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Alzheimer’s takes 1953 Wayland grad Jack DeVries
Jack DeVries, a 1953 graduate of Wayland High School, died Thursday, Jan. 28, after an 18-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. Jack, born in Dorr on July 17, 1935, had a…
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Army Bob: The new left seems to exclude everyone
by Robert M. Traxler I read an article in the Washington Post titled “A Warning from the 1960s Generation” by John B. Judis, who warned today’s crop of leftists not…
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Katie Brinker new director at Hopkins, Dorr libraries
Katie Brinker has been hired as the new director of the Dorr Township and Hopkins District libraries. The founder and managing director of “Parenting by the Book” and former program…
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Dorr Twp. to offer virtual meeting option for 1 year
The Dorr Township Board voted 4-3 Thursday night to offer citizens an on-line option for attending meetings, at least until Dec. 31. New Trustee Chandler Stanton proposed the move, maintaining…
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Hopkins to increase in-person instruction March 8
The Hopkins Board of Education Thursday night adopted a plan to increase students’ time the classroom starting March 8 and chose Stephanie Wilson to fill a vacancy. The board approved…
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One Small Voice: ‘The Big Lie’ prompted insurrection
When we were very little, my sisters and I often heard from our parents the expression “honesty is the best policy.” Patty and I heard the expression correctly, but Nancy,…
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Viking girls, boys win on lanes vs. Comstock Park
Both the Hopkins High School varsity boys' and girls' bowling team recorded victories Wednesday afternoon. over Comstock Park. The boys won 19-11 and the girls prevailed 26-4. The boys went…
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Curly Cone boasts it kept it together during pandemic
As the 25 percent reopening of restaurants approaches on Monday, Feb. 1, Curley Cone on Chief Noonday Road in Gun Lake is boasting that it did not lay off one…
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Lady Wildcat bowlers shocked by Catholic Central
Wayland boys’ varsity bowling coach Sherry Miklusicak called it “a night of "shock and awe!" The shock was that the Lady Wildcat bowlers lost 16-14 to Grand Rapids Catholic Central.…
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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 — Jan. 31, 1996 The Globe’s front page was chock full of photos…