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Gun Lake Casino announces $100 million expansion plans

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The Gun Lake Tribe and Gun Lake Casino have released details of a $100 million expansion that officials say will bring new dining and entertainment options and additional gaming space. The expansion is projected to open in the summer of 2021. Tribal Chairman Bob Peters said, “We are proud of...
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Man, 26, wanted for crimes after meeting women at casino

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A 26-year-old man is being sought for armed robbery, first-degree home invasion and felonious assault in connection with alleged crimes committed at two west Michigan casinos. Kentwood and Allegan County authorities are looking for James Edward Key, who they say met elderly women at casinos he then allegedly followed home...
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Top-rated WHS marching band has extremely busy Saturday

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(Photo courtesy of Rhonda Jelsema) Saturday was a brutal day for the Wayland High School marching band, which earned a coveted Division I rating earlier in the week at the East Kentwood Invitational. The local musicians performed in the 40-degree temperatures with a lot of wind at Allendale, then performed...
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Traffic backups, delays Friday caused by accident on U.S.-131

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Public safety personnel were summoned to the scene of a traffic accident Friday afternoon on the U.S.-131 expressway, just south of the 140th Avenue overpass. This SUV driver apparently lost control and the vehicle wound up in a ditch as a result. Traffic backups and delays also were the results....
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Jailed suspect in local Sunday morning crime spree identified

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Christopher Galbraith Christopher Galbraith has been identified as the 31-year-old Wayland man who was arrested in connection with a crime spree early Sunday morning in the City of Wayland. An owner of Black River Waterproofing, 309½ Clark St., the victim of an attempted break-in, confirmed that Galbraith was a former...
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Wayland man, 31, arrested in wild Sunday morning incidents

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A 31-year-old Wayland man is lodged in the Allegan County jail this morning after a wild series of events that included assault with a vehicle and several chases. The suspect has been charged with feloniously assaulting a police officer with a motor vehicle, felony fleeing and eluding, felony malicious destruction...
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Deer with EEE confirmed in Trowbridge Twp., Allegan County

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The Allegan County Health Department Saturday announced a deer in Trowbridge Township, Allegan County, was tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). It was the first confirmed case of a human or animal carting the disease, which sometimes can be fatal to humans. Officials have also announced a spraying program...
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Fire destroys barn at Schaendorf Dairy Farm in Monterey Twp.

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A fire Friday morning destroyed a barn at the Schaendorf Dairy Farm in Monterey Township. Firefighters from the Wayland Salem Township departments arrived at the scene, about four miles northeast of Hopkins, at about 8:30 a.m. and found the structure fully involved in flames. No cause has yet been determined....
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Water advisory for lead lifted at Hopkins Elementary School

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The Hopkins Elementary School water advisory was lifted Wednesday after the Allegan County Health Department expressed concerns about lead levels last June. Health Department officials, in a statement, reported, "Ten water samples were taken on Sept. 18 and all tested well below the action level exceedance for lead. Testing on...
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Shoplifting suspect gets more than he expected in arrest

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Wayland City Police Chief Mark Garnsey called it “two great arrests in several days, as a couple of suspects were apprehended this week. One arrest was made for retail fraud, fighting and fleeing Tuesday evening at Harding’s Market. A Harding’s employee stopped the suspect on suspicion of shoplifting and a...
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