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Funeral Thursday for Raina Oldebeken in Martin
Raina Lee (Wilcox) Oldebeken, baptized child of God, died Sunday, April 7. She was 56. Raina was born June 5, 1967, and lived a full, happy life. She graduated from…
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Wayland School Board enjoys glad-handing night
Wayland Middle School eighth-graders were permitted to put on special glasses to view the solar eclipse Monday afternoon. Wayland Board of Education President Theresa Dobry summed it up well when…
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Wayland classification for sports causes no changes
Wayland's move to Division 1 or Class A from Division 2 or Class B actually will not cause any changes in who the Wildcats will play in the next school…
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Yes It’s True: Nice ways to get rid of the unwanted
Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes, yeah They don't tell the truth Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof (Beware) beware of the handshake That hides the snake…
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Terrific ‘Monster Cookie’ recipe was a neighbor’s gift
by Kathy Hamman Miller I got this great cookie recipe from a neighbor friend over 50 years ago. I have always considered this to be way ahead of its time…
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Hopkins, Wayland robotics dominate state competition
The Hopkins robotics team. Cover photo: Wayland's robotics team. Both the Hopkins and Wayland High School robotics teams this past weekend dominated competition in the state contests at Saginaw Valley…
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Yes It’s True: It was the power outage that wasn’t
It was indeed the power outage that wasn't. Ansd about all it left were questions about whether Wayland area residents would have to through this again. Consumers Energy sent homeowners…
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Wayland will compete in sports as Class A in ’24-’25
Next year will be very different for Wayland High School’s athletic schedule. Not only are the Wildcats lining up in a new division in the O-K Gold Conference, they are…
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Community activist Mimi Gabriel of Hopkins dies
Mimi Gabriel, the feisty community activist and unabashed women’s rights supporter, died Thursday, April 4, at University of Michigan Metro Hospitalt is with a broken heart I am letting you…
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Army Bob: There are many questions on immigration
by Robert M. Traxler Why is our government inviting, President Joe Biden stating in 2019, “We can absorb two million asylum seekers in a heartbeat,” even allowing millions of people…