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City finally agrees to $20,000 land purchase terms
The Wayland City Council Monday night finalized the purchase agreement with developers Josh Otto of Dorr and Keith Nickels of New York for a parcel at 1121 133rd Ave. on…
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Funeral Wednesday for Corey Yaeger, 45 of Moline
Corey L. Yaeger, age 45, of Moline, died Saturday, Aug. 19. Corey is survived by his children and granddaughter, Alexa Yaeger and Jonathan Lizardo (Daniella Lizardo), Corey Yaeger Jr.; his mother,…
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Wayland City Manager Tim McLean’s last day is Friday
Wayland City Manager Tim McLean is leaving his post at the end of this week and he's getting married Sept. 8. The two events are connected. McLean, who has served…
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Local libraries are hosts for solar eclipse viewing parties
by Austin Marsman The historic solar eclipse Monday afternoon had millions of people looking to the sky, including many area residents. JC Wheeler Library in Martin was host to more…
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Local photography buff captures solar eclipse in Idaho
A lot of people donned those crazy glasses to get a gander at the first solar eclipse since 1979 Monday afternoon. One observer was photographer Hope Thurston Carter of Shelbyville,…
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Marilyn Runkel, 90, dies in North Carolina nursing home
Marilyn J. Runkel, of Hopkins, died Saturday, Aug. 19, at Morrison Manor (Hospice) of Scotland County in Laurinburg, N.C., where she had been residing since 2014 with her daughter, Ann…
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Army Bob: Don’t remove monuments of brave soldiers
by Robert M. Traxler The current debate is whether we remove monuments to the Confederacy. I have no problem with removing monuments to the Confederate States of America (CSA), none,…
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The Subterranean: ‘Chuck’ is a poor man’s ‘Raging Bull’
Currently available in video ***1/2 out of five stars by Walter G. Tarrow This poor man’s version of "Raging Bull" was in very limited release and that's a shame. An…
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Mitten of Gun Lake distributes more than 400 free pizzas
Mitten Pizza last Wednesday distributed 422 free pizzas, celebrating one year of serving Gun Lake and surrounding communities. People eager to bring home a free pizza waited in a long line, some…
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Wayland lad records 1st hole-in-one at a tender age
Tyler Omness, son of Wayland High School Assistant Principal Mike Omness, this past weekend scored his first-ever hole-in-one. He was golfing on the par three 15th hole at the Orchard…