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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
25 Years Ago — Feb. 16, 1994 Anna P. Smith, wife of Ivan D. Smith and mother of Jay L. Smith, died at age 90. She was a member of…
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Leighton Treasurer Char Troost retiring next month
Char Troost is retiring from her job as Leighton Township Treasurer at the end of next month. She made the announcement in unusual fashion near the conclusion of the Township…
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WHS Theatriks to present ‘Excalibur’ March 1-3
Wayland High School Theater students will present the play Excalibur: The Story of Young King Arthur Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 1-3, at the Wayland Union Fine Arts Center. Excalibur! The grandeur…
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Service Saturday for former Hopkins man Dale Fouse
Dale Eugene Fouse age 69 of Six Lakes, formerly of Hopkins, died Feb. 11. Dale was born on Sept. 14, 1949, in Memphis Tenn., the son of Donald and Juanita…
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Funeral Saturday for Dorothy Funk, 82, of Hopkins
Dorothy Anne Funk, 82, of Hopkins, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Green Acres of Wayland. Dorothy was born in Allegan on April 16, 1936, to the late William and Mary…
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WHS football coach Paul Goodwin rolls perfect game
Wayland High School assistant varsity football coach Paul Goodwin this week rolled his first career perfect 300 bowling game at the Rock 'N Bowl Lanes. Goodwin is a 2008 graduate…
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Leighton Twp. master plan open house will be Feb. 26
Leighton Township officials will be hosts for a special master plan open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the Leighton Township Hall on 12th Street. A…
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Wayland Middle School student wins spelling bee
Eighth grade Wayland Union Middle School student Audra Trumbull has won the Allegan County Regional Spelling Bee and will advance to the Greater Grand Rapids Bee at the Gerald R.…
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Guest column: Another take on climate change issue
EDITOR'S NOTE: Terry Parks is a 1966 graduate of Wayland High School, He is a former pastor, entrepreneur and inventor who several years ago returned to live in his hometown.…
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School closings now at 9 of last 13 possible days
Well, here we go again. It's gotten so pervasive that some on Facebook are asserting that 2019 is the year children stopped going to school. Hopkins, Martin and Wayland schools…