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Hopkins, Dorr able to beat the heat in July 4 parades
It was one of the hottest Fourth of July celebrations in memory for Dorr and Hopkins Wednesday, but that didn't deter a good number of people from turning out in…
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Wayland’s sequicentennial festival will be July 20-21
The 150th anniversary of Wayland as a municipality will be featured in the annual Main Street summer celebration downtown later this month. Wayland was incorporated as a village in 1868…
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Amazing Arts Academy returns for 2nd year July 23-27
United Church of Wayland, assisted by the United Methodist Church of Wayland, again will be host for the Amazing Arts Academy vacation Bible school from 5:30 to 8:30 nightly July…
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Negligence helped this reporter spread ‘fake news’
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to…
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Ranger Rick: DeNiro’s tirade only demonstrates rotting
Whenever I need a good laugh, I watch the meltdown by the media on election night on YouTube. Scene after scene with a breathless and unbelieving Wolf Blitzer with a…
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Bygone Days column postponed until next Saturday
The weekly "Bygone Days" history column this week will be postponed until Saturday, July 7, because of the Fourth of July falling on a Wednesday this year. Research for the…
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Celebration of Life for Hopkins grad James Bowyer
James Lee Bowyer, 41, died Monday, June 25. James was born Dec. 30, 1976, to Clarence and Susan Bowyer. He graduated from Hopkins High School in 1995, playing football for…
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Joe Kramer appointed to open Wayland Council seat
Joe Kramer was selected Monday evening as the newest member of the Wayland City Council. Kramer, who succeeds the resigned Tracy Bivins, will serve at least until the general election…
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State Police probing thefts from Burnips Equipment
Michigan State Police troopers from the Wayland Post are investigating the theft of commercial grade zero turn Spartan and Ferris lawn mowers from the Burnips Equipment retail location in Salem…
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Visitation is Saturday in Hopkins for Donald Bos, 84
Donald J. Bos, age 84, of Wayland died Friday, June 29. The son of Herman and Tracy (Schepel) Bos, he was born and raised in Holland, resided in Grand Rapids…