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Area firefighters battle cold, blaze at Cobb Lake location

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A structural fire at a Cobb Lake residence Saturday in Yankee Springs Township resulted in a total loss, but no one was in injured. Firefighters from Leighton Township department, Martin Fire & Rescue, Orangeville volunteer department, and Thornapple Township Emergency Services (both EMS and fire), joined in assisting the Yankee...
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Stats still improving, but county Covid deaths at 110

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The number of deaths in Allegan County associated with the Coronavirus moved up to 110, as compared to 105 last Monday. Despite the increase, statistics continue to look positive in the battle against Covid-19. The average number of new cases over a seven-day period declined to below 10 percent for...
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Optimistic signs continue in fight against Coronavirus

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Wayland Union Schools is having its last week of hybrid instruction in preparation for transition to all-day, every day in-person classes, as statistics continue to look positive in the battle against Covid-19. The average number of cases over seven days in Allegan County has fallen from 43.7 a month ago...
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WHS has 1,000 Covid-19 vaccinations administered

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Scott Corbin (far left, cover photo) and his Allegan County Emergency Management team coordinated 1,000 vaccinations for the Covid-19 virus at the Wayland High School auxiliary gym Saturday. A large number of National Guard members took part, along with nurses and other public health officials. The visiting group was fed...
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Wayland police investigate Windsor Woods shooting

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Wayland City Police are investigating a report of gunshots being fired at a home in the Windsor Woods mobile home subdivision Monday night. The shooting was reported at 9:06 p.m.  in the 3700 block of Windsor Woods Drive. No one was injured. Wayland police officers found several apparent bullet holes...
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412 restaurant earns Mich. LCC permit for distillery

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The 412 Distillery on South Main in downtown Wayland has been granted a distillery permit from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission. Owner Anthony Winters said, "Two weeks ago we got a letter for denial and it about took the wind right out of our sails. We applied for the appeal,...
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Michigan slowly reopening; Covid stats still improving

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The Allegan County Health Department will vaccinate Hopkins Public School faculty and staff Friday, Feb. 5, so K-12 students will have a full day of on-line instruction. The development is just one of many positive signs the Coronavirus crisis is declining in Michigan. The state Monday announced that more than...
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Katie Brinker new director at Hopkins, Dorr libraries

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Katie Brinker Katie Brinker has been hired as the new director of the Dorr Township and Hopkins District libraries. The founder and managing director of “Parenting by the Book” and former program coordinator at Schoolcraft Library, she and her husband, Malcolm, have a daughter. She started working at the two...
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Allegan County’s Covid deaths now one shy of 100

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The infection rate for the Covid-19 virus in Michigan continues to decline and Wayland schools has announced a plan for students to re-enter the classrooms four and five days per week, but Allegan County’s death toll now is just one shy of 100. As of last September the county had...
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So Auction House Cafe can seat 5 diners as of Feb. 2

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Restaurants as of Feb. 1 will be able to permit customers to come inside dine as long as the number is 25 percent of capacity or less. That poses an interesting challenge for the Auction House Cafe, just north of the city on Division. "We will only be able to...
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