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Coronavirus causes strange issue at Dick’s Market in Dorr

March 29, 2020

The widespread Coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis has prompted an unsual issue for Dick's Market in Dorr and local consumers. Cortney Schuelke of Dorr posted on Facebook her displeasure with Dick's selling unbranded toilet paper in packages of three for $5.69, and even questioning if the store was permitted by law...

Road paving, uncertainty dominate new Dorr budget

March 19, 2020

Myrna Marr has been hired as deputy treasurer for Dorr Township. She has expressed interest in running for the position in the August primary to succeed the retiring Jim Martin. The Dorr Township Board Thursday evening adopted a $1.3 million budget for fiscal year 2020-21 that included using $54,470 from...

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Dorr Plan Commission reviews master plan survey

March 17, 2020

Though the community meeting on the proposed master plan had to be called off Tuesday evening, the Dorr Township Planning Commission had a discussion about responses to a survey of residents. Commissioner Terri Rios reported a whopping 349 people replied to the survey, both written and on-line. Consultant Nathan Mehmed...

Wayland City Hall ‘business as usual,’ at least for now

March 16, 2020

Wayland City Manager Josh Eggleston said it’s “business as usual” at City Hall despite the Coronavirus scare, but added he wouldn’t be surprised if local government was asked to shut down. “There are a lot of unknowns at this point,” he told the City Council Monday night, adding that conditions...

Leighton to install cameras to catch juvenile hooligans

March 12, 2020

Leighton Township officials have had enough of the antics of young teen hooligans who have been vandalizing the township hall. The Township Board agreed Thursday evening to install video cameras inside the hall at a cost of up to $100 in hopes of pinpointing their crimes to local authorities. Township...

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Dorr Library’s millage request appears to have won

March 10, 2020

The Dorr Township Library’s request for 0.6-mill for 10 years appears to be headed for victory. With 36.62% of precincts reporting, the number of “yes” votes was 1,281 to just 762 “no.” That’s a margin of 62.7 percent to 37.3%. The Library Board first asked for an 0.89-mill levy in...

Hopkins schools trying to nip racial trouble in the bud

March 9, 2020

Leadership coach Kathryn Curry speaks at the Hopkins High School cafeteria. An almost all-white rural school district such as Hopkins is bound eventually to have issues in dealing with people of color, and a recent incident prompted school officials to do something about it. The Hopkins Public Schools Diversity Committee...

Hopkins Twp. sets public hearing on proposed DDA

March 9, 2020

The Hopkins Township Board will have a public hearing April 13 on a proposed ordinance adopting a Downtown Development Authority to oversee a DDA district across the expressway from the City of Wayland. The DDA would govern about a dozen properties on 12th Street along the west side of U.S.-131...

Medical Care Facility 0.25 millage request confirmed

March 5, 2020

Allegan County Commissioner Gale Dugan told the Watson Township Board Thursday night that an 0.25-mill request for 10 years for the Allegan County Medical Care Facility indeed will be on the August primary ballot. Dugan also informed Township Board members that a request for a Headlee Amendment rollback override to...

Allegan County Medical Care Facility may seek millage

March 5, 2020

The Allegan County "Poor Farm" in the 19th century. Allegan County Commissioner Rick Cain Wednesday evening told the Martin Township Board there is a solid chance a quarter of a mill proposal will be on the August primary ballot for the Medical Care Facility. Cain said the county recently conducted...

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