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Wildcat bowler Kyle VanEss rolls a perfect 300

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Wayland High School senior Kyle VanEss came up with a perfect bowling score of 300 Saturday morning in his youth league at Spectrum Lanes in Grand Rapids. He rolled a 643 series. Van Ess is a veteran on the Wildcat varsity bowling team.
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Martin C-C girls bounce back, take 2nd at Fennville

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The Martin girls’ varsity cross-country team bounced back Saturday at the Fennville Invitational after not scoring earlier this this week. The Lady Clippers checked in second at Fennville with 43 points, only eight team points behind Niles. The boys finished sixth, meanwhile. Sophomore Veyda Conley again led the Martin harriers...
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Wildcats pound the rock, defeat error-prone Sparta opponent

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The Wayland varsity football team took advantage of its huge offensive line to pound the rock and defeat Sparta 21-13 Friday night. Even so, the Spartans stage a couple of frantic comeback attempts that were halted more by their mistakes than anything else. The Wildcats had shot out to a...
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Watson continues to grapple with sand, gravel mining issues

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Supervisor Kevin Travis Thursday night declared that Watson Township has the most sand and gravel mining sites in all of Allegan County. He made the claim during a discussion about how the township can preserve its rural nature without inviting trouble from the outside. And that trouble often involves sand...
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County Register of Deeds office moving to new location

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The Allegan County Register of Deeds office will be closed Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 113 Chestnut St., Allegan, and moved to its new location at the Dumont Lake complex. The office will reopen for normal business hours, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the County Services...
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City’s water tower withholds fluoride for maintenance

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The City of Wayland's water tower will be out of service for maintenance and necessary upgrades between the approximate dates of Sept. 6 and Oct. 2. This is a notice that during this time period, the city will not be feeding its typical dose of fluoride. Normal dosage rates will...
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Private family service planned for Robert Forbes

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Robert L. Forbes of Wayland died at the age of 81 on Thursday, Sep. 5. Bob loved spending time with his family. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing, and woodworking. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Dolores; children, Doug (Dawn) Forbes, Dawn (David) Cook, Brad (Nancy) Forbes; eight...
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Funeral mass Sept. 13 for Norene Miklusicak, 95

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Norene Miklusicak, 95, died Wednesday, Sept. 4. She is survived by her children, Dan (Dee) Miklusicak, Richard Miklusicak, Barb Bieber, LouAnn (Ron) Kerber, Tim (Sue) Miklusicak, Mary (Al) Zifilippo, Andrew (Steven Yu) Miklusicak, Kathy (Tony) Rewa; 23 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Annabelle Harnish; and many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends....
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Viking boys miss 1st by 1 point in Silver C-C meet

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The Hopkins boys’ cross-country team was one point shy of taking first place in the first O-K Silver Conference jamboree of the season Wednesday at the South Christian athletic complex. The Viking girls, meanwhile, tied for second with Grandville Calvin Christian with 64 points behind Fruitport’s 48. Junior Allison Breining...
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Martin boys 8th; girls fail to score at Hartford C-C

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Sophomore Veyda Conley was third individually at the Hartford Teske Invitational Thursday, but Martin failed to field a full team of five runners and did not score in the meet. The Clipper guys did come up with the minimum of five harries and took eighth place among 10 teams. Senior...
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