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Basura: Adventures in snorkeling, searching for manta rays
"Just to be here is so much." Rainer Maria Rilke, poet novelist On the Big Island of Hawai'i, in Kona, I signed up for a boat trip to snorkel with…
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Gas line work causes Dorr temporary traffic flow headaches
The intersection of 18th Street and 142nd Avenue has been a bit of a traffic bottleneck for motorists in Dorr over the past week. Consumers Power workers have been working…
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Hopkins Fire Dept. adds a boat to its rescue inventory
The Hopkins Area Fire Department has just added a boat to its apparatus inventory. "Most of our firefighters are Basic Water Rescue certified and this boat will be one more…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: A heartwarming and true gridiron tale
CBS News and Scott Pelley not long ago did a heartwarming, perky and positive story about a mentally challenged high school football player who was deliberately given a chance to…
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Bygone Days: A look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 229
25 Years Ago — Aug. 21, 1991 Pete Boyd is being hailed as a hometown hero after he ran down and lassoed a runaway cow on the east side of…
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Funeral Friday for Mary Ellen Strickfaden of Salem Twp.
Mary Ellen Strickfaden, 88, of Salem Township, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, at Rehoboth Oaks Dementia Care Home in Burnips. Mrs. Strickfaden was born Nov. 6, 1927, in Allegan, the daughter…
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I resolutely urge everyone to vote by absentee ballot Nov. 8
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Wayland City Clerk Michelle Herman reported some astonishing news Monday night. She said…
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New Dorr Twp. rules relax restrictions on keeping chickens
It appears that the chickens soon will be able to come home to roost in Dorr Township. The Township Planning Commission, in front of a near-record eight residents in attendance,…
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Hopkins man running for sheriff on Taxpayer Party ticket
Stephen Young of Hopkins, chairman of the Allegan County Tea Party, is running for Allegan County Sheriff on the U.S. Taxpayer Party ticket. He is challenging Republican Frank Baker, who…
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Ranger Rick: Humorous critique of millennials too accurate
I read an interesting humorous article about “Millennials” and the work rules they will enforce while in control of business. I realize this was somewhat a joke, but not far…