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Wayland police run studies to help in school bus stops

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The Wayland City Police Department earlier this month staged at a few bus stops to make sure drivers didn’t run through the red flashing lights on stopped school buses. "We do this during school bus safety week and sporadically throughout the school year," explained Chief Mark Garnsey. Wayland Union Schools...
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Gun Lake Tribe awarded National Park Service grant

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The Gun Lake Tribe’s Tribal Historic Preservation Office has been awarded a Tribal Heritage grant funded by the Historic Preservation Fund and administered by the U.S. National Park Service, Department of Interior. The funds awarded through this grant will allow the Tribal Historic Preservation Office to develop an inventory of...
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Wayland Supt. attempts to clarify back to school plan

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Wayland Union Schools Superintendent Dr. Christina Hinds is attempting to clarify the local district’s “back to school" plans approved in the midst of the Covid-19 virus pandemic. The Board of Education Monday night approved an Enhanced Hybrid" plan that eventually intends to get students into more in-person classroom instruction, but...
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Hopkins Area Fire Dept. wins Leland Gayheart grant

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The Hopkins Area Fire Department recently was awarded a grant from the Leland Gayheart Prevention Award. This award is given out by the University of Michigan - Trauma Burn Center and the Gayheart family. It is awarded to a fire department that has shown excellent work in fire prevention programs....
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Sheriff’s Dept. says Dorr man missing since Sunday

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The Allegan County Sheriff’s office is reporting a missing person from a residential neighborhood in Dorr. John Ashley Adkins, 46, was last seen at about 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at his residence in Dorr.  Mr. Adkins is believed to have left on foot and was last seen wearing a grey...
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Traffic crash in Wayland Twp. Sunday kills motorist

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A traffic crash early Sunday morning on 12th Street near 129th Avenue killed the driver of a vehicle. Officers from the Allegan County Sheriff's Department were summoned to a rollover crash and found two young men believed to be in their mid 20s ejected from a single vehicle. They said the...
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Pesky 100th Street overpass above 131 finally ready to go

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A milestone of sorts was reached earlier this week when the 100th Street overpass above the U.S.-131 expressway was completed by the Michigan Department of Transportation. The bridge, only seven miles north of Wayland, had been a headache for motorists in many different ways over the past several years. Big...
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Hopkins School Board meeting reset for Oct. 26

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The Hopkins Board of Education meeting planned for Monday, Oct. 19, is being postponed until Monday, Oct. 26,  due to a lack of clarity about whether public bodies continue to be allowed to hold virtual meetings. Pending legislation (SB-1108) that will remedy this issue is expected to be signed by...
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Free Covid testing offered as county’s cases double

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Because COVID-19 cases in Allegan County have doubled in the past two weeks, the Allegan County Health Department has announced free COVID-19 testing events in Allegan County. Today's report shows that though only seven have died from the virus, the number of cases identified are approaching 1,000. “In the past...
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Special school board meeting to focus on Covid

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A special Wayland Board of Education meeting is planned for 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, at the Wayland High School Fine Arts Center to discuss the district's handling of the Covid-19 health crisis and learning plan. The Fine Arts Center's capacity limit is 160 in person, but citizens are welcome...
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