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Funeral is Friday for Kathleen Adrianson
Kathleen D. Adrianson of Plainwell, beloved mother, grandmother and friend, died Feb. 26, at the Alamo Cove Nursing Home. She was 83. She was born on March 14, 1941, in…
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Wayland orchestra reaching out to younger students
The Wayland High School orchestra program has been traveling to local elementary buildings to play a short concert and give students an opportunity to get their hands on instruments. Pictured…
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Three local girls’ hoop squads absorb defeats
Harmony Laker: 32 points The Wayland girls’ basketball team took a 19-2 Forest Hills Northern outfit down to the wire before losing 74-62 in overtime Tuesday night. The two teams…
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Kendra Goddard of Martin to bowl at state
Kendra Goddard from Martin is only the second Lady Clipper to go to state for individuals in bowling. She rolled a 157, 187,170, 151, 163 and 223 to place third…
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Viking boys end season in district cage opener
The Hopkins boys’ basketball season came to an end Monday night at the district tournament opener at Hamilton. The Vikings dropped a 59-55 decision to Hastings to end their season…
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Funeral is Friday for athletic icon Ken Ritz
Frederick Kenneth Ritz, a patriarch in one of Wayland's most famous athletic families, died Saturday, Feb. 22. He was 83. He was born on Feb. 28, 1941, the child of…
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King & I: It’s back to the yard to settle in Calif.
by Phyllis McCrossin It's Friday already. How does time manage to sneak up on you, run past and continue on its merry way as if there is no one there…
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Private family service set for Phil Regan Jr.
Philip “Phil” Regan Jr., age 65, died Saturday, Feb. 22, after a courageous battle with leukemia. He loved reading his Bible and spending time in the Word with his Lord.…
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Martin graduate heads Michigan Young Dems
Martin High School graduate Austin Marsman has taken the gavel as incoming chairman of the Young Democrats of Michigan. Marsman said, “On behalf of your next Executive Board, I want…
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Trump has cost me friendships, relations
"I'm looking through you. Where did you go? I thought I knew you. What did I know?" — The Beatles Bob Moras in Hospice One of my oldest friends this…