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Hopkins grad Dr. Jason Pavlak finishes marathon

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Dr. Jason Pavlak Dr. Jason T. Pavlak, DDS, a graduate of Hopkins High School, recently completed a unique marathon run that included both Canada and the United States. Pavak graduated from Hopkins at the top of his class in 1994 and earned his mechanical engineering degree from Michigan State Universty....
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Army Bob: Reporter’s death is worth more than others?

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Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian citizen who worked for the Washington Post, was allegedly murdered by his government; murder is an unlawful killing and always wrong. The media is upset over the loss of one of their own, a star in the Washington cocktail circuit and a man who was...
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Dorr Township Library to seek millage vote next year

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Dorr Library Director Elyshia Schafer (left) and her predecessor, Natalie Bazan Sarosta. The Dorr Township Library Board is grappling with economic issues heading into next year, in the wake of the defeat of a millage request last August. Voters in the primary election turned down a request for a levy...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — Oct. 27, 1993 Kathy Brenner The Wayland community was saddened by the news of the death Oct. 19 of Katheryn L. Brenner, a 1993 graduate and honor student at Wayland High School. The daughter of Wayland Superintendent Robert and Sandy Brenner, she had battled cystic fibrosis...
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EduStaff CEO responds to column about PESG

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Clark Galloway Clark Galloway, developer of the Galloway Landings air strip in Leighton Township and CEO of EduStaff substitute teaching provider, responded this morning to Townbroadcast's column Tuesday about Professional Services Group. "I am the president of the competing business, EDUStaff," he wrote in an e-mail. "EDUStaff was formed in...
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WHS Jazz Band, Orchestra present 1st concert of year

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The Jazz Band, under the direction of Kelli Tilley Smith, and the stringed orchestra, under the baton of Karen Nofsinger, performed in concert Tuesday event at the Wayland High School Fine Arts Center. The the seventh and eighth grade band and orchestra students plan to perform their annual "Spooktacular" concert...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: It’s a small world in defunct PESG story

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“It’s a small world after all. It’s a small world after all. It’s a small world after all. It’s a small, small world.” — The Disneyland Chorus I hear tell Professional Education Services Group (PESG), the company that provided substitute teachers for public school districts, abruptly went belly up Tuesday....
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Ranger Rick: Trump, Republicans just keep on winning

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It's a great time to be alive, especially for the politics. While the Democrats and RINOs (Republicans in Name Only) rail against anything Trump, he keeps winning and winning for the American people. The economy under President Barack Obama bumped along at less than 2% or less GDP growth, the...
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Wayland man, 21, charged in July 17 fatal traffic crash

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A 21-year-old Wayland man was arraigned Tuesday in Alllegan County District Court on charges of of operating while intoxicated causing death and reckless driving on connection with a fatal traffic crash in Heath Township July 17. Jacob Scot Damron is accused in connection with the deaths of newlyweds Logan and Hannah...
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‘Nooses Off’ murder-mystery-comedy set at WHS

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Wayland High School’s theater students will present a murder-mystery comedy, Nooses Off, by Don Zolidis at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9-11, at the Wayland Union Fine Arts Center. An amateur theater company's whodunit hurtles toward opening night -- but the real mystery is whether...
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