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Hopkins robotics team qualifies for state championship

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The Hopkins FIRST Robotics team has qualified for the Michigan Championship April 13-15 at Saginaw Valley State University. The Tech Vikings built a robot to pick up gears and deliver them to a human player. The robot is very fast and maneuverable. It has four wheel drive and four wheel...
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Salem, Hopkins Fire Depts. respond quickly to car blaze

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Firefighters from the Hopkins and Salem Fire Departments were quick to respond to a car fire Thursday morning near Hopkins. The motorist, Cody Burch, did not suffer any major injuries, but the vehicle was a total loss. (Photo courtesy Katie Burch)
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Electronic recycling, household waste event is May 6

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Allegan County Resource Recovery will sponsor a special recycling event for household hazardous waste, TVs and computers and electronic devices from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 6, at the Harding’s Market parking lot, 300 Reno Drive, in Wayland. Residents in area townships, villages and cities who pay the surcharge...
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Fusion Fitness arrival fills up strip mall near expressway

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Fusion Fitness is the newest physical fitness business to open in Wayland, joining Snap Fitness and the Community Fitness Center. The business is locating inside the strip mall anchored by Harding's Friendly Markets and Family Farm & Home at West Superior and Reno Drive near the U.S.-131 expressway. The building...
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Action Awning moving into former B & R Excavating site

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Action Awning LLC, which has been in business for more than 10 years operating out of its Caledonia location, has moved into the building that formerly housed B & R Excavating at the corner of West Maple and Railroad streets in Wayland. Bruce and Joyce Beukema are co-owners of Action Awning, a...
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World War II survivor, author to speak at WHS Friday

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World War II survivor Hans Moederzoon van Kuilenburg will tell Wayland High School social studies students Friday her story of how her family helped the Dutch during the “hunger winter” during the winter of 1944. The author of the book “The Silent Heroes” and great-grandmother of WHS student Zane VanKuilenburg,...
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Peereboom’s Greenhouse north of Wayland for sale

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Peereboom's Greenhouse & Garden Center on old 131 just north of Wayland is for sale by the owner. Peereboom's opened its business in 1974 under George Peereboom and later was managed by his son, Casey, who sold the business several years ago. The owner has indicated on the "For Sale"...
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‘April surprise’ snowstorm not really that surprising

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Austin Marsman of Martin posted this photo Thursday morning of the snow that visited West Michigan in an April surprise. Though a snow storm, rain storm and thunder are not really unheard of in Michigan, the wet system that started Wednesday and moved through the area was a stark contrast...
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Single-vehicle crash in Dorr kills Robert Miklusicak, 59

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Robert M. Miklusicak, 59, was killed early Sunday morning in a single-vehicle traffic crash at the corner of 138th Avenue and 24th Street in Dorr Township. Allegan County Sheriff's office deputies were dispatched to the scene just after midnight in reference to a loud bonfire, but a nearby homeowner said...
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WHS robotics team loses in Kentwood tourney semifinals

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The Wayland High School robotics team, only in its second year of existence, lost in the semifinals Saturday at a tournament at East Kentwood High School. The local group lost only on tie-breaker criteria. (Photo courtesy of Tammy Kohtz)
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