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We can run away, but we can’t hide from crime
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. A woman at the Dorr Township Board meeting Thursday night posed an important question…
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Dorr Parks Commission has good news and bad news
Dorr Township Parks Commission member Amanda Winters told the Township Board some good news and some bad news Thursday evening. First the good news: The resurrection of the Christmas in…
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Army Bob: It’s time to show Dr. Anthony Fauci the door
I suggest we replace Dr. Anthony Fauci with a brutally frank, totally truthful medical professional. When will the COVID-19 emergency end? We have been promised by Dr. Fauci several times…
Posted inObituaries
Funeral mass will be Dec. 30 for Sharilynn Westfahl
Sharilynn Bernice Westfahl of Wayland died Tuesday, Dec. 21, at Allegan General Hospital. Sharilynn was raised on her family farm in Hilliards and attended school at St. Stanislaus Catholic School…
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Townbroadcast columnist publishes book on Amazon
Phyllis McCrossin, author of the “Ramblin’ Road” column on Townbroadcast for the past two years, is publishing a book on Amazon. McCrossin, who grew up in Allegan County in Hamilton…
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Steve Hibbits, Teunissen family kin, dies of Covid
Steve L. Hibbitts, who had a strong family relationship with the Teunissens in Wayland, died of Covid Tuesday, Dec. 21. He was 51. Steve will be remembered for his huge…
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Wayland’s downtown district wins Michigan historic designation
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) has announced that Wayland and two other downtown commercial districts have been added in the National Register of Historic Places. Wayland and downtown districts in…
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now historical library in downtown Dorr) The Wayland High School choir and Director Mrs. Helen Gambee in 1966. 25 Years Ago —…
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Car stolen in Wayland was in shooting, robbery later
The 2017 black Lincoln MKC reported stolen between midnight and 4 a.m. Dec. 16 in the 300 block of Hickory Drive in Wayland subsequently was involved in a shooting and…
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Former area man pleads no contest to 1989 murder
Dennis Bowman Dennis Bowman, 72, formerly of Monterey Township, pleaded no contest Wednesday morning in Allegan County Circuit Court to the second degree murder his adopted daughter in 1989. His…