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National media plans to visit Gun Lake’s Curly Cone

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The Gun Lake eatery got its start in 1954 as Kirk's Kurly Kones, a drive-in ice cream shop near the corner of Patterson and Chief Noonday Roads at the Barry-Allegan County line, across the street from Joe's Grocery. Gun Lake area restaurant Curley Cone will be host for a visit...
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City Council deals death blow to golf cart proposal

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Advocates for golf cart use in the City of Wayland were dealt a setback Tuesday night when the City Council voted 4-2 against drawing up an ordinance. Council members Rick Mathis, Steve Stepek, Abe Garcia and Mayor Pro Tem Joe Kramer opposed a motion to have City Manager Josh Eggleston...
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Wayland Police Chief says he will retire, take new job

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Mark Garnsey Wayland Police Chief Mark Garnsey has announced his retirement from police work. Wayland's chief for the past four year has said he has had family, friends and business associates try to recruit him to take on another occupation. "I’ve been in police work for 34 years now," he...
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Cheshire full broadband Internet is 1st in county

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Cheshire Township Hall Allegan County Commissioner Gale Dugan Thursday evening told the Watson Township Board that Cheshire Township is the first municipal unit in the county to be fully equipped with broadband Internet service. The Board of Commissioners earlier this month agreed to a match of more than $200,000 of...
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Dorr Twp. Board deciding how to spend ARPA funds

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The Dorr Township Board has not yet formally met to discuss how to spend money from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), but Thursday night agreed to requests from the Fire Department and Parks and Recreation Board. Fire Chief Gary Fordham asked for up to $125,000 in ARPA funds...
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Penny Salisbury retiring from senior volunteer job

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Penny Salisbury Penny Salisbury, who has been volunteer coordinator of the Wayland Community Education Leisure Life program for local senior citizens since 2014, is retiring at the end of this year. Community Education is looking for her replacement. “She’s ready to travel and attend the events herself!” said her daughter,...
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Few citizens show up for Wayland schools’ forum

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Suppose they gave a public forum and nobody showed up? It wasn’t that bad Tuesday night at the Fine Arts Center, as about 20 appeared for the Wayland Schools’ effort to learn from citizens why the Aug. 2 bond proposal failed. However, about 40 percent were Wayland school administrators or...
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Wayland schools start new year with healthy budget

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It isn’t often that a public school system starts an academic year with a healthy fund balance, but Wayland is doing just that. Assistant Supt. for Finance and Operations Patricia Velie told the Board of Education the local district now has about $380,000 in its rainy day fund despite absorbing...
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Kyle Pitcher leaving to direct Rockford orchestra

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Pitcher returned to Wayland in the fall of 2021 to succeed Karen Nofsinger as orchestra instructor and director after teaching at the Goshen, Ind., school system. He graduated from Western Michigan University and was the bassist for a folk group at WMU. Wayland High School graduate Kyle Pitcher came back...
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Ex-Dorr Twp. Treasurer bound over to Circuit Court

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Former Dorr Township Treasurer Myrna Marr Tuesday was bound over to 48th District Circuit Court on two felony count of larceny. Marr, 66, who resigned her seat on the Township Board last January after serving for a little more than a year, was arrested by Michigan State Police in June...
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