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Basura: The Beach Doctor conquers sea urchin bites
“Help! I need somebody! Help, not just anybody. Won’t you please, please, help me?” — The Beatles, 1965 My uncle, a Korean War vet, asked me the other day if…
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WAEMS Board working on 5-year restructuring plan
The Wayland Area Emergency Services ambulance operations are the busiest ever and personnel are scrambling to keep up with costs and demands. Penny Post, who represents Dorr Township on the…
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Man in Ethan Mutschler’s traffic death gets 1 year
Colter Rounds, the motorist who caused a traffic crash that killed 17-year-old Wayland High School student Ethan Mutschler has been sentenced to a year in jail. Rounds also was ordered…
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Wayland’s supt. search begins with seeking input
The search for a successor to retiring Wayland Union Schools Supt. Norman Taylor began in earnest Thursday afternoon and evening with a couple of “public input sessions.” Dr. Rodney Green…
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Army Bob: Rep. Adam Schiff has become a media deity
by Robert M. Traxler In researching this column, I Googled Representative Adam Bennet Schiff, (D-Ca.) and got page after page of hero worship by the media; to sum up the…
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Lady Viking bowlers still unbeaten in conference
The Hopkins girls' varsity bowling team continues to roll undefeated in the O-K Silver Conference. The Lady Vikings defeated Kent City on a non-league dual match Monday and then bested…
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A bad day at Zeeland for both WHS bowling teams
It was a tough day for the Wayland boys' and girls' varsity bowling teams Wednesday. The Lady Wildcats lost by a score of 27-3 and the guys went down 29-1.…
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Barry Hastings: Why I’m voting for Mike Bloomberg
I plan to vote for Mike Bloomberg in the primary because- he's taking the fight to the madman. Every one of his public statements amounts to a direct assault on the record of…
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Feb. 1, 1995 Scott Sullivan, in his contribution to the weekly Soapbox…
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Private memorial service planned for Linda Hays, 77
Linda Lue Hays passed died Monday, Jan. 27, after a long illness. She was 77. Linda is remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Linda was an artist…