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It’s the best, but it’s not Mama’s banana pudding
By far the best `banana pudding you will ever make! I had forgotten just how good it tasted, an instant favorite again. The 13 x 9 inch pan makes it…
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Yes It’s True: Fireworks law causes us to be scofflaws
“And there ain’t nothin’ I can do about it.” — The Supremes and the Vanilla Fudge, 1967 singing “You Keep Me Hangin’On.” Scofflaw: “A person who flouts the law, especially…
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Part of 100th Street will be closed to traffic
100th Street in southern Kent County and close to northern Allegan County will be closed to through traffic and inaccessible from Patterson Avenue to Kraft Avenue starting Monday and ending…
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Funeral will be Monday evening for Leona Schipper
Leona Schipper, a longtime member of the Martin Reformed Church, died Thursday, July 4, at the age of 87. Leona was born on July 19, 1936, in Coopersville, to Clifford…
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Savinsky Entertainment wins LLC designation
Savinsky Entertainment, the brainchild of Wayland High School graduate Nathan Savinsky, is officially recognized now as a Limited Liability Company. Savinsky, currently studying fine arts at Western Michigan University, said.,…
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Yes It’s True: New judge race has 3 female newcomers
Emily Jipp Alice Bernal If there’s one statement all the new Circuit Court judge candidates would agree on, it would be that there are just not enough media outlets for…
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Unique bed races again featured in Hopkins 4th
Hopkins through the years has had a rather unique event in its Fourth of July celebration with the bed races. These two teams were vying for the local title Thursday…
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Leveled trees precede sidewalks in street project
Motorists who travel in the northeast section of the City of Waylandmay notice a huge number of trees that have been cut down, leaving logs on the side of Park,…
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Army Bob: Snopes admits source was false 7 years later
by Robert M. Traxler Quite frankly, folks are surprised that Snopes, a “fact checking site,” called a presidential quote of President Donald Trump’s false. It took them seven years to…
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Fire Chief Jim Stoddard welcomed back to Wayland
Jim Stoddard Wayland Fire Chief Jim Stoddard has returned home after an extended stay in the hospital and in rehab at Mary Free Bed. Stoddard was hospitalized at Spectrum Health…