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Dorr fixture Dick’s Market to be sold later this year
Dick’s Market, a grocery store that has been owned and operated by the same family for the past 65 years, is being sold to the Leppink’s chain of stores. Leppink’s…
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Copart’s rezoning request wins fast track from Dorr
The Dorr Township Board Thursday night voted narrowly, 4-3, to fast track a rezoning request to make way for a combination auto salvage yard and on-line sales business just east…
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Dorr officials lose $5,000 each in salaries to roads
The Dorr Township Board Thursday night adopted the 2021-22 fiscal year budget, but it was a couple of tweaks proposed by Trustee John Tuinstra that got the most notice. Tuinstra…
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Salvage yard on-line auction business coming to Dorr?
It appears that the Dorr Township water tower site near the intersection of 142nd Avenue and the U.S.-131 expressway will be getting some company. The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday…
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Hopkins has a school bus issue at Sycamore School
A shortage of school bus drivers has had a tremendously adverse impact on Sycamore Elementary in the Hopkins school district. Superintendent Gary Wood told Board of Education members Monday evening…
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City Council postpones in-person meetings, for now
The Wayland City Council Monday evening decided against moving to in-person meetings, at least not until June. Council took up the issue because municipalities in the state legally may have…
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Leighton Township Board adopts 2021-22 FY budget
The Leighton Township Board Thursday evening adopted the proposed general fund budget for fiscal year 2021-22, which officially begins April 1. Estimated revenues were set at 2,239,600, with expenditures at …
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Plan Commission has 3 hearings, as well as 3 recommendations
The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening had three public hearings on zoning text amendments and eventually voted unanimously to recommend them to the City Council. Perhaps most satisfying was…
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Wayland School Board almost shortens quarantine
The Wayland Board of Education Monday evening came within one vote of amending the Coronavirus quarantine period for the high school from 14 to 10 days. The board voted 4-3…
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Andrew Augustin new Dorr Elementary asst. principal
New Assistant Principal Andrew Augustin will begin duties at Dorr Elementary Tuesday, March 9, pending approval by the Board of Education. Augustin comes to Wayland Union Schools from Thornapple Kellogg,…