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

September 30, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Oct. 4, 1995 The community of Moline seemed to be a bustling burg in the year of 1912. A cover photo of Martin’s Kristin Fraaza showed her carrying a football in a...

WHS debaters have ‘Zoom’ sessions with Germans

September 26, 2020

Wayland Union debate team Zooming with Maximilian Winkler to organize the event. The Wayland High School debate team took part in its first international debate session Saturday, working in collaboration with previous foreign exchange student Maximilian Winkler (2017-2018). The local debate team debated with students from Gymnasium Fabritianum located in...

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

September 23, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Sept. 25, 1995 The Grand Army of the Republic meeting in Hopkinsburg. The continuing sting engineered by the Allegan County Youth Tobacco Reduction Coalition yielded 43 percent of businesses selling cigarettes illegally...

Halloween displays start to show up early with hope

September 20, 2020

Many folks have been worried about whether the Covid-19 health crisis will have a negative impact on prospects for children and traditional trick-or treating on Halloween Night about six weeks from now. Yet a few home displays are have sprouting locally, demonstrating hope in things being the same as always....

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

September 16, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Sept. 20, 1995 Downtown Wayland, Circa 1865 Editor Nila Aamoth, in her Soapbox entry, discussed the Grand Rapids Press report about lawmakers who send their children to charter schools. “If charter schools...

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

September 9, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Sept. 13, 1995 Kenneth Frue inside his general store. The front page was graced by a photo of Library Director Lynn Mandaville, who with the assistance of Lynn Gulch, was working on...

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

September 2, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Sept. 6, 1995 Ray Brewer doing some work outside the school in Hopkinsburg. The Allegan County Sheriff’s Department has joined Barry County in providing patrol services on Gun Lake waters. Scott Sullivan...

Patriotic monument put up at Salem Township location

August 29, 2020

The owner of Black Gold in Salem Township brought everyone together Saturday and a flag was raised in tribute to America, veterans, firefighters and business people in the area. "Everyone I talked to said it was the most patriotic thing they had ever seen," observer Kathy Hamman Miller said. "It...

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

August 26, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 30, 1995 Hopkins High School in 1913 (Photo courtesy of Louisa Miller) Barry Brower, a 1963 Wayland High School graduate and former “Vietnam Diary” columnist for the Globe, sent a photo...

Former local pastor repairs. restores cemetery in Niles

August 25, 2020

Fr. Christian Johnston Reverend Christian Johnston, former pastor at St. Therese Parish in Wayland and SS. Cyril & Methodius Parish at Gun Lake, was featured in a recent story broadcast by WNDU-TV, South Bend, Ind. Pastor Johnston, who joined St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Niles in 2016,...

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