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Lady Wildcats shut out GR Christian in Gold debut

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The Wayland girls' soccer team evened its season record at 1-1 Tuesday with a 3-0 shutout over Grand Rapids Christian. Coach Ben Sleeman said the game started slowly, with the Eagles controlling much of the possession but the Wildcat defense stayed strong and kept the Eagles off the board. Brinley...
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Lady Vikings win 1st league dual; boys 10 points shy

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The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team opened its O-K Silver Conference season Tuesday with a 77-59 dual meet victory over Belding, but the boys’ league debut resulted in 73.5 to 63.5 defeat. The boys were hurt badly in throwing events and only Logan Blank was able to win a field...
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Community Notices

Electronic recycling, household waste event is May 6

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Allegan County Resource Recovery will sponsor a special recycling event for household hazardous waste, TVs and computers and electronic devices from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 6, at the Harding’s Market parking lot, 300 Reno Drive, in Wayland. Residents in area townships, villages and cities who pay the surcharge...
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Fusion Fitness arrival fills up strip mall near expressway

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Fusion Fitness is the newest physical fitness business to open in Wayland, joining Snap Fitness and the Community Fitness Center. The business is locating inside the strip mall anchored by Harding's Friendly Markets and Family Farm & Home at West Superior and Reno Drive near the U.S.-131 expressway. The building...
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Action Awning moving into former B & R Excavating site

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Action Awning LLC, which has been in business for more than 10 years operating out of its Caledonia location, has moved into the building that formerly housed B & R Excavating at the corner of West Maple and Railroad streets in Wayland. Bruce and Joyce Beukema are co-owners of Action Awning, a...
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Green Acres Phase II addition site plan approved

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A site plan Phase II of the Green Acres assisting living facility just to the north of East Superior Street was approved without comment Tuesday night by the Wayland City Planning Commission. Engineer Peter Buurstra, representing the developer, LRE, was on hand to answer any questions from the commissioners, who...
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Celebration of Life is Saturday for Connie Jenkins

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A Celebration of Life service for Connie Lynn Jenkins is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, April 15, at Dorr Baptist Church, 1504 142nd Ave Dorr. Lunch will follow the service. A beloved wife, mother, sister, friend and daughter, she was 70 years old. Throughout her life she fulfilled varying roles,...
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Features

My 3 rice-sized gold alloy pellets serve as cancer targets

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by Robert M. Traxler The journey through diagnosis and treatment for advanced aggressive prostate cancer has been under way for nearly four months now. We have been through an elevated Prostate Specific Antigen test (PSA) an adverse digital recital exam, a truly staggering biopsy, and the first two series of...
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Ranger Rick: The musings of a right-wing deplorable

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There are several things that bother me, and should you, in terms of judicial confirmation,education and local government. • Judicial – The senate confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch has been contentious and the Democrats have filibustered his nomination, to which Sen. Mitch McConnell, leader of the senate, said the nextoption...
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Former State Rep. Gamrat files suit against Legislature

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Cindy Gamrat, the former state legislator who represented most of Allegan County for about nine months in 2015, has filed a lawsuit against the Michigan House of Representatives, its leaders and staffers and her estranged husband. Gamrat, who was expelled from her office in September 2015, has alleged she was...
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