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Ranger Rick: President Trump, carnival barker extraordinaire
For those of you healing from the 2016 presidential election, if your candidate was not elected, there are a few people to blame. And it’s about time to get over…
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Longtime Hopkins farmer, meat cutter Dick Funk, 85, dies
Richard "Dick" Joseph Funk, 85 of Hopkins, died Sunday, Oct. 22, at Green Acres of Wayland. Dick was born in Salem, Mich., Sept. 22, 1932, to the late Bernard and Evelyn…
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Wayland 8th-grade volleyball team lost only once this fall
The Wayland eighth grade volleyball team has just completed a terrific season, losing only once, in the semifinals of a tournament Saturday, finishing with a 15-1-1 record overall. Team members…
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Did Dorr Trustee John Tuinstra violate eavesdropping law?
Dorr Township Trustee John Tuinstra is absorbing criticism from Planning Commission members who maintain he may have violated state “eavesdropping” laws last week. Tuinstra attended the Oct. 17 Plan Commission…
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No matter that it rained on Wildcats’ cross-country parade
The rain Monday in Wayland and all of West Michigan was relentless and plentiful. After setting records for being dry in September, this one super soaker more than made up…
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Lady Vikings win 3 of 5 matches in O-K Silver meet
The Hopkins volleyball team won three of five matches Saturday in the O-K Silver Conference meet at Belding. The Lady Vikings wound tied for second place with Calvin Christian in…
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Wayland High School grad, assistant golf pro, gets ace
Enrique Camarada, formerly of Shelbyville and a Wayland High School graduate, recorded his first-ever hole-in-one at the Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club Sunday, where he works as assistant golf…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: We can’t run government like a business
"I mean to say that every day it's just another rotten mess. And when it's going to change, my friend, is anybody's guess. So I'm watching and I'm waiting. Hoping…
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The Subterranean: ‘Lucky’ is a slow, satisfying end journey
A review of Lucky ****1/2 out of five stars Currently in limited release by Walter G. Tarrow A raw, honest and bittersweet portrait of the loner as a very old…
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Referendum on Leighton air park is not a good idea
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor I hear tell the group of citizens opposing the air park in Leighton Township…