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Martin Schools move ahead with bus garage project
by Austin Marsman The Martin Board of Education Monday night approved bids for a $372,000 project that would build a new bus garage facility to provide more bus space and a…
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Two members inducted into WHS Alumni Hall of Fame
Wayland Union Schools inducted two new members into the Alumni Hall of Fame at the Scholastic Honors Night celebration April 17, Beatrice (Rairigh) Smith and Dick Miller. Bea Smith was…
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County
(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — April 21, 1993 Terry Sturgis, an outspoken opponent of the Martin Township Board’s…
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Funeral for Jack Manke, 82, is Monday at St. Stan’s
Jack Manke, 82, of Hopkins died Monday, April 16. Jack was stationed in Germany while in the U.S. Army and played in the band. He worked for 30 years for…
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Allegan area students to continue to pressure Senator
To the editor: Allegan County students who took part in a walkout March 14 against gun violence will join a national day of grieving Friday, but this time they plan…
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Wedding barns public hearing is May 15 in Dorr Twp.
The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday night agreed to schedule a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, on the subject of wedding barns. The commission has been…
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Ranger Rick: Trump fights Cloward-Piven takeover
Below is the classic socialist strategy to turn a productive, growing, healthy capitalist system into a pile of dung. My liberal friends in this publication excoriate me by my insistence…
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These are this year’s April showers that bring…
As someone said this morning, "This not supposed to be what they mean when they talk about April Showers." It's April 17 and some Wayland school district parents suggested schools…
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Service Saturday for Hazel P. Anderson, 97, of Dorr
Services for Hazel P. Anderson of Dorr will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at the Old Time Methodist Church 5590 Whittenyville Ave. Alto Hazel Pearl Powers Anderson was…
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Lumberyard Events owners asked to be at city meeting
The Wayland City Council wants owners Mark and Marty Shepard to attend the next meeting May 7 to answer questions about parking requirements for their new Lumberyard Events Center…