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Virus closes school Friday at Sycamore Elementary

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Sycamore Elementary School School will be be closed all day Friday, Dec. 1, at Sycamore Elementary on 142nd Avenue west of Dorr because of a severe outbreak of what is suspected to be a norovirus, but the Allegan County Health Department disagrees. One parent reported that nearly 100 children were...
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Gun Lake Tribe local revenue sharing eclipses $2 million

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Gun Lake Tribe Vice Chairman Ed Pigeon (left) and Wayland Township Supervisor Roger VanValkinburg hold a representation of the latest revenue sharing check. The Gun Lake Tribe today announced that fall revenue sharing payments to local municipalities totaled $2,117,954, an increase of 24 percent over last spring. The State of...
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Martin’s Christmas parade will be Friday evening

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Steeby chosen as National Title I Distinguished School

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Steeby Elementary in Wayland has been selected as one of only two National Title I Distinguished Schools for Michigan. The program is a project of the National Title I Association. The Michigan Department of Education has indicated that each year the Distinguished Schools Program publicly recognizes qualifying Title I schools...
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Hopkins schools earn 3rd financial grant this year

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Hopkins Public Schools has announced it has received its third financial award this year, the most recent $4,229.88 from the Michigan Department of Education for the Acceptable Assessment Tools for Early Literacy Educators grant. The MDE is awarding districts funds to supplement and enhance the Assessment Program for Early Literacy...
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Hopkins Fire Department extingishes vehicle blaze

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The Hopkins Fire Department was dispatched with mutual aid from Wayland Fire Department for an explosion with possible structure fire in Hopkins Township. Upon arrival, it was found to be a fully involved vehicle fire. The fire was extinguished quickly and all other units were held back. No injuries were...
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Red Wagon to succeed Peereboom’s nursery business

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The former Peereboom's Nursery and Greenhouse has been closed now for more than a year, but its successor, the Red Wagon Garden Center and Greenhouse, plans to open Monday, Dec. 4. The new business is located just north of the city near the corner of 10th Street and 137th Avenue...
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‘Jingle Jam’ Christmas concert is Nov. 25 at United Church

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The public is invited to enjoy the second annual “Jingle Jam” concert performed by local and regional musicians from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25, at the United Church of Wayland, 411 E. Superior St. Music will include jazz, classic and traditional and pop Christmas music and will be performed by...
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Wayland Dems meeting Wednesday to focus on 2018 election

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The Allegan County Democratic Party will be host for a meeting for people interested in getting involved in the 2018 election. The meeting will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the library at Pine Street Elementary, 201 Pine St., Wayland. "The Wayland Dems are building a foundation for...
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Wayland Union schools have annual Veterans Day ceremony

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Wayland schools had their annual Veterans Day tribute and local Boy Scouts did their part by bringing vets into the ceremony in their wheelchairs. To mark the Marine Corps' 242nd birthday and Veteran’s Day, Wayland school's CCA program had a celebration to thank school employee Jody Tyner for his years...
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