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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 — May 17, 1995 Cindy tenHaaf of VanDyken Disposal wrote a letter in…
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Firefighters honor mothers, birthday of 10-year-old boy
Local fire departments seem to have taken on a new calling during during the Coronavirus pandemic. Because so many people are quarantined to their homes, firefighters are honoring requests for…
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Wayland schools adds videos to Internet web site
Wayland Union Schools has added resource videos to their Parent University page to support parents during the COVID-19 crisis. This page is found under the “Parents/Students” tab on the district’s…
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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 — May 10, 1995 Augie VandenBerg of Shelbyville was sixth and Jesse Snyder…
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WHS robotics students making PPEs to fight virus
Wayland High School students from the school’s FIRST Robotics Team #6090 are using their talents and 3D printers to make parts for personal protective equipment used by health care professionals…
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WHS grad Lt. Darren Green of MSP handling protests
A key figure in the news story today about the protests in Lansing is a graduate of Wayland High School. Lieutenant Darren Green, public information officer of the Michigan State…
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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 — May 3, 1995 Amanda Bard and her father, Wil, appeared in a…
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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 — April 26, 1995 Shelbyville area farmers Paul and Judy VanDenBerg lost their…
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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 — April 17, 1995 Mayor Michael DeWeerd in a letter to the editor,…
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Strange spring ‘shower’ visits Thursday afternoon
A sudden, unwelcome and unexpected visitor graced a Michigan spring afternoon Thursday when torrents of sleet erupted for about 15 minutes. According to Mark Torregrossa, MLive weatherman, "Graupel looks like…