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Army Bob: Who’s educated, snowflake or paratrooper?

March 17, 2017

Words have meaning, titles and labels have meaning. American English as opposed to the king’s English or the British version of English, has words that are as vile as it gets. A more vile and offensive term than referring to someone as a Nazi does not exist in both forms...

Hopkins, Dorr library director’s last day will be March 25

March 16, 2017

Saturday, March 25, will be the last day for Hopkins and Dorr Library Director Natalie bazan, who has resigned to seek a similar job south of Chicago. In her absence, the interim director will be Elyshia Schafer, who has a master's degree in library science. Applications for the director’s...

Government doesn’t solve problems, it serves the rich

March 16, 2017

“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” — James Madison “My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.” — Grover Norquist ACHTUNG: This is not a fair and balanced story....

Ex-Wildcats girls’ bowling coach files suit in wife’s death

March 15, 2017

Former Wayland girls’ varsity bowling coach Bill Holbrook has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of robotic equipment that killed his wife, Wanda, in an industrial accident in Ionia in July 2015. Holbrook, now men’s and women’s bowling coach at Midland University in Nebraska, filed a suit earlier this month...

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

March 15, 2017

From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr: 25 Years Ago — March 18, 1992 A 16-year-year-old freshman who had been expelled for violating smoking policies three times was taken to the Allegan County Juvenile Home after admitting to calling in a false bomb threat...

Wildcats miss regional title on buzzer-beating shot

March 15, 2017

What happened to Godwin Monday in the first round of the regionals happened to Wayland Wednesday in the regional finals… upset! Elijah Baxter put up what almost looked like a prayer, but went inside the basket just ahead of the final buzzer to give Benton Harbor the Class B regional...

Allegan County United Way names campaign director

March 15, 2017

Aleesha Dedrich has joined the staff of the Allegan County United Way as director of the annual campaign. She will manage United Way campaigns at businesses and organizations in Allegan County and identify and develop new partnerships. Dedrich previously has worked for Early Head Start, and works with families and...

William Johnson, Hopkins Class of ’43, dies at age 92

March 14, 2017

William Thomas Johnson, 92, of Allegan, a native of Watson Township, died Thursday, March 9, at Bronson Methodist Hospital. Born Oct. 9, 1924, in Watson Township, he was the son of the late Eugene Elbert Johnson and Hazel Minnie Dokey Johnson and was the husband of the late Lucetta Annette...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Let’s lose drug- and gun-free zones

March 14, 2017

One of the first attempts by the government to reduce cigarette smoking amongst the populace occurred about 40 years ago with a couple of laws, one laughably ineffective and the other pioneering on behalf of public health. The laughable one, creating smoke-free zones within restaurants, eventually was replaced by something...

Plan Commission schedules Reno Drive zoning hearing

March 14, 2017

The Wayland City Planning Commission will have a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, on some zoning change recommendations along Reno Drive on the south and west end of town. Planner Kirk Scharphorn Jr. of Professional Code Inspections made the recommendations after it was noted some properties in...

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