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Services will be June 28 for Bertha May Lanning, 82, of Dorr

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Bertha May Lanning, age 82, of Dorr, died Saturday, June 6, at her home. The daughter of Benjamin and Agnes (Hodsky), she was born on April 16, 1933, in Mancelona. Surviving are her husband, Darrel; sons, Lawrence (Donna) Lanning and Darrel B. (Denise) Lanning; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A...
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Green Lake residents still upset about ban of dock on beach

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About a dozen Green Lake residents appeared Thursday night before the Leighton Township Board for the second straight month, and this time things got a bit more hostile and confrontational. The residents in May were rebuffed in their attempt to keep a dock and fire pit on a beach they...
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Wayland shocked by death of athletic patriarch Bill Merchant

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Word was received Thursday morning of the death of Bill Merchant, 55, father of four of Wayland’s finest girls’ athletes and junior varsity basketball coach. Merchant was killed in a traffic crash in Hopkins Township. He was killed in a collision between his sport utility and a tanker truck at...
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Motorists warned to be cautious around B-93 Birthday Bash

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The Allegan County Sheriff’s office reminds everyone that the B-93 Birthday Bash is scheduled for this weekend at the U.S.-131 Motorsports Park. Anticipate heavy traffic and traffic related slow downs on U.S.-131 both north and south of the Martin/M-222 exit.  Traffic may back up on the freeway, so if you...
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Lady Wildcats seek their 2nd state softball crown Saturday

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The Wayland softball team will be on a mission at 10 a.m. Saturday morning at Michigan State University — to win its second Division 2 state championship. The Lady Wildcats Thursday afternoon took care of business in surprisingly easy fashion with a convincing 11-0 victory over a St. Clair team...
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Guest editorial: Michigan continues to stick it to the poor

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Editor's Note: David Britten, is the former principal at Pine Street Elementary and now superintendent at Wyoming Godfrey Lee Schools. I am reprinting this commentary to call attention to the fact I am not the only one who believes the State Legislature beats up on the poor and continues hell-bent...
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Martin Township Board adopts budget of about $300,000

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The Martin Township Board Wednesday night adopted a 2015-16 fiscal year general fund budget of just over $300,000 and made a few decisions about road work for this summer and fall. The budget for the next fiscal year projects a surplus of $12,562, which will be transferred into the general...
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Martin Twp. finally to consider local marijuana ordinance

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The Martin Township Board and Planning Commission have begun to seriously examine a local marijuana ordinance. After continuing a moratorium on having such a local law for years, township officials recently learned that a marijuana dispensary was operating at the site of the former Shelbyville post office on 124th Avenue....
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Bygone Days; A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 169

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25 Years Ago — June 13, 1990 Lee Pankratz, Lynn Mandaville, Mike Browand and Roxie Muczynski were the winners of the contests for two, four-year, one, two-year and one, one-year seats on the Wayland Board of Education. Karen Slater and Paul Sebright won four-year east at Hopkins and voters approved...
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General RV to seek approval for expansion of facilities

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The Wayland City Planning Commission will have a special meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, to discuss a special land use request from General RV on Reno Drive near the U.S.-131 expressway. General RV wants to expand by as much as 44 percent in area, including a building, 145...
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