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How bad was Christmas Week Blizzard of 2022?

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…

Editor December 25, 2022

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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 was Wayland High School in 1940, a year before it was taken down at the…

Editor December 21, 2022

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Gun Lake Winterfest logo contest winner announced

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…

Editor December 15, 2022

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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) The original Dorr School from more than 100 years ago. The cover photo is of a…

Editor December 14, 2022

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Martin teacher caught doing a good deed in snow

Jason Lovorn Martin Elementary science teacher Jason Lovorn Friday afternoon was caught doing a good deed while the snow falling fast and furious. When he was leaving the school, despite…

Editor December 9, 2022

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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) Flash Back to Wayland, when in 1887 the Wayland Exchange Bank, a private bank, was established…

Editor December 7, 2022

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Christmas parade brightens otherwise wet, dreary day

The annual Wayland Chamber of Commerce Christmas parade stepped off Saturday morning to brighten up an otherwise blustery, dreary and wet day. Grand Marshal for the festivities was local dentist…

Editor December 3, 2022

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Art Hop, Christmas tree lighting graces downtown

Natalie Garcia (left) and Main Street Director Holly McPherson in front of the Christmas tree after the lighting ceremony downtown. The annual Art Hop celebration and Christmas tree lighting ceremony…

Editor December 2, 2022

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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— Dec. 1, 1997 A private water system is being proposed by Dick Baxter…

Editor November 30, 2022

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Hopkins Main Street Bakery video airs Friday

The America’s Best Restaurants video episode featuring the Main Street Bakery in Hopkins has been completed and it will air on Friday, Dec. 2. A spokesperson for the eatery said,…

Editor November 28, 2022