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Basura: Adventures playing Libra vs. Dutch in Bonaire
Bonaire, one of the ABC islands – Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao — is a former Dutch colony. After some years the Bonaireans elected to reconnect with Holland — now Bonaire…
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Barry Hastings: Russian nuke policy is playing with fire
by Barry Hastings Never believe a man who's always telling you to "Believe me." The Sunday morning news/talk shows on all the major (believable) networks were 85 percent Trump and…
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Longtime Catholic school teacher Marta Langlois dies
Marta M. Langlois, age 81, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, teacher and friend, died Friday, March 10. She was born May 20, 1935, in Muskegon, the daughter of John and Maria (Picchinni)…
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Wildcats to take on Three Rivers Monday in regionals
The Wayland boys' varsity basketball team will play Three Rivers at 7:30 pm. Monday in the first round of the regional basketball tournament at Allegan High School. Three Rivers, which…
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Hopkins 8th-grader is state runner-up in speaking contest
Bailey Couch, daughter of Hopkins FFA advisor and agriculture instructor Jessica Couch, earned the second place trophy Friday in the Michigan FFA State Convention in East Lansing. An eighth-grader at…
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Change made basketball and the U.S. Constitution better
ACHTUNG: This is not a fair and balanced story. It is an editorial by the editor. The Founding Fathers of the United States Constitution and Dr. James Naismith have a…
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Motorist to be sentenced for another high-speed chase
A motorist with a history of leading police on high-speed chases will face sentencing May 1 in Allegan County Circuit Court for his latest arrest last May 28 in Watson…
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Clippers fall just 3 points shy of district tourney crown
Martin's basketball season came to an end Friday in the Class D district tournament finals with a 39-36 defensive heart-breaking loss at the hands of Bellevue. The Clippers ended their…
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Wildcats’ ‘outstanding’ defense key in district title
Wayland's defensive effort Friday night in the first half of the district basketball tournament finals was, in a word — "outstanding." The Wildcats limited a pretty good outfit from Fennville…
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Fire destroys Hopkins Twp. house Thursday night
Hopkins, Wayland and Martin Fire Departments Thursday evening were summoned to a house fire in Hopkins Township. The house was located in the 1600 block of 126th Avenue just past…