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Sycamore Elementary wins grant for musical field trip

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The Young Authors organization at Sycamore Elementary learned last month it was awarded a $500 grant from the Michigan Youth Arts and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs to help pay for a an upcoming, school-wide musical field trip. The Young Authors group is sponsoring the trip in...
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Deer crashes into car, killing Hastings woman, 27

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A 27-year-old woman from the Hastings area died Monday evening when a deer crashed into her car while she was traveling on 135th Avenue near 7th Street in Wayland Township. The Allegan County Sheriff's Office was summoned to the scene at about 7 p.m. Monday to respond to a call...
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First snowstorm of 2018-19 winter dumps 7.7 inches

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The first snowstorm of the 2018-19 winter season Sunday night and Monday morning dumped 7.7 inches of the white stuff on this area, according to local weather enthusiast Bob Zapolnik of Hopkins. All area schools were closed for the day and motorists faced challenges in customary activities such as going...
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Deer hunting season increases car-deer accidents

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The Allegan County Sheiff's Department is reporting this week that deputies have been busy with car vs. deer accidents. A spokesman said, "So far this month, we've taken 89 car vs. deer accidents (as of Nov. 15). In October, we took 92; and in November of 2017, we took a...
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Carpenters, millwrights training center almost ready

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Work is progressing at the site of the new carpenters and millwright training center at 700 Reno Drive, just east of General RV. The site can be viewed very easily by motorists just south of the Wayland exit on U.S.-131. The West Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters originally said they...
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Local free food truck visit seems popular this month

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The monthly free food truck served more than 300 people, more than a third of them children, Friday at the United Church of Wayland. Local organizers reported that the Feeding America truck ran out of food in a little more than an hour. The truck makes its appearance with a...
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Minor injuries in rollover on U.S.-131 near Martin

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First responders were dispatched in the early hours of Friday morning to the scene of a rollover on southbound U.S.-131 near the 56 mile marker, just north of Martin. Traffic was reduced to one lane while crews cleared the scene. The Martin Township Fire Department reported minor injuries on their...
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Delton woman, 77, dies in traffic crash on Patterson

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A Delton area woman described as being in her 70s was killed in a traffic crash Thursday afternoon on Patterson Road in Wayland Township. Allegan County Sheriff's authorities indicated snowy and slick road conditions were a factor. Frances Kay Engeseth, 77, was driving a Kia in the southbound lane when...
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Icy roads wreak havoc with motorists on U.S.-131

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(Photos courtesy of Warren Dalrymple and Christy Garcia) Authorities this morning reported the U.S.-131 freeway was like a sheet of black ice and there many slide offs and vehicle crashes as a result. Traffic backups caused some motorists to put their cars in parking mode both north and south of...
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Ten WMS students qualify to sing in state honors choir

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Ten Wayland Middle School students have qualified for admission into the Michigan School Vocal Music Association State Honors Choir and will be singing in concert at DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids at 6 p.m. Jan. 24. (Photo supplied)
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