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Avery Hudson begins 3rd year with Davenport hoops squad

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Avery Hudson Wayland High School graduate Avery Hudson is beginning his third season as a starting guard on the Davenport University basketball team. Hudson, a 2017 WHS grad, started in all 31 games last year as a sophomore. He shot 42.6% from the field and 40.2% from three-point territory. averaged...
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Dorr Township Library millage request will be in August 2020

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Dorr Township Library Board President Rachel Vote The Dorr Township Library Board has decided to place a tax increase request for .06 mill on the August 2020 primary election ballot. Library Board President Rachel Vote confirmed the decision this week. Library Board Secretary Sara Rydeman asked the Dorr Township Board...
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1980 cold case murder suspect arrested at Burnips gas station

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  Kathleen Doyle Dennis Lee Bowman The Allegan County Sheriff’s Department and troopers from the Michigan State Police Friday arrested a 70-year-old Salem Township man in connection with a murder in Norfolk, Va., in 1980. Dennis Lee Bowman is being incarcerated in Michigan for the murder of Kathleen Doyle, 25,...
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2020 Dorr Township road project plans outlined for board

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Jim Martin Dorr Township road projects for 2020 were outlined to the Township Board by Treasurer Jim Martin, who noted the five will cost a total of $870,000. The plans include: Paving 22nd Street between 142nd Avenue and 146th Avenue, at a cost of an estimated $450,000. Repaving 24th Street...
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Army Bob: So we aren’t allowed to question ‘settled science?’

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In a comment on one of Ranger Rick's columns on climate change, a reader asked, "Do 'common sense conservatives' who share the author’s views on global climate change ask their doctors about the subject prior to being treated?”  Well yes, we do. He/she went on to ask if we ask...
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Propose Dorr Library millage request in March, or in August?

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Sara Rydeman The Dorr Township Library Board is wrestling with the question of whether to ask for a millage increase in the presidential primary election or the primary election in August next year. Sara Rydeman, secretary of the board, asked the Township Board Thursday evening for its input of the...
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Yes, It’s True: Standing for Pledge, anthem a matter of manners

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“What mighty contests arise from trivial things.” — Alexander Pope There was a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth in the past week over the news the Grand Valley State University Student Senate voted 21-10 not to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of its meetings. Backlash...
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More vehicle break-ins reported: this time in City of Wayland

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The Wayland Police Department is warning all area citizens to lock their cars and trucks on their property every night. A Facebook posting from the department said today, "Looks like we had a few car break-ins last night. So far the cars involved were not locked. Please lock your cars...
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WHS grad Sydney Ritz on 2nd all-star team for Spring Arbor

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Wayland High School graduate Sydney Ritz has been named to the second unit of the all-Crossroads League team as a senior playing for Spring Arbor University. Ritz, who starred in volleyball and basketball for the Lady Wildcats, graduating in 2016, was named for the second consecutive season and picked up...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Nov. 23, 1994 Some World War I doughboys from Allegan County. The Allegan County Board of Commissioners voted 8-1 to lend the Alliance up to $10,000 as an advance to its annual...
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