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Bob Wagner runs Plan Commission chairmanship streak to 41 years
The Dorr Township Planning Commission re-elected officers at its meeting Tuesday night. Bob Wagner, who has been a member of the…
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Private grand opening planned for Gun Lake Tribe govt. complex
Gun Lake Tribe of Pottawatomi Indians will have a private grand opening of government campus and new government office at 2872 Mission Drive, Shelbyville, at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25.…
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Ranger Rick: Planned Parenthood founder Sanger was racist
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive” Note: Portions of this article are from Thomas Lifson’s article “Black Ministers petition Smithsonian to remove bust…
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Gun Lake Tribe withholds state payment in lottery dispute
The Gun Lake Band of Potawatomis’ recent dispute with state over on-line lottery sales could result in staff layoffs in the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Steve Arwood, chief executive officer…
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Mary Whiteford to seek embattled State Rep. Gamrat’s seat
Mary Whiteford has announced she will be a candidate in next August's Republican primary for state representative in the 80th District. Whiteford, a resident of Casco Township, was one of…
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Democracy Tree: Will expulsion be fate of Gamrat, Courser?
In a teary-eyed press conference late last week, held in the controlled environment of her attorney’s office, husband at her side, State Rep. Cindy Gamrat was clearly distressed yet…
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Negotiations on possibility of area fire district continue
The City of Wayland, Wayland Township and Yankee Springs Township held preliminary talks Thursday evening on the possibility of creating a fire district to include all three municipalities. Yankee Springs…
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Wayland City Council decides against soliciting ordinance
The Wayland City Council Monday evening grappled with the possibility of adopting a solicitors' license ordinance, but then decided against it. The Planning Commission earlier had discussed the idea and…
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Foreclosed W. Superior house sold by city to Byron Center couple
The old dilapidated house at 430 W. Superior St. finally was sold Monday night to a Byron Center couple who plan to fix it up and make it attractive and…
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Monday Moanin’: Promises, promises — made, broken, kept
By Jeff Salisbury JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com Oh, promises, their kind of promises, can just destroy a life Oh, promises, those kind of promises, take all the joy from life Oh, promises, promises,…