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Former local police officer retiring after 25 years

Former Wayland City police officer Bobbie Jo Ritchie has been recognized recently for 25 years in law enforcement for the Kent County Sheriff's Department. Ritchie is a graduate of Delton…
Posted by Editor February 18, 2022
Posted inObituaries

Memorial service set for Thursday for Barb Doezema

Barbara Anne Doezema of Wayland died Wednesday. She was 71. Barb was born on Nov. 29, 1950, to Martin and Ida Bolt, the sixth of nine children. Barb met the…
Posted by Editor February 18, 2022
One Small Voice: Why let dumb things bother me so?
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One Small Voice: Why let dumb things bother me so?

by Lynn Mandaville Lately, it seems, I’m bothered by the dumbest things. Take Super Bowl LVI for example.   The game itself, its half-time show, and the advertisers who compete with…
Posted by Editor February 17, 2022
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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…
Posted by Editor February 17, 2022
Army Bob: First smoke jumpers were WWII African American soldiers
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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…
Posted by Editor February 17, 2022
Basura: Are the stakes that high for a proper baptism?
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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…
Posted by Editor February 16, 2022
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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) 25 Years Ago — Feb. 17, 1997 Richard M. Weaver of Allegan, a Wayland alternative high…
Posted by Editor February 16, 2022
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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…
Posted by Editor February 16, 2022
Posted inObituaries

‘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…
Posted by Editor February 15, 2022
Dorr Plan Commission vote ties 3-3 on rezoning request
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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,…
Posted by Editor February 15, 2022

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