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Students vow to oppose Sen. Schuitmaker over guns

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Matthew Coger of Allegan High School and Austin Marsman of Martin High School. Students who took part in the National Walkout Day March 14 to protest gun violence in America now are calling for Michigan Attorney General candidate Tonya Schuitmaker, a Republican, to drop out of this year’s election. Schuitmaker,...
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Businesses, residential complex proposals to be aired

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This nearly 40-acre site south of the Wayland city limits may become a residential complex. Both the Leighton and Wayland Township Planning Commissions will have busy public hearings Wednesday evening, April 11. Leighton will have three public hearings at its meeting, which will get under way at 7 p.m. at...
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Some area citizens join gun violence protest march

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Some area citizens joined the estimated 4,000 people who took part in the "March for Our Lives" Saturday in Grand Rapids. The city was one of more than 800 sites nationwide involving hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world who protested gun violence in the wake of...
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Shed destroyed Monday in Monterey Township fire

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The Hopkins Area Fire Department responded to a barn and shed fire Monday  in Monterey Township. Upon arrival there was a fully involved and collapsed shed on fire next to a larger barn. The larger barn had exposure to the shed and had begun to burn. Firefighters were able to...
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Two Martin teams qualify for Odyssey World Finals

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by Austin Marsman Martin High School team (from left) Travis Stone; Carina Andrews; Sophia Shettler; Becca Bailey; Mallory Andrews; Austin Marsman. Both of Martin's Odyssey of the Mind teams took home hardware over the past weekend in the state finals at Thornapple Kellogg High School in Middleville. The middle school...
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WHS robotics team captures district championship

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The Wayland Union High School FIRST Robotics Team #6090 captured the district championship at Gull Lake High School Saturday. The competition was held Friday and Saturday when they competed against 40 teams.  They share the title with two other alliance teams: Team #3538 “RoboJackets” from Auburn Hills and Team #4453...
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Candidates’ forum for Congress slated for April 10

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The Allegan County Democrats will sponsor a candidates' forum at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, at the Wayland Middle School cafetorium. Invited to take part have been the six Democrats who have filed for the August primary to win the right to challenge incumbent Republican Fred Upton for a two-year...
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No injuries reported in train-vehicle crash in Shelbyville

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Authorities said no one was injured Thursday night when a train struck struck a vehicle across tracks on 124th Avenue east of 10th Street, Division Avenue. The road in Shelbyville is the dividing line between Martin and Wayland Townships. It was was shut down by police so the incident could...
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Martin Twp. looking into expanding offices at hall

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The Martin Township Board Wednesday night took the first steps toward expanding the township hall to make more room for offices of the clerk, treasurer and assessor. The board voted 4-0 to hire The Architectural Group (TAG) and Dan Bode of Grandville to provide a feasibility study and artist's conceptions...
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John Schipper appointed Martin Township trustee

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John Schipper has been appointed trustee for the Martin Township Board, filling the vacancy created last month by the death of Jim Brenner. Schipper, a lifelong local resident, is former chief for the Martin Fire Department and he has served on the Planning Commission in the past. He was selected...
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