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Lyle Holden, 75, of Monterey Twp., dies at his home
Lyle Rae Holden, 75, of Monterey Township, died Friday, Aug. 12, at his home. Mr. Holden was born March 2, 1941 in Dearborn, Michigan, the son Earl and Mary (Grant)…
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Funeral Wednesday for Dan Schneider, 71, of Wayland
Daniel Schneider, age 71, of Wayland, died Thursday, Aug. 11, after a three-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. Dan received the National Defense Service Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal while…
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Army Bob: Unpleasant thoughts in the wake of Milwaukee
A police shooting in Milwaukee is followed by a racially based riot; our left-wing friends tell us a police officer shooting an armed fleeing felon should cause a riot. The…
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No smoking ordinance planned for Wayland City Park
The City of Wayland has decided to get even tougher on cigarette smokers who light up within the confines of the Wayland City Park. The City Council Monday night unanimously…
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City to apply again for state grants to build recreation trail
And the continuing saga continues for the City of Wayland’s attempts to have a non-motorized paved recreation trail built 1.2 miles along the interurban. The Wayland City Council Monday evening…
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Memorial service Aug. 29 in Wayland for Roxanne Thompson
Roxanne Thompson, age 53 of Middleville, a woman with many ties to Wayland, died Saturday, Aug. 13. Roxanne was a dedicated office manager at Light Metals. She is survived by…
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Monday Moanin’: Asking public to name district pure gimmick
By Nick Krieger (@nckrieger) (From the "Fix the Mitten’ blog) By asking the public to develop a meaningless nickname for a new school district, the emergency manager proves yet again that…
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Wildcats, Clippers open Aug. 25, Hopkins plays at Davenport
High school football season starts a week from Thursday, with Hopkins, Martin and Wayland all shooting for making improvements on identical 2-7 campaigns a year ago. Wayland and Martin will…
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Barry Hastings: The threat of global warming is very real
by Barry Hastings (Writer's note: Since the writer of the report I summarized for you last week works at TheAmerican Enterprise Institute, readers should be aware that some of his…
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Former Wayland area man Steve Russo, 61, dies of cancer
Steve Russo, 61, died July 28 in Baton Rouge La., after a courageous battle with cancer. Steve grew up in Wyoming, Mich.and graduated from Rogers High School in 1972, but…