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Lady Wildcats settle for 3rd in O-K Gold hoop standings
The Wayland girls’ basketball team concluded its regular season Thursday night with a 54-46 loss at Cedar Springs. It was a battle for second place in the final O-K Gold…
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Army Bob: Reporting migrants’ crimes is racist?
by Robert M. Traxler Crime statistics are going to be a major factor in this election, as will the massive illegal immigration crisis. We should understand that the migrants who…
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Foreign exchange student from Ukraine remains safe
Olya Schenky and her American "mother," Connie VanHouten Olya Schenky, foreign exchange student at Wayland High School in the 2015-16 academic year, marked a grim second anniversary this week of…
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Private funeral ceremony planned for Angi Schroetlin
Angi Schroetlin of Dorr died Monday, Feb. 26. She was 65. A loving wife of 44 years to John Schroetlin and a devoted mother of their three daughters Arin (Chris)…
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Local boys’ basketball seasons come to an end
The basketball seasons for Wayland, Hopkins and Martin boys' teams have come to an end. Wayland was the last of the group to fall, in a 95-72 verdict against Hamilton…
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New record set for 24-hour contrast in temperatures
Area broadcast meteorologists Wednesday insisted a weather record was shattered between Tuesday and Wednesday in the contrast of temperatures during both days. While this art work shows a 73- to…
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Zac Hale 1st Martin boys’ bowler to qualify for state
Zac Hale has made Martin athletic history by becoming the first boy bowler to make the Individual state tournament. Hale had himself quite a day this past weekend at the…
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Perrigo restructuring to cut more than 500 employees
Perrigo, Allegan County’s largest employer, with its North American corporate headquarters in downtown Grand Rapids, has announced “restructuring activities … are expected to result in the net reduction of approximately…
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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 — March 1, 1999 Dynamite has been defused from the tire pile in…
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Semi strikes bridge over freeway; traffic rerouted
A semi-tractor-trailer struck the 140th Avenue bridge over the U.S.-131 expressway between Wayland and Dorr Wednesday around 7:10 a.m. The right lane of northbound lanes for the freeway were closed…