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Man loses leg in Gun Lake boating accident Sunday

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A boat passenger on Gun Lake Sunday afternoon lost a leg that got tangled up in the vehicle's motor Barry County Sheriff's  deputies said the young man from Howell riding in a boat in one of the inlets on the lake's south side. He jumped off the boat, but didn't...
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Bank robbery suspect believed to have health issues

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by Austin Marsman Less than 12 hours after a bank robbery that closed the City of Plainwell, officers with the Allegan County Sheriff's Department say they've arrested a man accused of robbing the PNC Bank, claiming he had a bomb in his backpack. Paul Donnelly, 50, a native of Jackson,...
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Hopkins Hall of Fame coach Mick Francis battles cancer

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Longtime Hopkins High School football and softball coach Mick Francis is in the fight for his life after diagnosis last January of an advanced stage of cancer. Francis, who was inducted into the Michigan High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 2005, has been told by his physicians that...
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City unhappy with Wayland Family Dentistry’s sign

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Wayland City officials are starting to get a bit impatient with Robinson Dental Care over a sign on West Superior Street in front of Wayland Family Dentistry. The structure is in violation of the local sign ordinance and it's been at least two years since anything has been done about...
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Town & Country to replace Weick’s Foodtown, Gun Lake

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The ownership of Weick's Foodtown at Gun Lake is changing hands this week. The grocery store will be closed Tuesday to complete inventory and change of signs, then reopen for business Wednesday. The store's name will be changed to Gun Lake Town & Country. John Weick, third generation of the family-owned...
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Authorities believe body is that of missing Delton man

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Barry County Sheriff's authorities believe they may have found the body of a Delton area man reported missing last month. A body was found in a wooded area not far from the property of David Lukins, 56. He had not been heard from since Sunday, May 27, and family reported...
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Chris Rupke wins Brenner Outstanding Teacher award

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Chris Rupke (left) has been selected as this year's winner of the Katheryn Lorraine Brenner Outstanding Teacher Award. Rupke is an elementary art teacher. The honor is bestowed annually in honor of Kathy Brenner, who died at age 18 of cystic fibrosis in October 1993. The award was established by...
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Authorities ask for help finding missing Delton man

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by Austin Marsman David Lukins The Barry County Sheriff's Department, family, and friends are asking for help to find a missing Delton man. David Lukins has not been heard from since Sunday, May 27, and family reported him missing Monday, June 4. His truck was found with a flat tire,...
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Wayland teachers’ 4.5% pay increase seen as overdue

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The some 160 teachers in the Wayland Union Schools will get a 4.5% pay increase in the 2018-19 academic year and a 2.5% bump in the following year. Wayland school officials indicate they are making up for Wayland teachers lagging behind other districts in salaries. Local teachers received only a...
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Gun Lake Tribe’s local spring payments over $2 million

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The Gun Lake Tribe has announced local revenue sharing payments this spring have amounted to more than $2 million in casino money. The State of Michigan received $4,268,003, the Local Revenue Sharing Board received $2,134,001, and GLIMI, an economic development entity, received $1,280,401. The figures are calculated from electronic gaming revenues...
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