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Survivor Lucky Lulu now has found permanent home

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Lucky Lulu Lucky Lulu, the only one of five Chihuahuas to survive a horrific incident last week in this area, has found a home, according to Tonda Genther of Pet Klips. Lulu has been nursed back to health and Genther said applications to take her in are no longer being...
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Two Martin Odyssey of the Mind teams qualify for state

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Two of the Martin Odyssey of the Mind teams that performed at Wayland Union High School in regional competition have qualified to advance to the state level at Middleville Thornapple High School.
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Rev. Bonnie Simerly will retire April 26 at United Church

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The Rev. Bonnie Simerly has announced she will retire this spring and leave the United Church of Wayland to return to Louisiana. She posted on Facebook today that she has given the congregation notice and will preach her last sermon at United Church of Wayland April 26. She ha served...
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Couple in van sought for tossing, killing Chihuahuas

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Lucky Lulu The Allegan County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an animal abuse complaint at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, near the 400 block of 124th Avenue in Wayland Township. The witnesses described a 2004-2006 Silver Honda Odyssey van driving westbound on 124th Avenue throwing six Chihuahua dogs out the passenger window. ...
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WHS choirs, students qualify for solo & ensemble

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Ten students in the Wayland Union Select, Select Men and Honors Choir students10 qualified for State Solo and Ensemble competition. Qualifiers included Honors Choir, Select Men's Choir, Charity Oudbier, Elise Phipps, Anna Sanger, Grace Fitzgerald, Kaprya Pureifoy, Khawla El Moncef, Samuel Garheden and Holly Jandernoa. The choirs are directed by Ricci Sabin....
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Hopkins FFA students win a slew of district awards

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The Hopkins FFA Demonstration team. Twenty-seven members of the Hopkins FFA Chapter competed at the District Leadership Contest Jan. 30 at the Van Buren Technology Center. Some of the local students came home with medals, according to advisor Jessica Couch. “Members have been working on developing their career development and...
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Wayland man charged for taking, having pics of children

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The Wayland Police Department has arrested a Wayland man on six counts of taking and possessing child sex abuse photos. Wayland department responded to a complainant residence in July, when a woman reported an incident involving her 10-year-old child who used the restroom at the Dollar General Store, 125 West...
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Public meeting Feb. 13 to discuss Bradley exit project

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The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), in partnership with the Gun Lake Tribe, will have a public meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, to discuss a 2020-21 project to rebuild the US-131/M-179 (Chief Noonday Road/129th Avenue) interchange. The meeting will be held at the Gun Lake Tribal...
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Dorr Twp. Library Friends send local residents flyers

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Dorr Township residents today found these flyers, courtesy of the Friends of the Dorr Township Library, in their mailboxes. Included is material that spells out what will happen if voters turn down a request for 0.6 mill for 10 years to fund operations of the local library. The millage request...
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Local Food Truck provided 58,453 lbs. for needy in 2019

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Feeding America, which provides the food for the monthly Food Truck program for the needy at the United Church of Wayland, has issued statistics for 2019. The Food Truck provided 58,453 pounds of food to the food insecure at the Wayland site. The United Church was told, "This food comes...
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