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Division paving project in Leighton begins Monday

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The paving project in Leighton Township on 10th Street (Division) from 138th Street north to 142nd Avenue will begin Monday, June 22 and last about three weeks. The road is scheduled for crushing, shaping and resurfacing and will be closed to thru traffic Monday. Please follow the signed detour or...
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Write It Right: School board president DID vote for supt.

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Cinnamon Mellema The editor of this publication owes a sincere apology to Wayland Board of Education President Cinnamon Mellema for incorrectly saying in an editorial she declined to cast a vote for the hiring of new Superintendent Christina Hinds. Ms. Mellema did indeed vote for Dr. Hinds. The editor somehow...
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Wayland School Board meetings moved to FAC

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The Wayland Union Board of Education will hold its June 15, June 22 and July 13 meetings at the high school Fine Arts Center. This is a change from previously advertised locations. The meetings will be in keeping with the guidelines of the Michigan Safe Start Plan, which includes social...
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Cold murder case suspect to spend rest of life in prison

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Dennis Lee Bowman, 71, of Hamilton has pleaded guilty to murdering a woman  in Virginia in 1980 in one of two cold cases now solved. Bowman was arrested last year at a gas station in Burnips and was also charged with murdering his his adopted teen daughterA 71-year-old Allegan County...
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Sarai Yanes to give WHS graduation address

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Sarai Yanes was voted by her fellow honor students of the Wayland High School Class of 2020 to give this year's commencement ceremony address. A traditional graduation ceremony is planned for Thursday, July 30, at the Ron Stehouwer football stadium. Yanes last October also was selected homecoming queen.
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Quick storm results in property damage locally

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A quick, but powerful storm passed through this area Tuesday afternoon, dropping the temperature by 20 degrees, producing rain and causing property damage. Officials at the Hastings Area Fire Department reported they responded to 14 calls for wires and trees down in an just an hour and a half. Their...
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Allegan County COVID-19 death toll remains at 6

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Whiles the celebrated "flattening the curve" has appeared to dominate Michigan statistics lately for the COVID-19 virus crisis, Allegan County has remained remarkably stable as well. As of Tuesday evening, June 9, there have been 233 cases reported to be positive, with still only six deaths and 21 hospitalizations. There...
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Former Wayland Schools’ employee investigated

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Wayland Union Schools administrators have sent a letter home to parents and guardians of students acknowledging the Wayland Police Department is investigation a former employee of allegations of sexual harassment. Superintendent Norm Taylor wrote in the letter, "We recently learned of allegations involving a former employee of Wayland Union Schools....
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County Health Dept. downgrades COVID-19 threat

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The Allegan County Emergency Operations Center has moved to a state of partial activation after being fully activated since March 21. The county’s EOC was fully activated to help with Allegan County Public Health Department's efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. Health officials said the reduction was a response...
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Man, 23, charged in killing of McKenna Dutkiewicz

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McKenna Dutkiewicz   John Jacob Spangenberg has been arrested on a charge of murder for shooting and killing McKenna Dutkiewicz of Wayland Monday night in Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer said Spangenberg, 23, has admitted to pulling the trigger, killing the 21-year-old Dutkiewicz, a Wayland High School graduate. Spangenberg told...
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