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Two Baker Elementary aides plan to retire Friday

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Baker Elementary school aides Val Kuhtic and Julie Lowe will be retiring from Wayland Union Schools Friday, Jan. 6. Kuhtic has worked for 28.5 years and Lowe 21 years.
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago— Jan. 5, 1998 The collector of a tire pile in Watson Township will “benefit indirectly” in cleanup of scrap by Allegan County. Gordon Lyons has been granted a supervisory role in the cleanup....
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Hopkins Middle School TechVikes take 11th in state

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The Hopkins Middle School TechVikes captured 11th place last month at the state competition! A spokeperson said, "Overall this season, we saw great improvement on and off the playing field. The students also made strides in their judging presentation."
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Presenting 2022 in review: That was the year that was

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ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is the editor's analysis of the now dearly departed year 2022: Local schools went through controversial year Samantha Ball Tim Reeves The trials and tribulations of the three local school districts in Northeast Allegan County made up the biggest stories...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) This picture of the Blizzard of 1918 was taken north of Martin. 25 Years Ago— Dec. 29, 1997 The Globe’s front page collage of pictures was of the Grooters Development Co.’s factory building in Watson Township,...
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One WHS student to join State Honors Choir concert

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Andrew Hinds Wayland High School will have one representative on the Michigan State Honors Choir when it has its annual concert Jan. 21 at DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids. Sophomore Andrew Hinds, son of Dr. Christina and Kevin Hinds, was selected after being reviewed by a panel of judges. He...
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How bad was Christmas Week Blizzard of 2022?

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Local weather watchers and broadcast meteorologists were attempting to assess the collective damage of the "Christmas Week Blizzard" Thursday, Friday and Saturday and making comparisons with the infamous Blizzard of 1978. Some broadcasters reported the total snowfall was greater than the storm from 45 years ago. A local resident posted...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) This was Wayland High School in 1940, a year before it was taken down at the same site to make way for what is now Pine Street Elementary. 25 Years Ago— Dec. 22, 1997 To make...
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Gun Lake Winterfest logo contest winner announced

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The winner of the Gun Lake Winterfest 2023 logo contest is artist Leah Williams, an eighth-grader from St. Stanislaus Catholic School who submitted this snow globe snowman drawing. A spokesperson for the Winterfest Committee said, "It was a very close vote between all of our wonderful entries with hundreds of...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) The original Dorr School from more than 100 years ago. The cover photo is of a family that is renovating the Dorr School. 25 Years Ago— Dec. 15, 1997 As an early Christmas present, former longtime...
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