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Safe senior drivers can save dollars on car insurance

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The Wayland Senior Citizens Leisure Life group gathered at the transportation building classroom Wednesday and Thursday for several hours for an AARP driver's training class. Seniors who successfully complete the course then are eligible for discounted car insurance for older drivers. A special instructor from AARP Michigan was coordinator for...
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We Americans don’t really have freedom of speech

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"Now you free speech boys have your fun now, but after November Fifth, ya'll through." — George Wallace on the presidential campaign trail in 1968. ACHTUNG: This is not a fair and balanced article. It is an editorial by the editor. We Americans so often like to say our brave...
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WHS students earn college credits before graduating

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Wayland High School senior Max Antel will start his college career ahead of most of his peers, thanks to partnerships with Wayland Union High School, Davenport University and Grand Rapids Community College. Antel will graduate in May with nearly 80 college credits from Davenport University, 45 of those he earned...
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‘Spring Fling’ dinner and music March 25 in Hopkins

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The Hopkins band program will have its annual "Spring Fling" dinner and show  Saturday evening, March 25 at the middle school cafetorium. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. and the three-course dinner will be served at 6 p.m. The dinner menu will include pulled pork with salad, roasted potatoes, a vegetable,...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: It wasn’t the same Troy Sevigny

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Townbroadcast published its customary "Bygone Days" column this week that included a report of the expulsion of Troy Sevigny from Wayland High School for bringing a sawed-off shotgun and ammunition to the premises. Unfortunately, there were two Troy Sevignys at that time. The one who was expelled actually was a Troy...
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Clippers take important win to advance to district finals

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Martin Wednesday night earned an important victory and a berth in the Class D district tournament finals by registering a 57-43 victory over tourney host Battle Creek St. Phillip. The Clippers, now 13-9 on the season overall, face a daunting task at 6 p.m. Friday in taking on a Bellevue...
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Old Blanco Furniture buildings: Before and after

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The site of the former Blanco Furniture store at the corner of 10th Street and 124th Avenue in Shelbyville finally witnessed the razing of the eyesore buildings. The furniture store, established in 1946, was closed nearly 25 years ago, but nothing was done until this month about the aging and...
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Wildcats continue to cruise in district hoops tourney

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It’s been nothing short of a walk in the park for the Wayland High School boys’ basketball team in the Class B district tournament this week. The Wildcats, enjoying home-court advantage throughout the tourney, waltzed to their second straight runaway victory, 88-24, over Allegan to run their overall season record...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — March 11, 1992 Dorr Township Planner Tim Johnson offered four plans intended to better protect agriculture, but about 50 local farmers gave his ideas a lukewarm response. Troy Parfait-Sevigny, a freshman at Wayland High School, was expelled for bringing a sawed-off shotgun and ammunition to school...
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Blustery winds wreak havoc with power, downed trees

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Wednesday proved to be an interesting and troubling weather day in West Michigan, thanks to high winds of 30 to 40 miles per hour, and at times up to 60 mph, causing damage and power outages. At one time there were reports of much of the Martin area being without...
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