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Yes It’s True: Buyer beware for on-line gambling sites

“A fool and his money are soon parted” — An old English proverb first attributed to Thomas Tusser in Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie, 1573 “There’s a sucker born every…

Editor February 17, 2022

Columns

Army Bob: First smoke jumpers were WWII African American soldiers

by Robert M. Traxler A few weeks ago, I had cataract surgery in one eye, and two weeks later the second eye. I can’t say it was fun, far from…

Editor February 17, 2022

Columns

Basura: Are the stakes that high for a proper baptism?

Mark 16:16, KJV: "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." A Catholic priest has resigned after a church investigation found…

Editor February 16, 2022

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now historical library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Feb. 17, 1997 Richard M. Weaver of Allegan, a Wayland alternative high…

Editor February 16, 2022

Sports

Hopkins girls only winners in area hoops Tuesday

The Hopkins girls’ varsity basketball team Tuesday night came up with a tight 39-37 victory over O-K Silver Conference rival Kelloggsville. The verdict left the Lady Vikings with a 7-10…

Editor February 16, 2022

Obituaries

‘Barry Hastings’ columnist Larry Hamp dies at age 82

Larry Hamp of Hastings, who penned the “Barry Hastings” column for Townbroadcast for several years, died Tuesday. He was 82. A product of the Hastings Public Schools, he served the…

Editor February 15, 2022

Articles

Dorr Plan Commission vote ties 3-3 on rezoning request

The Dorr Township Planning Commission failed to recommend a rezoning request on a 3-3 deadlock Tuesday evening and then voted to take it up again at its next meeting Tuesday,…

Editor February 15, 2022

Obituaries

Funeral for Marcia Belka will be held Friday in Dorr

Marcia Belka, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, died Sunday, Feb. 13. She was 75. Born May 7, 1946, Marcia grew up in Grand Rapids with her sisters, and attended Creston…

Editor February 15, 2022

Columns

I was the designated driver for a doctor’s appointment

Denise Dykstra I was the designated driver for a doctor’s appointment. I was told I would be in a waiting room with no one else there, HGTV would be on…

Editor February 15, 2022

Sports

Lady ‘Cats upset, but guys have fun in win vs. Catholic

Wildcat seniors Carson Beck and Mark Musgrave III It was two wildly different days Monday for the Wayland High School bowling teams. The boys waltzed to victory over Grand Rapids…

Editor February 15, 2022