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Special Roads Town Hall session is at City Hall June 19
A special Roads Town Hall program will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, at Wayland City Hall, 102 S. Main St., Wayland. Special guest will be State Rep.…
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All in the family: Sister of Mark Ludwig running in Wyoming
Yana Ludwig, sister of Fennville area farmer and political activist Mark Ludwig, has announced she is a Democratic Party candidate from Laramie for U.S. Senate in Wyoming in a race…
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Dorr exits to expressway will be closed until June 24
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has ordered the closing of both U.S.-131 expressway exits at Dorr on 142nd Avenue. Authorities said construction work is being done and they hope…
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Write It Right: Clarifying Twp. Board support for library
EDITOR'S NOTE: A recent column I wrote has prompted questions about how much money the Township Board awards to the Dorr Township Library. Dorr Township Clerk Debbie Sewers has sent…
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Michelle DeYoung-Foster wins Katheryn Brenner award
Michelle DeYoung-Foster was the recipient of this year's Katheryn Lorraine Brenner Outstanding Teacher Award. Mrs. Foster is a science teacher and robotics coach at Wayland Middle School. The honor is…
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Wayland man charged with child pornography offenses
A 28-year-old Wayland man has been arrested by the Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit and Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force on charges of child pornography. Matthew Bennett, 28,…
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Dorr Elementary Citizens of the Year winners announced
The Dorr Business Association has selected third-graders Alexa Henkel and Elijah Alonzo as Citizens of the Year for the 2018-19 academic year. The awards were presented by United Bank Dorr…
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Austin Marsman’s persistence nets another political celebrity
Martin High School graduate Austin Marsman continues to be politically active and meets and greets with famous people. He went to Lansing Tuesday to have this photo taken with Democratic…
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Wayland man gets 7 to 15 years for newlyweds’ traffic deaths
Jacob Scot Damron, 22, of Wayland, was sentenced in Allegan County Circuit Court to seven to 15 years in prison in the fatal traffic crash in Heath Township last summer…
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Authorities seek tips on who wrote Hopkins bomb threat
Hopkins Middle School administration immediately evacuated the building and contacted law enforcement authorities Friday afternoon after finding a threat saying “I will bomb da school” written on a stall door…