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Cheshire full broadband Internet is 1st in county

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…

Editor September 1, 2022

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Dorr Twp. Board deciding how to spend ARPA funds

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…

Editor August 25, 2022

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Penny Salisbury retiring from senior volunteer job

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…

Editor August 25, 2022

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Few citizens show up for Wayland schools’ forum

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…

Editor August 23, 2022

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Wayland schools start new year with healthy budget

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…

Editor August 22, 2022

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Kyle Pitcher leaving to direct Rockford orchestra

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…

Editor August 18, 2022

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Ex-Dorr Twp. Treasurer bound over to Circuit Court

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…

Editor August 17, 2022

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Faith-based plans to treat eating issues face NIMBY

Digital Camera A group of local businessman wants to open a faith-based treatment center for girls with eating disorders on 144th Avenue near Hillcrest Drive in Dorr, but they’ll have…

Editor August 16, 2022

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‘Everyday Joys’ author to take a leave of absence

Denise Dykstra Denise Dykstra, who writes a weekly "Everyday Joys" column for Townbroadcast, is taking a leave of absence because she has been asked to work on a big writing…

Editor August 16, 2022

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City Council pressured to adopt golf cart ordinance

Does the squeaky wheel indeed get the grease? Nearly 40 people packed the City Hall Council Chambers Monday night to advocate for a local ordinance permitting use of off-road vehicles…

Editor August 15, 2022