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Gun Lake Casino shares $2.26 million locally
The Gun Lake Casino revenues to the Local Revenue Sharing board totaled more than $2.26 million for the period from April 1 to Sept. 30 this year. The State of…
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Former Wayland chalk artist featured in Tempe festival
Chalk artist Tess Tobolic Marhofer, formerly of Wayland, was a featured artist last weekend at this year's Tempe Festival of the Arts Chalk-A-Lot-Street fair in Tempe, Arizona. She created an original…
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Sycamore Elementary wins grant for musical field trip
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…
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Deer crashes into car, killing Hastings woman, 27
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.…
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First snowstorm of 2018-19 winter dumps 7.7 inches
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…
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Deer hunting season increases car-deer accidents
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…
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Carpenters, millwrights training center almost ready
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…
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Local free food truck visit seems popular this month
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…
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Minor injuries in rollover on U.S.-131 near Martin
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…
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Delton woman, 77, dies in traffic crash on Patterson
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…