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Basura: Trump can get tough with an all-caps tweet
“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 just put that…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: A troubled history of Fair Housing Act
I've long been a huge fan of the weekly radio program "This American Life" on National Public Radio. I've always found it interesting and thought provoking. I often peruse the…
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Ranger Rick: ‘Fake News’ has a tizzy after Helsinki
The meeting in Helsinki between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin has the fake media and Democrats in end of the world apoplectic tizzy. They examine body language and…
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Funeral is Thursday for Bill Klump, 82, of Wayland
William W. "Bill" Klump, age 82, died Sunday, July 22. Bill grew up on a farm and was a strong family man. His hobbies were tractors and tractor pulling. He…
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Wayland youth named outstanding Blue Lake camper
Nikita Jackson, daughter of Tanya Jackson of Wayland, was presented with the outstanding camper award last week at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Her mother is reporting Nikita, a…
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One Small Voice: Local journalism is best and fairest
https://www.allgeneralizationsarefalse.com/ by Lynn Mandaville I recently saw a posting of a media bias chart from the web site All Generalizations Are False (URL given above). Depicted as a bell curve…
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Funeral Thursday for Watson Twp. native Ken Kent
Watson Township native Kenneth Dale Kent, 82, of Allegan, died Friday, July 20, at his home. Born Nov. 8, 1935, in Watson Township, he was the son of Jerold Andrew…
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Sandy Scheib, Dorothy DeWeerd Citizens of the Year
This year's Citizens of the Year award was presented during the Main Street Sesquicentennial celebration Saturday downtown to Sandy Scheib (left) and Dorothy DeWeerd. Both are retired widows who continue…
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Subterranean: ‘Sorry to Bother You’ vs. corporate greed
Review of Sorry to Bother You **** out of five stars Currently showing at Celebration! Cinemas and by Walter G. Tarrow More than a year ago, in May 2017, I…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Good candidate forum is hard to find
"Go and hear the candidates debate" — Simon & Garfunkel, "Mrs. Robinson." I've covered political candidate forums for almost as long as I've been a community journalist, more than 40…