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Dorr Plan Commission helps pave the way for asphalt plant

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Commissioner Rich Osbun (left) listens to the presentation by Jody Schaendorf (center and Rahn Bentley. The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening agreed to a request for an ordinance text amendment to pave the way for construction of an asphalt plant. The commission voted 4-1, with Terri Rios dissenting, to...
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Ranger Rick: The Democrats’ primary circus back on the tube

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It is again the time for selecting another opposition candidate through the primary system of winnowing out potential candidates.  There are various methods of doing this depending on the state.  At this time, the Democrats are out of favor as president so they are trying to get the best candidate...
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Wildcats blanked by 2 of the best tennis teams in O-K Gold

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The Wayland boys’ varsity tennis team ran into the two of the best O-K Gold Conference squads last week and Monday, losing by identical 8-0 scores to Forest Hills Eastern and East Grand Rapids. Winning two games for the Wildcats against East Grand Rapids were :#3 singles Christian Sieffert, #4...
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Columns

One Small Voice: Maybe we’re all going there in a handbasket

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In the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s, northern New Jersey, where I grew up, was peppered with 14 Nike missile sites, one of which was located in my hometown of Wayne, a mere three miles from my house. The purpose of these sites was to...
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Wayland City police personnel moves confusing, unexpected

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John Paul Damveld An unexpected and confusing exchange about police department personnel occurred Monday night at the Wayland City Council meeting. Sgt. John Paul Damveld of the Allegan County Sheriff’s Department handed in his resignation as a part-time officer with the Wayland Police Department and expressed his displeasure with not...
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City sets Oct. 7 as date for Nickels-Otto parcel meeting

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Nathan Ward EDITOR'S NOTE: The Oct. 7 session will not be a public hearing, which already has taken place with the Planning Commission. Townbroadcast apologizes for the misunderstanding. A public meeting is expected  Monday, Oct. 7, on a request from Keith Nickels and Josh Otto for a text amendment for...
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Graveside services will be Saturday for Hannelore Wyatt

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Hannelore M. Wyatt, age 87, died Monday, Sept.16. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Wyatt and her parents Karl and Frieda Kiessling, daughter Donna Lee Powers, who died a couple years ago. She is survived by her children, Shawn Wyatt, Thea (William) Tokajer, Robert Wyatt and Kim...
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Yes It’s True: I didn’t pay attention, connect the dots for Martin

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“Pay attention… connect the dots.” — Rules I have lived by as a community journalist. Your Honor, I hereby plead guilty with great embarrassment to failing to live by the rules presented above. Over my lengthy career in small-time newspapering, I have attempted to pay attention and connect the dots...
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Introducing John Face, columnist about growing up integrated

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first in a series of columns by John Face of Albion, a white guy who is a lifelong resident of a mixed race community. John, who is a ringleader of “City Watch News,” offers observations of an unusual town that lost its high school...
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Yes It’s True: We’ll remember, but will we learn 9/11 lessons?

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Was it just me, or was the publicity about the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks even more pronounced than in past years? Though recognition of the date has been evident every year on that fateful day, it just felt like observances, Facebook posts and broadcast and...
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