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Yes It Is, It’s True: Facebook sometimes yields wheat
I’ve often complained that Facebook is a cesspool and about 95% of it is garbage and lame chit-chat, but I’ve also learned that if I’m careful enough to separate the…
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WHS grad Todd Meconis runs 100 miles yet again
Todd Meconis, a Wayland High School graduate and former Wildcat wrestling standout, has completed the 100-mile run in the Pinhoti Endurance 100 in Alabama. His sister, Shannon Meconis Myers, said,…
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‘Convenient Truth’ may decide chickens issue in city
ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. Former Vice President Al Gore years ago produced a film, "An Inconvenient Truth,"…
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Six area harriers compete individually at state meet
The annual state cross-country meet at Michigan International Speeway near Brooklyn included four runners from Hopkins and one each from Wayland and Martin. The Division 2 girls’ championships Saturday revealed,…
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Record-setting QB tosses 6 TDs to end Vikings’ season
Hopkins varsity football has absorbed a lot of criticism about pass defense over the last several years, but Friday night it had a pretty good excuse. The Vikings saw their…
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Army Bob: Media corporations are people, too
by Robert M. Traxler OK, it is the Holy Grail of many on the left that corporations are not people; exactly who makes up a corporation if not people is…
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Watson to inform residents near old dump about water
Because of the recent spate of reports of water contamination in Otsego Township, Watson Township officials want to warn local residents about such possibilities near the old Watson-Martin dump. Though…
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Visitation will be Friday for WHS grad Beverly Langley
Beverly Snyder Langley, aged 71 of Wayland, died Tuesday, Oct. 30. She was a 1966 graduate of Wayland High School. She is survived by her daughter Jody (Dan Kondor) Langley,…
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Basura: U.S. budget tomfoolery only worsening
“By his own account, in 1976, when he was starting his career, Donald Trump was worth $200 million. Today, he says he’s worth $8 billion. If he’d put that original…
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WHS cross, track coach receives Ambrose award
Wayland High School boys’ cross-country coach Raymond Antel III has received the Kermit Ambrose Award by the Michigan Track Coach Association. Antel, who also serves as girls’ track coach at…