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Stamm Equipment owner John Stamm Jr., 84, dies
John Stamm Jr., age 84, of Wayland, died Tuesday, May 26. John was the longtime owner of Stamm Equipment Co. in Wayland. John and wife Betty enjoyed traveling across the…
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Former Hopkins woman Joyce Schmidt dies in Fla.
Joyce Schmidt of North Fort Myers, Fla., formerly of Hopkins, died her home. She was 94. She is survived by six children and their spouses, Roberta Palmer, Karen Kornoelje, David…
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Gun Lake Casino set to reopen Monday, June 8
The Gun Lake Casino and six other Michigan tribal casinos are planning to open before Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home order expires June 12. “Just as the state consults health professionals…
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Hopkins’ Kennedy Gill joins all-state D-3 bowling team
Hopkins High School junior Kennedy Gill has been selected to the all-state bowling team for Division 3. Gill, who once rolled a sizzling 277 in one game last winter, was…
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Schaendorf Cattle Co. now selling local ground beef
The Town & Country Market on 124th Street and Patterson in Shelbyville today welcomed local ground beef from the Schaendorf Cattle Co. of Hopkins. Because of many recent reports of…
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Ranger Rick: We shouldn’t be scared of no COVID-19
What is it now, nine weeks of stay at home order under way and to continue until June 12 (so far).? The governor has redone those orders how many times…
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Longtime Wayland DPW employee Jim Bush dies
James (Jim) Bush, age 58, died Thursday, May 21. Jim was a member of the Saladin Shriners and the Wayland VFW Men's Auxiliary. He worked at the Department of Public…
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Ramblin’ Road: On losing momentoes, not memories
by Phyllis McCrossin I was recently asked how to get ready for a life on the road. There a multitude of things that have to be done – the legal…
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Grandma’s Texas Sheet Cake, teaching fractions
by Kathy Hamman Miller This recipe can help the grandchildren understand fractions and their value in knowing how to deal with them in everday life tasks: Grandma's Texas Sheet Cake…
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Mark Wakeman: 55 years ago, Gettysburg Address
On Memorial Day weekend in 1965, I was asked by Village President Phillip Reno to to deliver The Gettysburg Address at a small ceremony in our town's cemetery following a…