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WHS grad among top 5 in Miss Michigan ‘Peoples’ Choice’

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Rachel Bouterse, daughter of John and Michelle Bouterse of Dorr and a graduate of Wayland High School, made the top five for People's Choice honors at the Miss Michigan pageant in Muskegon Saturday night. Her fan base raised more than$2000 in the Greater Rapids area to put her platform on...
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Old landmark stone house near Hopkins damaged by vehicle

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David Blowers posted on Facebook today this photo of an old landmark stone house near the corner of 28th Street and 130th Avenue in Hopkins Township. He indicated that a motor vehicle struck the building and caused this damage. (Photo supplied)
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Service Tuesday for fire chief, businessman Perle Goodman

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Perle Goodman Jr. age 83 of Burnips, died Friday, June 16. After serving in the Army at the end of the Korean War, Perle ran Moored Farm Supply in Hopkins for many years. He also served as a firefighter, assistant chief and chief of the Salem Township Fire Department. Perle is...
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Why not let local government control fireworks madness?

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ACHTUNG: This is not a fair and balanced story. It is an editorial by the editor. I’ve been railing against the Michigan Legislature’s terrible decision to allow fireworks everywhere on holidays for the past five years. But virtually nothing has changed. Calling or writing your legislator, as we are so...
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WHS grad Baily Sopjes enrolls in med school at MSU

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Baily Sopjes, a 2013 graduate of Wayland High School and the daughter of Jack and Erin Sopjes of Dorr, has enrolled at the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Sopjes, who also has held WHS diving records and placed third in the state meet in 2013, graduated this year...
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One Small Voice: Congressman Scalise may suffer mightily

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by Lynn Mandaville A little over 48 hours ago, one James Hodgkinson decided that the appropriate redress of his (unknown to us) grievances was to shoot down Republican congressmen who were out on an early morning enjoying baseball practice. The number of topics this one incident raises are many. For now,...
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Columns

Army Bob: Trump was right to pull out of Paris Accords

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by Robert M. Traxler President Donald Trump took us out of the Paris Climate Accord; the folks in the "anti-everything our President does" crowd are harping and carping overtime. We will all die because of our removal and the world will end. “Fool me once shame on you, fool me...
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Dems had majority in Dorr Twp. less than a decade ago

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Once upon a time, Dorr Township was an island of Democrats in a sea of Republicans in Allegan County. Those days are gone. To be sure, there have been pockets of resistance in outlying areas such as Watson Township and Casco Township and the City of Allegan, but the county-wide...
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Editorial

Hate-filled rhetoric fuels troubling incidents like shooting

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To the editor: A person shot up a baseball practice in the Washington D.C. area; not surprising, the target was a team made up of Republican members of the House of Representatives. The criminal who attacked a team of ball players chose the Republicans because the good folks in the...
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Hopkins Township barn fire kills more than a dozen cattle

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Several animals were killed in a barn fire early Thursday morning at Ybema Farms in Hopkins Township. Authorities indicated the fire started overnight by some kind of electrical spark. Local firefighters arrived at the scene at 6th Street and 128th Avenue in Hopkins Township, east of Hopkins.at about 2 a.m. Thursday....
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