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Five Lakes Brewing may open this summer at Dorr strip mall
If all goes as planned, Lisa and Randy Blain and partners Doug and Cindy Lameyer will open Five Lakes Brewing this summer at the former location of the Seasons in…
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Dorr Twp. road, fire equipment millages expected in August
Dorr Township voters again will be asked to approve millage requests for fire equipment replacement and for repairing, maintaining and improving local roads. The two millage requests are expected to…
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Gamrat, Courser now face criminal charges in sordid saga
After being booted by their colleagues and rejected by their constituents, former State Reps. Cindy Gamrat and Todd Courser now face criminal charges. Michigan Attorney General William Schuette Friday announced…
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Potential Moline Elementary buyer seeks land contract
Stephen Austin, potential buyer of the old Moline Elementary School building, now is asking the Wayland Board of Education if it is willing to sell on a land contract. In…
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Wayland schools’ earliest date for bond election is May 2017
There won’t be an election this year on the Wayland Union school district’s plans to renovate and upgrade facilities. The Board of Education, which was looking at the possibility of…
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Wayland schools on track for $306,000 2016-17 budget deficit
Despite some positive economic signs, the Wayland Union school district is on track for a budget deficit of about $306,000 for the end of the 2016-17 iscal year. Finance Director…
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City agrees to United Bank loan for purchase of parking lot
The Wayland City Council Monday night approved a recommendation from the Downtown Development Authority to finance a loan from United Bank for $495,000 to purchase the parking lot surrounding the…
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City of Wayland DPW facility to be renovated in-house
The Wayland Department of Public Works facility will be getting some renovations done by city workers this winter. The City Council Monday night approved a request from DPW Director Cole…
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City of Wayland investigating having electronic sign downtown
The City of Wayland may soon join the growing movement toward installing electronic messaging signs. Following the lead of Dorr Township and Yankee Springs Township, the City Council Monday night…
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Former Hopkins Supt. Chris Stephens takes interim AAESA post
Former Hopkins Public Schools Superintendent Chris Stephens and former Hillside Principal Robin Lavender will be interim administrators for Allegan Area Educational Services in the wake of Jonathan Garcia’s resignation. Stephens…