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Wayland Union High School has sociology culture fair

Wayland High School students from Andrea Brown’s sociology classes at held a culture fair recently for their capstone project. Students researched and applied two trimesters of sociological knowledge to a…

Editor February 24, 2015

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Dorr Township votes 5-2 to hire part-time maintenance worker

The Dorr Township Board had the old familiar 5-2 vote on hiring a new part-time maintenance worker. Michael Edema was approved as the assistant to Jarrod Simon in taking care…

Editor February 23, 2015

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Campaign under way on behalf of Dorr Township road millage

Carolyn Sandel, who is spearheading a local millage effort for roads in Dorr Township, told the Township Board Monday night the campaign is up and running. Sandel, chairwoman of a…

Editor February 23, 2015

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Dorr Twp. Board adopts recreation plan, $200,000 grant application

The Dorr Township Board Monday night adopted the five-year parks and recreation plan and then submitted an application for a $200,000 Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grant for expanding and…

Editor February 23, 2015

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WHS Symphony Orchestra performs at Griffins hockey game

The Wayland Union High School Symphony Orchestra performed the American and Canadian National Anthems at Saturday night’s Griffins hockey game to a sold out house at the Van Andel Arena.…

Editor February 22, 2015

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Henika Library’s Christina Golm takes Newaygo director post

Henika District Library Coordinator of Projects, Technology and Community Outreach Christina Golm has accepted a new post as director of the Newaygo Area District Library. Golm, who earned her master…

Editor February 20, 2015

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Dorr native one of 100 finalists for trip to colonize planet Mars

Dorr native Laura Smith-Velazquez has received word that that she is one of 100 candidates worldwide chosen to participate in a mission to begin colonizing Mars. Dutch-based non-profit Mars One…

Editor February 20, 2015

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Casino expenditure priorities examined by Board of Education

The Wayland Board of Education Monday evening went over the $1.5 annual million casino budget with a proverbial fine-toothed comb and members pledged to spend a week thinking about spending…

Editor February 19, 2015

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Wayland 8th-grader wins Allegan County Regional Spelling Bee

Brennan Grimes, an eighth-grader from Wayland Union Middle School, was winner of the Allegan County Regional Spelling Bee . Runner-up was Lily Ehn, an L.E. White Middle School eighth-grader in…

Editor February 19, 2015

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Dan Beute welcomed as new Dorr Plan Commission member

Daniel Beute was welcomed as a new member of the Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening. Bob Wagner, chairman and member of the Planning Commission for more than half a…

Editor February 18, 2015