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The Subterranean: Disney/Marvel provides best circus!
Review of Avengers: Infinity War **** 1/2 out of five stars Currently showing in theaters EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME! by Walter G. Tarrow As a child of the '50s, I…
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Ranger Rick: Airstrip should be OK’d as property rights
Nobody likes change, especially when people feel if affects them directly. Evidently the people involved in the Leighton Township airstrip fiasco living near the proposed airstrip are determined to stop…
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Rural events barns decision postponed by Dorr Twp.
About 75 local citizens appeared at a normally sparsely attended Dorr Township Planning Commission meeting Tuesday evening to object to a proposal to allow wedding barns near residential neighborhoods. The…
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Funeral mass is Friday for Arthur Harnish, 95, of Dorr
Arthur T. Harnish, age 95, died Monday, May 14. He was born in 1922 in Byron Center, grew up in Moline and graduated from Wayland High School in 1940 before…
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Amanda Brown scores 4 as Lady ‘Cats blank Wyoming
The Wayland varsity girls' soccer team evened its overall season record at 6-6 with an 8-0 victory Monday evening over Wyoming."The Wildcats went on a goal scoring frenzy after their…
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Sheriff’s Dept. seeks help with retail fraud suspects
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Sheriff's Department has announced the suspects have been apprehended and the assistance from the public was appreciated. The Allegan County Sheriff's Department is seeking help in…
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Lady Vikings officially win 7th straight league crown
It’s official. The Hopkins girls’ track team captured its seventh straight O-K Silver Conference championship by taking first in a weather-delayed league meet. The meet was delayed for about one…
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County, Hopkins Twp. to file comments on tribe land
Allegan County and Hopkins Township have until next month to file comments with the U.S. Department of the Interior on the Gun Lake Tribe's request to take into trust a…
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WHS Class of ’18 summa cum laude honors announced
Wayland Union Schools has announced the Class of 2018 graduating seniors who have earned cumulative grade point averages of 4.0 of higher, thereby earning summa cum laude academic honors. The…
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Bay Pointe Woods planning review to continue Monday
by Austin Marsman After granting initial planned unit development approval in February, the Barry County Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Monday will discuss further specifics for the proposed Bay Pointe…