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Dorr Elementary has cup stacking for a good cause
Dorr Elementary held a Cup Stacking for Coins event earlier this month. The school was part of a world-wide cup stacking event for the Guinness World Book of Records to…
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WHS grad wins gold in international kettlebell lifting
Joann (Lodenstein) Worden, a 1992 graduate of Wayland High School, won the gold medal at the 2017 Kettlebell Lifting Championships this past weekend in Seoul, South Korea. Hungary took the bronze…
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Presley Hudson notches 1,000th career point for CMU
Wayland High School graduate Presley Hudson posted 27 points to lead a dynamic Central Michigan women's basketball team to a 79-58 win over the College of Charleston on Friday in McGuirk…
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Martin Lions announce local Peace Poster Contest winner
by Austin Marsman Seventh-grader Samantha Stone won the Martin junior high Lions Club Peace Poster Contest with her original entry featuring an array of flags combined to form the peace symbol. For the…
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Basura: Let’s investigate those teen vixens in Alabama
Breaking News: Leeanne Tweeden has accused Sen. Al Franken, D-MN, of kissing her in a way she didn’t like and staging a photo of her when she was asleep, with…
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Funeral is Saturday for Ashlie Centilli, 32, of Dorr
Ashlie Catherine Centilli of Dorr died Monday, Nov. 13. She was 32. Ashlie was born in Houston, Texas on Sept. 13, 1985. She left her mark here on earth: "To know…
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Ali Martus shoots career best 148 for 2 rounds
Wayland High School golfing standout Ali Martus completed a strong fall season competing for the Northwood University team last month. Martus, four-time state qualifier for the Lady Wildcats and a…
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Dorr Twp. Board abusing Open Meetings Act for secrets
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. The Gongwer News Service, which has been faithfully reporting on the Lansing political scene…
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One Small Voice: ‘You can’t always get what you want…’
On a bright Sunday morning in 2017, outside a church in Arizona, two little boys are staging a foot race around a makeshift track created by the church landscaping. At…
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Army Bob: Marijuana harmful, but legalization inevitable
“Marijuana smoke contains about 50% more benzopyrene and nearly 75% more benzanthracene, both known carcinogens, than a comparable quantity of unfiltered tobacco smoke (Tashkin, 2013). Moreover, the deeper inhalations and…