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Bygone Days: A look at the NE Allegan County history
From the archives of the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr: 25 Years Ago — Dec. 18, 1991 Lt. Steve DeBoer, commander of the Michigan State Police…
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Hospital receives toys, gifts from Hopkins, Wayland
Students from the Wayland High High School leadership class and middle school student council helped deliver toys today to Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. A school bus took them to each…
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Faith Rollandini wins Christmas card design contest
Pine Street Elementary student Faith Rollandini, daughter of Wayland High School sign language teacher Sarah Rollandini, was the winner of the annual Christmas card logo contest for 2016. Her artwork…
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Bygone Days: A look at history of NE Allegan County
25 Years Ago — Dec. 11, 1991 More than 125 gravestones were overturned and several were broken by vandals at Hooker Cemetery along Kalamazoo Avenue between 139th and 140th Street.…
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EPIC holiday toy drives held by Wayland, Hopkins
It’s been two years since their 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia but the Babiak family is still feeling the love and support of the Wayland an Hopkins schools community…
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Wayland Schools art, music students join Art Hop
Wayland Union Schools students took part in the annual Art Hop festivities in downtown Wayland this past weekend. Theater students dressed up like Charles Dickens characters, choir members sang Christmas…
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Local photographer’s ‘Blue Ice’ on calendar
“Blue Ice,” one of Hope Thurston Carter's best-known photographs has been published again. It been chosen as the February image for the 2017 "Cultivating Creativity" Calendar produced by Ministry of…
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Martin drama students have successful play debut
Budding thespians at Brandon Elementary performed their very first play Thursday. This is the first year Martin has had a drama class. Denise Dykstra, an aide at the JC Wheeler…
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Bygone Days: A look back at NE Allegan County news
(From the archives inside the Then & Now Historical Libary in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Dec. 4, 1991 Wayland Schools Superintendent Bob Brenner and his family are being…
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Bygone Days: A look back at news in NE Allegan County
25 Years Ago — Nov. 27, 1991 The Awareness Committee in Yankee Springs Township insists that Thompson-McCully’s special use permit to mine gravel will be expiring on Nov. 29. Supervisor…