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Sycamore Elementary student council members chosen

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The Sycamore Elementary student council has been selected and members' first order of business is to help promote the district wide “Project Clean.” Students (from left) are: Ava VanderKolk, Blake Hyma, Natilee Sterken, Nick Schultz, Cody Benting, Hunter Todd, Ellarie Baugh and Kendall Outwater. (Photo supplied)
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — Oct. 14, 1992 Though three area fire departments, from Salem, Dorr and Leighton townships, responded to the scene, a rental home owned by Patty and Bob Senneker at the corner of 16th Street and 142nd Avenue was destroyed by a 3 a.m. fire. Michigan State Police...
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Kalamazoo Ghostbusters dispatched to Wheeler Library

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by Austin Marsman Library Director Alicia Kershaw poses while wearing a "proton pack" with Ghostbuster Anthony Snyder. (Photo courtesy of JC Wheeler Library) The Kalamazoo Ghostbusters made a showing at the JC Wheeler Library in Martin  Saturday. The veteran Ghostbusters trained "cadets" and had related activities for all ages. There was much excitement for...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Oct. 7, 1992 The trial of Stephen Lawrence of Gun Lake, accused of the murder of his father, Willard, former Felpausch grocery president, in an arson fire, got under way in Barry County...
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Wayland Education Foundation grant recipients listed

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The Wayland Union Education Foundation has awarded more than $35,000 in Innovation Grants and National Teacher Conference Grants this year. The following is a list of this year's recipients: • Marissa Hackbardt, Steeby Elementary and Amy Hielkema, Dorr Elementary were awarded funds to attend the National Council of Teaching Mathematics Conference. •...
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Wayland Middle School has 22 singers in regional choir

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Twenty-two members of the Wayland Union Middle School Choir have been accepted into the Michigan School Vocal Music Association Regional Honors Choir after auditions. They will perform at the Regional Honors Choir concert at noon Saturday, Oct. 21, at Lowell High School. The State Honors Choir, for those selected, will perform Jan....
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) Photo courtesy of James Levandosky 25 Years Ago — Sept. 30, 1992 Hopkins voters turned down the latest bond proposal to build a new high school and renovate Sycamore Elementary 840 to 657. It was the third...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — Sept. 23, 1992 The Wayland Township Planning Commission voted against recommending granting a special use permit to developer Cellar Door to build an amphiteater on 129th Avenue at U.S.-131. The Dorr Township Planning Commission turned down a rezoning request for a subdivision on 140th Avenue because...
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Watson Township man grows record-smashing pumpkin

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by Austin Marsman John Haluch of Watson Township raised a 918-pound bruiser of a pumpkin for his entry into the 165th Allegan County Fair, smashing the previous fair record set in 2011 at 854 pounds. After nearly a decade of growing pumpkins, Haluch and his many friends loaded up the...
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Many memories made at 165th Allegan County Fair

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Deb Leverence smiles for a photo as she weaves on an antique loom in the Historical Village The 165th annual Allegan County Fair just wrapped up another successful week. Allegan has a reputation of being host for  one of the best fairs in Michigan and boasts of the largest fair...
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