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Funeral mass is Friday for Arthur Harnish, 95, of Dorr
Arthur T. Harnish, age 95, died Monday, May 14. He was born in 1922 in Byron Center, grew up in Moline and graduated from Wayland High School in 1940 before…
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Amanda Brown scores 4 as Lady ‘Cats blank Wyoming
The Wayland varsity girls' soccer team evened its overall season record at 6-6 with an 8-0 victory Monday evening over Wyoming."The Wildcats went on a goal scoring frenzy after their…
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Sheriff’s Dept. seeks help with retail fraud suspects
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Sheriff's Department has announced the suspects have been apprehended and the assistance from the public was appreciated. The Allegan County Sheriff's Department is seeking help in…
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Lady Vikings officially win 7th straight league crown
It’s official. The Hopkins girls’ track team captured its seventh straight O-K Silver Conference championship by taking first in a weather-delayed league meet. The meet was delayed for about one…
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County, Hopkins Twp. to file comments on tribe land
Allegan County and Hopkins Township have until next month to file comments with the U.S. Department of the Interior on the Gun Lake Tribe's request to take into trust a…
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WHS Class of ’18 summa cum laude honors announced
Wayland Union Schools has announced the Class of 2018 graduating seniors who have earned cumulative grade point averages of 4.0 of higher, thereby earning summa cum laude academic honors. The…
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Bay Pointe Woods planning review to continue Monday
by Austin Marsman After granting initial planned unit development approval in February, the Barry County Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Monday will discuss further specifics for the proposed Bay Pointe…
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WHS grad Sierra Mutschler cracks 28th career homer
Former Wayland High School standout Sierra Mutschler (left) crushed a three-run homer in the fifth inning in Saturday's NCAA Division III regional softball championship game for Hope College against Franklin…
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Service will be Tuesday for Shirley Muilenburg, 77
Shirley Ann Muilenburg (Harmsen), aged 77 of Wayland, died Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in Cape Coral, Fla. Shirley was a loving and dedicated, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and was…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: It’s not what they say, it’s what they do
“It's just your jive talkin' You're telling me lies, yeah Jive talkin' You wear a disguise Jive talkin' So misunderstood, yeah Jive talkin' You really no good.” — The Bee…