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Lady Wildcats lose 5th straight, but getting better

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The Wayland girls’ varsity basketball team, long on youth and short on experience, remained winless after the Cornerstone Holiday Tournament Wednesday, but it’s getting more competitive as the season progresses. The Lady Wildcats fell to 0-5 overall for the campaign with a second-round loss, 55-49, to Zeeland East. They actually...
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Bygone Days: A look at NE Allegan County history

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25 Years Ago — Dec. 25, 1991 Dave Stebleton of the Dorr Business Association presented awards to Frank and Marilyn Bastian, Charlotte Kadwell and Glen Snyder for being selected to the organization’s hall of fame. Marilyn Bastian and Mrs. Kadwell are both retired educators, Frank Bastian is a retired transportation...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Fake news has been with us a long time

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There’s been a lot of talk lately about fake news, particularly the kind that has been distributed widely on Facebook and the Internet. Being in the business for more than four decades, I can say without fear of contradiction that fake news, manipulated news, massaged news, packaged news, etc., have...
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Dorr Plan Commission wants to hire PCI as consultant

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The Dorr Township Planning Commission will make a formal request to the Township Board for permission to hire Professional Code Inspections as planning consultant. Commission Chairman Robert Wagner said Dorr has lost the services of its planner, Tim Johnson, who left his Main Street Planning Services business in Grand Rapids...
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Dollar General store may be coming to Dorr Twp.

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It looks like a Dollar General store may be coming to Dorr along 142nd Avenue. Dorr Township Planning Commission Chairman Robert Wagner told his colleagues that he had just received a request for site plan approval from Midwest Ventures LLC of Spring Lake to build a 9,132 square foot facility...
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Lady Wildcats lose in 1st round of Cornerstone tourney

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The Wayland girls’ varsity basketball team lost 61-43 to Forest Hills Northern in the opening round Monday of the Cornerstone University Holiday Tournament. The Wildcats, winless at 0-4 overall thus far in a rebuilding season under new coach Wes Hudson, battled Forest Hills almost evenly during the first half. They...
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Viking boys 4-0 in dual matches after win over Belding

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The Hopkins boys’ varsity bowling team Monday afternoon continued its winning ways with a 28-2 victory over league opponent Belding, improving its season record to 4-0. Unfortunately, the Vikings girls meanwhile lost by the same score and their seas0on record fell to 2-2. The Viking boys were up 10-0 after...
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Ranger Rick: Meditation on the true meaning of Christmas

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Christmas is a time for family, friends and loved ones to gather together and enjoy the season. With all the activity of the season, everyone going everyplace shopping, ordering gifts, running here and there, we forget what the season truly represents – the birth of Jesus Christ. I put forward...
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Memorial service is later for Rodney DeHaan, 65

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Rodney Darl DeHaan, a former employee at SP Industries in Hopkins, died Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Allegan Medical Care Community. He was 65. DeHaan, born Oct. 16, 1951, in Allegan, was a 1969 graduate of Allegan High School. He also worked at Checker Cab and Rockwell International. He is...
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Retirees from Hopkins school district recognized

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The Hopkins Board of Education, at its meeting Monday evening, recognized three people retiring from service at the school district. Honored were Freda Kraft (left) for 32 years, Board of Education member Brian McLaughlin for six years and Jackie Perez for 19 years (not pictured).
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