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Martin School Board to fill vacancy left by Andrews

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Rosemary Andrews The Martin Board of Education will have a vacancy beginning with the next regularly scheduled meeting Sept. 20. Board Vice President Rosemary Andrews resigned at the July meeting to allow more time to handle family medical needs. The future board member will complete the term through December 31,...
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Wayland police reporting spate of local car burglaries

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The Wayland Police Department is encouraging local residents to roll up their car windows and lock the doors of their vehicles after they park them at home at night because of a spate are car break-ins. "We've had several car break-ins the last couple of days," said Police Chief Mark...
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Authorities nab Dairy Ranch ice cream thief

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Cameron Harris Kent County Sheriff's authorities have announced the arrest of an accused ice cream thief who included the Dairy Ranch in Dorr Township among his victims. It was puzzling that Cameron Harris, 25, of Grand Rapids, had been arrested only shortly before and was on an electronic tether, which...
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Hopkins, Martin non-homestead millages OK’d

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Both the Hopkins and Martin schools’ non-homestead millage requests were approved handily, by better than two-to-one margins, in special elections Tuesday. The proposal was approved in Hopkins with 591 (68%) yes votes to 278 no (32%). In Martin the tally was Martin 240 yes (67%) to 118 no (33%). Both...
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Three area fire departments extinguish electrical blaze

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The Wayland, Yankee Springs and Martin Fire Departments were summoned to the scene garage apartment fire Wednesday, July 28. Homeowner Jenifer Babock said, "I didn't expect to see building standing. Thank God it was an electrical fire and no one was home at time." It started in rafter but didn't...
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Local students, employees build pavilion at City Park

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Employees and students at the Michigan Carpentry and Millwright Institutei in Wayland performed a little community service this week by constructing a new pavilion in the City Park to replace the old one, which was taken down by a storm last year,
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Two teens apprehended in robbery; another sought

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Two teen-agers have been apprehended on the southeast side of Grand Rapids in connection with an armed robbery at the T-Mobile store in Plainwell Thursday morning and use of a stolen car. The firearm used in the robbery and the stolen vehicle have been recovered. A third suspect has only...
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Wayland athletic director is leaving for another job

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Matthew Moffett This update will provide an update to questions I have received via email and/or at recent board meetings regarding current news topics and our return to school plans. Our WUHS Athletic Director/Assistant Principal Matt Moffett has accepted a position closer to his home. We wish Mr. Moffett the...
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Abductor of Hopkins girl given 11-year prison term

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Charles Morancey, 45, of Rhode Island has been sentenced to 11 years and two months in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to luring a 15-year-old Hopkins girl from her home and sexually assaulting her. Morancey pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court November 2019 to...
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Dorr Township North Park bathroom vandals sought

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Dorr Townhip Parks Commission members are seeking more information on these two in connection with bathroom vandalism. The bathrooms at the North Park Pavilion in Dorr Township will be closed until further notice as the result of vandalism. A Parks Commission spokesperson said, "We will have to clean up the...
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