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Pasta Shrimp Salad a great addition to Easter dinner
by Kathy Hamman Miller Pasta Shrimp Salad Thaw and drain well a 24-ounce bag of extra small, cooked, peeled and deveined, tail off shrimp. In a large pot cook one…
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Yes It’s True: Health care based on greed, not need
This may be blasphemy, but these days I get depressed rather than uplifted by stories of community rallying around someone in need. The most recent involves old friend Tom Miller’s…
Posted inCommunity Notices
Mysterious Little Caesar’s closure has town buzzing
Facebook and the Wayland area community is abuzz and puzzled about the sudden closure of the Little Caesar's pizza businesss on West Superior Street. There was a sign near the…
Posted inSports
Lady Wildcat bowlers end in ‘sweet 16’ of state tourney
Both of the Wayland High School qualifiers in the state Division 2 bowling tournament Saturday made it to the Round of 16 match play at Century Lanes in Waterford. However,…
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Ramblin’ Road: Our return to Michigan is approaching
by Phyllis McCrossin In less than two weeks we will be leaving for Michigan. The winter has flown by. Last week I wrote about the “check engine” light going on…
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Area school supts. ask for spring break safety protocol
Students, staff and parents are being implored by school officials to practice health safety while embarking on spring break late this month and early next month. A letter asking for…
Posted inObituaries
Service later this spring for Hank Smoker of Gun Lake
Henry "Hank" Smoker, Jr., age 74, died Monday, March 22 at his home at Gun Lake. He was born June 16, 1946, in Coldwater and graduated from St. Charles Catholic…
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Martin’s hoops season ends in 57-36 district finals loss
The Martin boys' varsity basketball season came to an end Saturday evening with a 57-36 loss to Tri-Unity Christian in the district tournament finals. The Defenders, fresh from an impressive…
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Vikings pull out 3 wins to take district championship
Hopkins captured the Division 4 district basketball championship Saturday evening the old-fashioned way — by earning it. The Vikings Tuesday determinedly got the best of a Hasting team they had…
Posted inEditorial
Fast tracking Copart project was bad public relations
ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. Perhaps the Dorr Township Board’s rush to judgment on a proposed auto salvage…