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Bird photog spots Marbled Godwit at Martin area lake

Shelly Sulser, editor of the Battle Creek Shopper News and bird photographer extraordinaire, posted this on Facebook today: “Area birds are all abuzz about this Marbled Godwit that seems in…

Editor September 7, 2023

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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) This is downtown Wayland looking west on Superior, probably in the late 1920s or early 1930s.…

Editor September 6, 2023

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Tally Laarman is Hopkins president of FFA chapter

Tally Laarman Tally Laarman is serving as the academic year 2023-2024 Hopkins High School FFA chapter president. Currently a senior at Hopkins High School, she has been in FFA since…

Editor September 5, 2023

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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 31, 1998 A front page photo showed two local children dancing…

Editor August 30, 2023

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Gun Lake Casino donates refrigerator to local VFW

The Gun Lake Casino purchased and delivered a refrigerator, valued at $3,500, to the Wayland VFW. The donation was made possible with a combined effort between GLC, Gun Lake Investments…

Editor August 29, 2023

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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) There are suspicions that this eatery was located at today's site of the Clippers Cafe in…

Editor August 23, 2023

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Martin musician Myron Elkins drops in at Otsego

Martin's most famous musician, Myron Elkins (second from left) dropped in at the Otsego VFW Friday night and was spotted taking in a local performance by Shawn Moulenbelt, who said…

Editor August 18, 2023

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Wayland teachers, staff meet, greet for new year

Wayland teachers and staff members today and Thursday have been having special back to school meet and greet sessions at the Fine Arts Center ot better prepare for the opening…

Editor August 16, 2023

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Peace Church to have services at Lumberyard

Peace Church, with its home base on Cherry Valley Road, Middleville, plans to open its Wayland campus on Sunday, Sept. 10, inside the Lumberyard Event Center, corner of Maple and…

Editor August 16, 2023

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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

COVER PHOTO: Jay L. Smith and associates, shown in the photograph in 1898, launched the Business Men's Paper Press Co. and it continued into the 20th century and beyond, finally…

Editor August 16, 2023