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Service will be Monday for Elmer Wright, 86, of Hopkins
Elmer W. Wright, 86, of Hopkins, died Tuesday, April 11, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Rapids. Mr. Wright was born Nov. 26, 1930 in Allegan, the son of the…
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MESSAGE plans Earth Day art display in Martin
M.E.S.S.A.G.E, a student environmental group, is working with the Martin High School Art Department to put on the second annual Earth Day Art Display. The deadline for students to submit…
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Service Monday for Patricia Levack, 78, or Dorr
Patricia Diane Levack, age 78, of Dorr, died Wednesday, April 12. She is survived by her husband, James Levack Sr.; children Debbie (Dennis) Christie, Ken (Susan) Bussell, Audrey Bland, Randy…
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Funeral will be Tuesday for Melody Lodenstein, 67
Melody L. Lodenstein, 67, of Wayland, died Thursday, April 13, at her home. She was born on May 27, 1949, to Gilbert and Lorraine (Kinert) Merchant in Petoskey. She married…
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Leighton OKs repaving job for nearly a mile of 2nd Street
Almost one mile of Second Street between 142nd and 144th Avenues in Leighton Township will get a repaving job this year. The Leighton Township Board Thursday evening approved the project…
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Pine Street goes green with water filling stations
Pine Street Elementary School has saved more than 10,000 plastic water bottles by using new water filling stations in their building. Fifth-grader Aiden Ordway, a K-Kids member, approached the Principal…
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Army Bob: Truth indeed is a casualty of civil wars
Sarin gas was used in the Syrian civil war. As our own civil war will attest, civil wars are the most vicious. In ours, 2% of the entire nation died,…
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WHS students American Chemical Society exam finalists
Wayland High School students in AP and organic chemistry classes took a preliminary test provided by the American Chemical Society, offered to all students in Kalamazoo, Allegan and VanBuren counties.…
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Service planned at Leighton church for June Sherwood
June Margaret (Lindley) Sherwood, age 89, died April 12. She was born on June 10, 1927, the daughter of Herbert and Sada (Shugart) Lindley. She is survived by her children…
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Martin splits doubleheader with Black River of Holland
Martin split a doubleheader with Black River of Holland Thursday, dropping the opener 11-7 before coming back to take the nightcap 5-3. "We played well tonight," said coach Jon Gambee.…