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Service will be in Kalamazoo Thursday for Amy Cole Misner

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A celebration of life service will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 6, at the Voyage Church, 6339 Atlantic Ave, Kalamazoo, for Martin High School graduate Amy Cole Misner, who died May 22 from injuries in a car accident in Colorado. She was born Nov. 24, 1974, in Kalamazoo the daughter...
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Local fireworks launching opportunities to be reduced

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The City of Wayland is likely to agree with the State Legislature in reducing the number of days fireworks can be set off during the year. City Manager Josh Eggleston offered to draw up a new ordinance that decreases the number of days for fireworks from 30 to a dozen...
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Lady Wildcats’ softball season ends in district finals defeat

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Cheri Ritz and her young Lady Wildcats. It’s been said in sports conventional wisdom that it’s extremely difficult for a team to beat another three times in one season Middleville Thornapple Kellogg’s softball squad, however, beat Wayland for the third time this spring, this time in the final round of...
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Graveside service planned Saturday for Bob Bell, 68

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Robert “Bob” Bell, age 68, of Wayland, died Saturday, June 1, after a battle with esophageal cancer. A member of the Bell family that came to Wayland in 1963 to own and operate the Dog 'N Suds restaurant and later Bell's Family Restaurant, Bob established a reputation in high school for excellence...
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Service will be Thursday in Hudsonville for Dale Myaard

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Dale Myaard, age 58, died Sunday, June 2. Dale spent a lot of time at Sandy Pines. He loved to go to breakfast with his family on Friday mornings, garden, cook, cut wood, spend time with his dog, but most of all, Dale loved his family. He will be lovingly...
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Wayland man gets 7 to 15 years for newlyweds’ traffic deaths

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Jacob Scot Damron Jacob Scot Damron, 22, of Wayland, was sentenced in Allegan County Circuit Court to seven to 15 years in prison in the fatal traffic crash in Heath Township last summer that killed newlyweds Logan and Hannah Allbaugh. It was determined that Damron was influenced by medical marijuana...
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Funeral will be Tuesday for ‘Benny’ Henry, 76, of Hopkins

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LaVerne Forrest “Benny” Henry, Jr., 76 of Hopkins, Thursday, May 30,  at the Wings Home in Allegan. LaVerne, known to most as Ben or Benny, was born on Valentine's Day in 1943 in Hopkins, the son of the late LaVerne and Evelyn (Dunklee) Henry. Benny enjoyed life and spent many...
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Is this the beginning of an MTA mutiny of the townships?

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ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “I would never join a club that would have me as a member.” — Groucho Marx The Dorr Township Board last Thursday night came within one vote of dropping its membership in the Michigan...
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One Small Voice: Let’s not make graduations so common

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Graduation season is upon us, and it’s such a great time of year to celebrate the innumerable accomplishments of high school and college grads all across the United States. This year’s extreme weather notwithstanding, May and June are usually very comfortable, so as to accommodate outdoor parties and open houses. ...
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Lady Vikings’ season ends; Wildcats play Allegan Monday

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The softball season ended Saturday morning for Hopkins n the district tournament in an 11-1 loss to Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The horrible weather conditions moved Wayland's district semifinal against Allegan at Hopkins to 2 p.m. Monday. The Lady Vikings finished their season with a 21-9 overall record. Middleville, now 27-4,...
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