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Historic Bowens Mills shuts down cider festivals
Bowens Mills "It's Cider Time" festivals are shutting down after nearly a half century just east of Wayland. "We are sad to announce that we can no longer have 'It’s…
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Denise Dykstra finishes 2nd in Co. Homemaker Contest
Denise Dykstra of Martin, a columnist with Townbroadcast, has been awarded second place in the annual Allegan County Young Homemaker of the Year contest. Dykstra, a mother of four boys,…
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Weston Hosler chosen to lead WHS strings program
Wston Hosler Weston Hosler has been selected new director of the Wayland High School orchestra program. Hosler, who succeeds Wayland High School graduate Kyle Pitcher, who took a job at…
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Airborne car driver charged with cocaine use in crash
A motorist who drove an airborne car that soared over the Dorr expressway overpass has been charged with driving under the influence of cocaine last Jan. 13. Chandler Cockerham, then…
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National media plans to visit Gun Lake’s Curly Cone
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…
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City Council deals death blow to golf cart proposal
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…
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Wayland Police Chief says he will retire, take new job
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…