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Funeral is Saturday for traffic crash victim Jeremy Hibma
Jeremy Lee Hibma, age 19, died Saturday, April 1, as a result of a traffic crash. A 2016 graduate of Hopkins High School, took long car rides with his friends…
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Wayland’s planned street projects for 2018 approved
The Wayland City Council Monday evening approved engineering services of Wightman & Associates for street improvements planned for the 2018 fiscal year. Three projects have been recommended — resurfacing about…
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Hopkins FFA joins effort to help Western U.S. farmers
Members of the Hopkins chapter of the FFA have gotten involved to help with the wildfire relief efforts from the devastating wildfires that have occurred in the Western United States.…
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Funeral will be Wednesday for Pauline Orris of Martin
Pauline Orris died Saturday, April 1, at her home in Martin. She was 91. Mrs. Orris was born Jan. 16, 1926, in Martin the daughter of Harold and Isoline (Wilcox)…
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Single-vehicle crash in Dorr kills Robert Miklusicak, 59
Robert M. Miklusicak, 59, was killed early Sunday morning in a single-vehicle traffic crash at the corner of 138th Avenue and 24th Street in Dorr Township. Allegan County Sheriff's office…
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Barry Hastings: Where in hell are we Americans going?
By Barry Hastings "It is sad, to paraphrase the Tweeter in Chief himself, that Washington is now a city of avoidance, denial and deception." Thus wrote E.J. Dionne of the…
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Service will be Tuesday for Norma Luxford of Dorr
Norma J. Luxford, 83, died Saturday, April 1, at her home in Dorr,. She was born on Jan. 6, 1934, to Martin and Laura (Beiber) Harig in Dorr. Norma worked…
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WHS robotics team loses in Kentwood tourney semifinals
The Wayland High School robotics team, only in its second year of existence, lost in the semifinals Saturday at a tournament at East Kentwood High School. The local group lost…
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Ethel Visser beginning 43rd year on Dorr Township ZBA
There aren’t many who can claim to have served in local public office for more than 40 years. Leighton Township Clerk Lydia Frey was famous for her longevity, as are…
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Hopkins High School grad killed in crash with semi
Jeremy Lee Hibma, 19, of Wayland, was killed early Saturday morning when the SUV he was driving crashed into the back of a semi-truck stopped for a red light on…