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Wayland robotics unit wins an industrial design award

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The Wayland Wildcats First Robotics #6090 squad was picked to be on Alliance #3 at Saturday's tournament. The local unit didn't end up making it to the final match but played really well today and won the Industrial Design Award, according to pround parent Tonya Lyons, whose husband, Mark, is...
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Band Wayland releases its 2nd album, ‘On the Way’

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The band Wayland's second album “On The Way” finally has been released. Band member Phil Vilenski, who is from Wayland himself, said, "I’m so grateful for all the team of people who all took part in helping us write, record, mix, master and print this record. What started as Mitch...
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Funeral will be Sunday for Donald Collier of Hopkins

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Donald Frederick Collier, 85, of Hopkins, died Thursday, March 14, due to a rare neurological disorder called Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). Born July 10, 1938, in Otsego, he was the son of the late Fred and Pansy (Clawson) Collier and was the husband of Judy Kay (Jones) Collier. Don spent...
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Two Wayland ESA students earn culinary honors, trip

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The Allegan Area ESA Tech Center Culinary Arts program had one team place fourth in the KitchenAid sponsored Pasta event at the ProStart competition to win a day with KitchenAid at the Senior PGA event in Benton Harbor May 22. The Tech Center students will be cooking as well as...
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Hopkins robotics team wins St. Joseph contest

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Congratulations to the robotics team from Hopkins High school, which again built a great robot to play the game challenge this year. The Vikings competed at and won the St. Joseph District Event Saturday, March 9. They were undefeated in 17 matches, won the Innovation in Controls award, and are...
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Editorial

Wayland school board meets, beats budget goals

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ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an an editorial by the editor. The Wayland Board of Education has quietly and stealthily managed to almost triple the size of the district's fund balance over the past nine years. The news was presented by Leslie Wagner, director...
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Articles

Leighton Board adopts 2024-25 budget blueprint

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The Leighton Township Board Thursday evening adopted a budget of more than $2.8 million and agreed to spend $650,000 for paving roads during the 2024-25 fiscal year. Revenues are expected to be $2.837 million and expenditures have been pegged at $2.834 million with the leftover fund balance estimated at $1,387,821....
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Columns

Army Bob: We go back to old ways to deal with crime

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by Robert M. Traxler As predicted more than three years ago in this column, the cities and states that pushed “reimagined law enforcement, reimagined policing, reimagined the judicial system, defunded the police” are now going back to the historically effective criminal justice practices and procedures. The question to them should...
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Jack Sipple resigns Martin Board seat after 55 years

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Jack Sipple Jack Sipple, perhaps the longest serving elected official in Allegan County, is stepping down as Martin Township trustee after 55 years. “I’ve enjoyed myself on here,” he said, “but it’s time to step down.” Simple, who first joined the board after appointment by Supervisor Bert Schipper in 1969...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) This house many years ago was located at 142nd Avenue & 30th Street. 25 Years Ago — March 15, 1999 The City of Wayland now is said to be in the first year of a five-year...
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