job. "This is such an exciting time for me!" she...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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COVER PHOTO: The Hopkins Library now located at 142 East Main St.in Hopkins, started out being sponsored by the Hopkins Ladies Literary Club and was located in various buildings in the village, which included the township hall. A meeting was then held to organize a campaign to promote a free...
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Construction of roundabout occurs at Kalamazoo-84th

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Brenner Construction of Hopkins is doing the work on the closest roundabout to northeastern Allegan County. The work is continuing apace at 84th Street and Kalamazoo Avenue. Behind those trees is an old schoolhouse some people turned into a home, with a bell tower above. There is a new high...
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Public safety depts. work together on traffic crash

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The Wayland and Yankee Springs fire departments Tuesday evening were dispatched to the 3300 block of Patterson Road for a two-vehicle accident involving multiple patients.  Crews arrived on scene and began patient care and extrication. Ambulance crews from Plainwell, Thornapple, and Wayland all assisted with patient care and transportation. West Michigan...
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Dorr Plan Commission bends a little for mixed use

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The Dorr Township Planning Commission decided to do a little bending to recommend a rezoning request for Don-Jon Asphalt Paving at the corner of 142nd Avenue and Commerce Drive. The request was to rezone the northeast portion of the parcel from commercial to mixed use. Planned unit development (PUD) to...
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Allegan County high-speed Internet grant OK likely

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Allegan County's Internet provider, 123NET, has been recommended for a $30 million state grant to fund broadband service to residents without high-speed Internet. The grant, the county's use of $17.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and some contributions from the provider will pay $65 million for high-speed...
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Semi crash blocks traffic on U.S.-131 near Exit No. 68

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The Yankee Springs Fire Department this afternoon reported a traffic crash involving a semi-trailer just north of Wayland near the Dorr-Moline exit (No. 68) on the U.S.-131 expressway. Authorities said the right land heading north was blocked. They advised motorists to avoid the area and perhaps instead use the exit...
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Former Supt. Dr. Hinds now interim chief at Northview

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Scott Korpak Former Wayland Superintendent Dr. Christina Hinds, Northview’s current deputy superintendent, will step in as interim in the wake of the retirement of Scott Korpak. Korpak announced this week that he is stepping down after 30 years in education, the last eight as the head of the Northview district....
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Former Wayland man Paul Gambee dies of cancer

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Word has been received of the death of Paul Gambee, formerly of Wayland, most recently of South Lyon. A veteran of the Air Force during the Vietnam Conflict, he died of cancer June 10 at the Veterans’ Hospital in Ann Arbor. The son of Mr. and Mrs. John O. Gambee,...
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Beloved ‘Mayor of Hilliards’ Doug Adamczyk dies at 75

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Douglas "Beans" Lawrence Adamczyk, age 75 of Hilliards, died Monday, June 19. "Dougie" was known as the Mayor of Hilliards and was loved by many people in the community, which was a great joy in his life. He will be fondly remembered for his constant smile, love for music, and...
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