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An easy way to deal with leftover holiday potatoes
by Kathy Hamman Miller What do you do with the leftover potatoes from the holidays on a cold winter day? Make potato soup of course. It’s very easy to do…
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Ramblin’ Road: DK filling hole left by Cindy’s passing
by Phyllis McCrossin We added to our household After we put Cindy Lou down, I swore no more dogs for a while. A long while. And then King suggested I…
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Patchy freezing fog causes semi to crash on U.S.-131
A Sunday morning fog south of Wayland on the U.S.-131 expressway created low visibility conditions. In the patchy, freezing fog in the southbound lane of the freeway, a tractor trailer…
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Martin football season ends with rare loss, just like 2019
It was déjà vu all over again, with apologies to Yogi Berra. The Martin High School varsity football team Saturday made its second straight eight-man playoff appearance in the state…
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Post-holiday uptick shows 81 county Covid-19 deaths
The number of Covid-19 fatalities reported in Allegan County jumped from 73 Monday to 76 Wednesday and to 81 Friday since the pandemic began last March. The Allegan County Health…
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Martin Township Board meeting Jan. 13 canceled
The Martin Township Board has called off its Wednesday, Jan. 13 meeting at 6:30 p.m. Township Clerk Rachelle Smit eplained, "Due to only one item on the agenda of new…
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Private Hicks Cemetery burial set for Carolyn Taylor
Carolyn K. Taylor of Otsego died Monday, Jan. 4, at Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was 81. Born Dec. 5, 1939, in Allegan Township, she was the daughter of James…
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Watson may explore other Internet service options
The Watson Township Board isn’t satisfied with its Internet service with A T & T and may look into other options. Township Treasurer Stephanie Caulder said he was unable to…
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Army Bob: OK, Mr. Biden. You won. So now what?
by Robert M. Traxler Janet Hook and Evan Helper of the Los Angeles Times basically said that President-elect Joe Biden kept his number one campaign promise, so the other campaign…
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Guest column: Let’s hold the enablers responsible
by Mark Ludwig I've run twice for office in GOP-dominated Allegan County. It was mostly cordial, a pleasant experience. No more. I've watched my State Rep. (Mary Whiteford) and worse…