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One Small Voice: Set aside your Bible, Jeff Sessions
If we have learned only one thing this week from the chaos in Washington over immigration, it should be this: Don't ever use the Bible (or any other scripture for…
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‘Stop, Shop and Roll’ succeeds former Monterey Store
Bill and Denise Gardner Meissner Brisbin have purchased the old Monterey General Store and opened "Stop, Shop and Roll" June 15. Denise worked at Harding's in Otsego for more than…
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Mass of Christian burial Tuesday for Bill Westfahl, 91
William Carl Westfahl, Jr., age 91 of Hopkins, died Sunday, June 17, at Railside Assisted Living Center in Byron Center. Mr. Westfahl was born on July 24, 1926, in Grand…
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WHS grad Carter Morse’s RBI wins Bos All-Star game
Wayland High School graduate Carter Morse, shown hurling for a couple of innings here, drove in the winning run Tuesday evening with a gap shot in the seventh inning to…
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Dorr wedding barns issue on hold pending state action
The "wedding barns" or "rural event facilities" issue in Dorr Township is being placed on hold until after the State Legislature decides on a bill introduced in Lansing last month.…
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Funeral will be Thursday in Hopkins for Clara Blain
Clara Blain, age 91, died Sunday June 17. Clara truly lived life to the fullest through simple pleasures; time with family and friends, quilting, her lifetime membership to the VFW…
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Community watches Orangeville FD’s controlled burn
by Austin Marsman What began as a small fire quickly grew to engulf the entire structure Monday evening. A modest two-story farmhouse became a roaring fire, emitting a pillar of smoke…
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City bids farewell to Bivins, OKs $6.32 million budget
EDITOR'S NOTE: Some of the figures published in the original story were inaccurate. The following account attempts to correct the report. The Wayland City Council Monday night adopted a $6.32…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Facebook should be a tool, not a toy
Facebook, like a cell phone, is a tool, not a toy. Unfortunately, these words probably will fall silent on an island in a sea of pleasure seeking and "Bread and…
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Man loses leg in Gun Lake boating accident Sunday
A boat passenger on Gun Lake Sunday afternoon lost a leg that got tangled up in the vehicle's motor Barry County Sheriff's deputies said the young man from Howell riding…