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Ranger Rick: Don’t drink the climate change Kool-Aid
To those who claim skeptics of Global Warming or Global Climate Change are kooks, nuts or any other words of derision, let me remind you what “science” is, and the…
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Death takes Hopkins grad, Monterey Twp. woman
Betty Shafer Thompson, 86, of Monterey Township, died Monday, Feb. 27, at Briarwood Assisted Living in Allegan. She was a graduate of Hopkins High School Class of 1949 and attended…
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Service Thursday for wrong-way traffic crash victim
Jonathon Miles Yarrington, age 27, of Grand Rapids, died Thursday, Feb. 23, after a traffic crash. Jonathon was a proud graduate of Wayland High School. Through his life he held…
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Lack of finish dooms Lady Wildcats’ hoops season finish
The only real disappointment about the Wayland girls’ varsity basketball team’s district opening loss Monday to Allegan was the realization this game could have been won. But it was not…
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CD Quik Mart in Hopkins seeks drive-off motorist
Dallas Kerber and CD Quik Mart in downtown Hopkins are seeking more information about the vehicle and its driver. "If anybody recognizes this Expedition or the man in the leather…
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We can’t stop bullying by worshipping at altar of violence
ACHTUNG: This is not a fair and balanced story. It is an editorial by the editor. "A bowl a day keeps the bullies away." — TV advertisement in the 1970s…
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Democracy Tree: Let’s put an end to gerrymandering
by Amy Kerr Hardin “For the party in control of the map-making, the main objective is to herd the opposing party’s voters into the fewest legislative districts possible while spreading…
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Wrong-way crash victim was WHS grad Jon Yarrington
The victim of a wrong-way driver in a traffic crash Thursday evening on U.S.-131 just south of 28th Street was a Wayland High School graduate. Authorities said Jonathon Miles Yarrington,…
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Army Bob’s prostate cancer treatments are under way
The journey through the advanced prostate cancer diagnosis has taken us to one more physician, Dr. Julie Forstner at the Metro Cancer Center. She did an exam and asked dozens…
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Sydney Urben qualifies again for state, but ‘Cats don’t
Wayland High School bowling ace Sydney Urben will make her third trip to the state Division 2 bowling tournament Friday and Saturday, March 3 and 4, at the Canton Super…