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Community of Moline celebrates 150th birthday

The community of Moline welcomed a good number of local residents and former residents to its sesquicentennial celebration in the down over the past weekend. The festivities included a car…

Editor September 18, 2022

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Sarah Brewer successfully defends PhD dissertation

Sarah Brewer Sarah Brewer, a 2006 Wayland High School graduate, successfully defended her dissertation Wednesday for her her doctorate in epidemiology from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine…

Editor September 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) 25 Years Ago — Sept. 15, 1997 Pine Street Elementary, which was built as Wayland High…

Editor September 14, 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 — Sept. 8, 1997 North Dorr Catholic School Joel Moore of Dorr won…

Editor September 7, 2022

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Wayland was represented in walk on the ‘Mighty Mac’

Among the many participants in the annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk were Coralie Ritz Miller (lower right) and kin, who arose bright and early Monday to join the traditional…

Editor September 5, 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) Downtown Dorr today. 25 Years Ago — Sept. 1, 1997 Becky Dyer of Wayland was the…

Editor August 31, 2022

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Moline to celebrate its 150th anniversary Sept. 17-18

The community of Moline will celebrate its sesquicentennial all day Saturday, Sept. 17, near what was formerly regarded as its downtown. Moline’s business district no longer exists, but it once…

Editor August 31, 2022

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Hopkins’ own ‘fly girl’ to take U.S. Air Force training

Recent Hopkins High School graduate Sara Velderman next month will leave for U.S. Air Force basic training in Texas. The daughter of John and Renee Murphy Velderman, she already has…

Editor August 25, 2022

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

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 25, 1997 Developer Bob Wagner agreed to combine two lots into…

Editor August 24, 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 — Aug. 18, 1997 Monterey Township resident Joan Riksen reported she had been…

Editor August 17, 2022