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Toys for Tots event will be Dec. 1 at casino
Gun Lake Casino has announced its annual Toys for Tots collection will run from Sunday, Dec. 1, through Dec.15. GLC will kick off the annual event from 9 to 11…
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Hopkins Middle Schoolers take part in salmon project
Hopkins Middle School students are taking part in a “Salmon in the Classroom” project between now and next spring. Seventh-graders in teacher Richard Reska’s class have received 150 fertilized Chinook…
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Dorr board still busy with plans for new twp. hall
Dorr Township Board members continue to spend most of their meeting preparing to move into the new township hall at the former Crossroads Church site further east on 142nd Avenue.…
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Army Bob: Government reduction battle looming
by Robert M. Traxler What in the world just happened? Like President Donald Trump or hate him, most folks need to admit that he has changed the political landscape. The…
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Winter, snow finally make an appearance
There were many people who have been wondering when the first snow would hit West Michigan, and the answer was overnight Wednesday, Nov. 20, and Thursday morning, Nov. 21. A…
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Services Saturday at St. Stan’s for Charles Wila
Charles Joseph Wila Jr, age 87 of Dorr, died at home Tuesday, Nov. 19. After graduating from Catholic Central High School, Charles led an adventurous life. He became a self-employed…
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Nov. 22, 1999 The Globe published a front page photo of children…
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Dorr Twp. parcel next to expressway rezoning is recommended
The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday night recommended Township Board approval of a rezoning request for a 55-acre parcel across the street from the Copart car business. The request was…
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Former East Martin Church pastor dies
Former East Martin Christian Reformed pastor Arthur (Auke) Schoonveld died Saturday, Nov. 16. Auke was born to Willem and Lysbeth Schoonveld on Jan. 27, 1936, in Zuidbroek, Netherlands. He had…
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Six area depts battle abandoned home fire
The Wayland, Hopkins, Dorr, Leighton, Yankee Springs and Martin fire departments thsi morning were summoned to the scene of a fire at an abandoned house in the 1100 block of…