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Chicken and dumpling crock pot soup comforts
by Kathy Hamman Miller This recipe is great to prep in the crock pot before heading out to work or play, then finish up with the dumplings when you get…
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Memorial service set for Sandy DeGroot of Dorr
Sandy DeGroot, age 82, died Friday, Jan. 10. She is survived by her sons John DeGroot, Todd DeGroot, and Tim DeGroot; granddaughters Sabrina and Janelle DeGroot; brother, Dennis VanDelfzijl. Sandy…
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Yes It’s True: Obituaries are changing, yet static
Some of the greatest changes in journalism over the past century are in the ways deaths are reported. I’m not talking about the spectacular, I’m writing about the most common.…
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Gun Lake ice fishing contest winners told
The winners of the Winterfest Ice Fishing Competition Saturday have been announced. Pike • 1st Place: Tom VanDyke - 29 ¾” • 2nd Place: TJ VanDyke - 29” • 3rd…
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Health insurance helps kill local drug stores
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. “Where have all the drug stores gone? Long time passing. Where have all the…
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Slow but steady snow causes problems in area
A slow, but relentlus snow event Friday caused some problems for northeastern Allegan County. Allegan County Central Dispatch received a report that the stop sign for southbound traffic at the…
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Lady Wildcats upend once-beaten Wyoming
Martin High School held its Hall of Fame Night, inducting Joe Orr (left) and Art Shook. The two most recent honorees are joined in the ceremony by Superintendent Samantha Ball.…
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Former WHS industrial arts teacher dies at 88
Word has been received of the recent death of Vernon Becker of Middleville. He was 88. Mr. Becker was an industrial; arts teacher at Wayland High School during the 1960s,…
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Leighton reimbursed after crash at overpass
Leighton Township Fire Chief Matt Weston Thursday night told the Township Board the township was paid $14,375 to reimburse the department for responding to traffic crash on New Year’s Eve…
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Army Bob: Alcohol and tobacco are bad for ya
by Robert M. Traxler The United States Surgeon General says that any alcohol use is detrimental to your health and contributes to at least six types of cancer. This announcement…