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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 183

25 Years Ago — Sept. 19, 1990 A lawsuit filed by the Michigan Attorney General’s office is charging Gerald VanSolkema Farms, Byron Ag Aviation and pesticide applicator Roger Morullah with…

Editor September 16, 2015

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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 182

25 years Ago — Sept. 12, 1990 More than 225 of the 300 employees of Kessler’s Inc. have been notified they are being laid off in the wake of…

Editor September 9, 2015

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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 181

25 Years Ago — Sept. 5, 1990 EDITOR’S NOTE: There were no copies of the Sept. 5, 1990 edition of the Penasee Globe at the Then & Now Historical Museum.…

Editor September 2, 2015

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Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 171

25 Years Ago — Aug. 29, 1990 A report issued by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources apparently is at odds with information published in tourist brochures about Gun Lake.…

Editor August 26, 2015

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CNN features leukemia patient Dawson Babiak’s crayon drive

Dawson Babiak, 5-year-old son of Wayland teacher Alison Babiak and Hopkins teacher Jason Babiak, is getting national attention in his heroic battle against leukemia. Dawson has launched a crayon donation…

Editor August 24, 2015

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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 180

25 Years Ago — Aug. 15, 1990 EDITOR’S NOTE: Unfortunately, there are no old copies of Globe newspapers for the week of Aug. 15 and 22 at the Then &…

Editor August 19, 2015

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Old Goldsmith Shoppe located on road trip to South Haven

Gianni Marchesotti posted on Facebook today that he, Heather LaHuis and Carrie-Sue Marchesotti went "road trippin'" on a Sunday afternoon and came across the old Goldsmith Shoppe that once stood…

Editor August 16, 2015

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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 179

25 Years Ago — Aug. 15, 1990 EDITOR’S NOTE: Unfortunately, there are no old copies of Globe newspapers for the week of Aug. 15 and 22 at the Then &…

Editor August 12, 2015

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Live cheetah to visit Pine Street Aug. 24 for summer ‘Funtastic’ series finale

The finale of Wayland Union Schools Summer Fun-tastic series will feature a visit at Pine Street Elementary at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, from Mary Wykstra, conservationist and animal activist…

Editor August 9, 2015

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Groundbreaking ceremony held for new Hopkins FFA animal science barn

A groundbreaking ceremony for an animal science barn for the Hopkins High School FFA was held Saturday morning, and the festivities included FFA Advisor Jessica Couch (far left), project alumni…

Editor August 8, 2015