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Gun Lake Lake Casino to add hotel and pool dome
The Gun Lake Tribe and Gun Lake Casino will have a groundbreaking ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday to add a hotel and a resort to the entertainment complex in Wayland…
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Dorr Plan Commission OKs special use for dog kennel
Digital Camera The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening voted 6-0 to grant a special use permit to Daniel Noorman and Stacy Miller to allow their property to have kennels…
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How do we survive what ‘Crazy May’ hands us often?
by Denise Dykstra The author and son Abe Crazy May arrives like a visitor you have been so looking forward to hanging out with. The fun we will have! The…
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Retired State Police Trooper Terry Whitley dies at age 80
Alec Tyrrell Whitley, died Sunday, May 15, at Green Acres Assisted Living Facility in Wayland after a long struggle with cancer. Terry was born Oct. 4, 1941, in Frankfort, to…
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Streaking Wildcats have revenge on their minds?
Hannah Rairigh Is revenge on the minds of the Wayland varsity softball team this week? The Wildcats Monday inched closer to yet another O-K Gold Conference championship by sweeping Grand…
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Viking girls capture 2nd slot in Comstock Relays
Logan Klinge The Hopkins girls’ track team captured the runner-up slot Monday at the Comstock Invitational. They accumulated 110 points to Centreville’s 139. The Viking boys finished fourth among the…
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Calvin Christian takes 2 to win Silver softball title
Emily Dimock Grandville Calvin Christian very likely clinched yet another O-K Silver Conference softball championship Monday by sweeping a doubleheader with Hopkins. The Squires won 13-3 and 14-4 in a…
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Local Wildflower Grace building wins block grant
New Wayland City police officer Todd Hudson (left) is sworn in by Mayor Tim Bala. The Wayland City Council Monday evening had a closeout public hearing for a Michigan Community…
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One Small Voice: The U.S. indeed has a sick society
by Lynn Mandaville America is a very, very sick nation. It ought to be on life support, for all the care it’s being given on a federal level, but it’s…
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Yes It’s True: We are easily misled into buying poop
Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront." Between the lean years of 2008 and 2011, I was a substitute teacher by day and reporter for the Kalamazoo Gazette by night. It…