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Virus closes school Friday at Sycamore Elementary

November 30, 2017

Sycamore Elementary School School will be be closed all day Friday, Dec. 1, at Sycamore Elementary on 142nd Avenue west of Dorr because of a severe outbreak of what is suspected to be a norovirus, but the Allegan County Health Department disagrees. One parent reported that nearly 100 children were...

Gun Lake Tribe local revenue sharing eclipses $2 million

November 30, 2017

Gun Lake Tribe Vice Chairman Ed Pigeon (left) and Wayland Township Supervisor Roger VanValkinburg hold a representation of the latest revenue sharing check. The Gun Lake Tribe today announced that fall revenue sharing payments to local municipalities totaled $2,117,954, an increase of 24 percent over last spring. The State of...

Martin’s Christmas parade will be Friday evening

November 30, 2017

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

November 29, 2017

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Dec. 2, 1992 The Congregational Church on West Superior Street had a "reopening" 100 years ago. Cheryl Ann Jones, 25, of Hickory Corners, was arrested on an open murder charge in connection...

Lady Clippers enjoy merry 59-16 romp in home opener

November 28, 2017

by Austin Marsman Jaclyn Hildebrand It was an impressive basketball season opener for the Lady Clippers Tuesday night, as the team maintained a huge lead for the entire game and posted a 59-16 triumph over Potter's House. Martin’s girls in the early going scored all of the points until late...

Medical marijuana exchange owner Dan Patrick dies

November 28, 2017

Jerry Dan Patrick and Lisa Edwards Jerry Dan Patrick of Wayland, a major figure in the medical marijuana business in Martin and Orangeville townships. died at his home Monday. He had just celebrated his 44th birthday. Patrick and his partner and significant other Lisa Edwards had been owners and operators...

Steeby chosen as National Title I Distinguished School

November 28, 2017

Steeby Elementary in Wayland has been selected as one of only two National Title I Distinguished Schools for Michigan. The program is a project of the National Title I Association. The Michigan Department of Education has indicated that each year the Distinguished Schools Program publicly recognizes qualifying Title I schools...

Ranger Rick: Is the JFK assassination relevant today?

November 28, 2017

Where were you on Friday Nov. 22, 1963? If you were alive and of age to remember the darkness that hung over the country after the assassination of President John Kennedy, it is still with us today. We were an innocent country by today’s standards, wide-eyed and as a majority...

Community Notices

Hopkins schools earn 3rd financial grant this year

November 28, 2017

Hopkins Public Schools has announced it has received its third financial award this year, the most recent $4,229.88 from the Michigan Department of Education for the Acceptable Assessment Tools for Early Literacy Educators grant. The MDE is awarding districts funds to supplement and enhance the Assessment Program for Early Literacy...

Wildcat bowlers, Clipper girls opening winter seasons

November 27, 2017

Sydney Urben The winter sports season will be kicked off Tuesday evening, Nov. 28, when the Martin girls' basketball team is host to Potter's House. This Saturday, the Wayland boys' and girls' bowling teams will compete in the Wyoming Invitational. Martin last season had one of the youngest outfits in...

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