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

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25 Years Ago — Feb. 26, 1994 It appears that a judge rather than Dorr Township will decide on a rezoning request be developer Louis Bartz to build an apartment complex behind the Dairy Ranch on the north side of 142nd Avenue. Pennock Hospital has bought the site on 124th...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — Feb. 23, 1994 Allegan County has earned an A1-plus rating from Standard & Poor’s financial rating agency. The Wayland City Council’s offer to settle a 10-year lawsuit with Westbury Apartments through the Michigan Tax Tribunal has been accepted. The city’s counter offer is $24,000 per unit...
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Better weather helps, as the Polar Bear Dip must go on

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Rumor has it that this very brave (or foolish) diver into the Gun Lake Winterfest annual Polar Bear Dip is former Wayland High School football quarterback Tanner VanDyk. The Winterfest concluded a day full of activities blessed by weather better than the customary fare locally for the past three weeks....
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WHS Robotics team members win $1,000 in CAD

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Members of the Wayland Robotics team (FRC 6090), consisting of Jordan Fitzgerald, Alex Sobiesczyk, Ian Russell and Dawson Merice, were awarded $1,000 for their submission in a Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) competition to design a Moon Lander during the off season. It provided an opportunity to fine tune the skills...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — Feb. 16, 1994 Anna P. Smith, wife of Ivan D. Smith and mother of Jay L. Smith, died at age 90. She was a member of the family that owned one of Wayland’s oldest businesses, Smith Lumber & Coal. Pastor LaVerne Lussenden said the 150-year-old Bradley...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives of the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Feb. 9, 1994 How far back can you go? More than 100 Watson Township residents were pleased with the Zoning Board of Appeals decision to deny Watson-Glen Ministries request to have a...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Belatedly, taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago —Feb. 2, 1994 A homeless couple, Al and Rose Mokma, has been served with an eviction notice from the Allegan County Health Department to vacate their makeshift home at the auction barn...
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‘High school yell’ nearly lands WHS student in jail

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Townbroadcast will be unable to publish the weekly "Bygone Days" feature Wednesday, as customary, because of the cold and snowy weather. Efforts will be made to publish Thursday. In the meantime, enjoy this historical tidbit: David Britten Former Pine Street Elementary principal David Britten recently came across a...
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WHS grad Tess Marhofer’s artistic work scores again

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Tess Tobolic Marhofer Wayland High School graduate Tess Tobolic Marhofer continues to use her chalk artist skills for quality public projects. Most recently, her illustration was featured in the Journal of Neurosurgery with a case study of a rare pseudoaneurysm treatment. Marhofer, who now lives in Arizona, last year directed...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — Jan. 26, 1994 Officials with the Wayland City Council and Wayland Township Board had a lengthy discussion about the arrangement in which city residents use Elmwood Cemetery for free and township residents receive service from the fire department. Globe Editor Nila Aamoth weighed in on the...
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