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Hamburger Soup provides a hearty, inexpensive meal
by Kathy Hamman Miller This Hamburger Soup recipe is tomato based and filled with ingredients for ease and convenience. It keeps hot long after the burner is shut off for…
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Ramblin’ Road: Goddess of repair delivers Karma to me
by Phyllis McCrossin As I’m writing this, it is a quiet Sunday afternoon. Well, it feels like an afternoon. It’s actually 11 a.m., but King is watching football, which back…
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Graveside service at Hooker Cemetery for Donald Peet
Donald Lynwood Peet, age 85, died Friday, Nov. 20. He was born on Dec. 28, 1934, in Allegan. He was preceded in death by his parents David Sr. and Marion…
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Back to the drawing board for Leighton road funding?
There are no plans now for any kind of revenue raising for Leighton Township roads in the wake of the failure Nov. 3 of the one-mill request. Citizens' Road Committee…
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GR man arrested in Wayland now faces cold case charge
A 44-year-old Grand Rapids man arrested for assault earlier this month in a domestic disturbance at a Wayland home now is a suspect in other cases through the use of…
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Wayland NHS collects food for pantry, despite Covid
Wayland Union High School National Honor Society students held a food drive that ended early because of the Covid, but were still able to collect more than 200 canned goods…
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Allegan County’s Covid-19 deaths now reported at 19
The Allegan County Health Department Friday announced the county has had 19 deaths as a sult of the Coronavirus pandemic that began last March. That number is three more than…
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Don’t let Rep. Johnson get close, inside without mask
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article, it is an editorial by the editor. I hereby urge all local officials, institutions and businesses to refuse to allow State…
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Army Bob: Barons of Silicon Valley feeding the Dems
by Robert M. Traxler So why did the millionaires and billionaires, the Silicon Valley types, give more than $100 million to the Democrats during the 2020 election? Karla Jurvetson, the…
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Two local Catholic parishes welcome Fr. Evelio Ramirez
The Sts. Cyril & Methodius and St. Therese parishes at Gun Lake and Wayland are welcoming their new pastor, the Rev. Fr. Evelio Ramirez. He comes from St. Joseph Catholic…