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Monday Moanin’: Some thoughts about being thankful for ancestors
By Jeff Salisbury When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of…
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The Muck Starts Here: Our founding fathers weren’t particularly religious
by Barry Hastings Contrary to the belief of many (not most) American citizens, this nation was founded on a political, not a religious basis, as witnessed by Article 6, Section…
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Dorr girl, 10, recuperating in hospital after bone marrow transplant
Ten-year-old Lilly Vanden Bosch of Dorr is recuperating today at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids after undergoing a bone marrow transplant. Lilly was diagnosed two years ago with…
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Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 193
EDITOR’S NOTE: Because of generosity of longtime history maven Linda Stoepker, who opened at the doors of the Then & Now historical library Saturday afternoon, there is a “Bygone Days”…
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Unusual on-line ‘confession’ explains power outage at Reno Drive
Power was out along Reno Drive for more than an hour Friday evening, affecting Harding's Market and Do-It-Best Hardware. The cause of out the outage was "confessed" on Facebook by…
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Funeral for Bob Nakken, 77, will be Monday at Wayland Calvary Church
Robert L. Nakken, age 77, of Wayland, died Wednesday, Nov. 25. Bob retired after 36 years as a tool and die maker from General Motors. He drove school bus for…
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Hopkins Girl Scout’s recycling project for a bench is a success
Heidi Gilder, a student in the Hopkins school district, has realized her goal of collecting enough plastic caps and lids to make a bench that will be donated to a…
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Army Bob: Blame terrorism on perpetrators, not on fossil fuels
Democratic presidential primary candidate Senator Bernie Sanders has said global warming is to blame for the existence of international Islamic terrorism. History is a teacher, a map that instructs us…
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Incompetent State Legislature outdoes itself with new roads plan
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Just when I thought this State Legislature couldn’t do anything worse than it already…
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Elite Auto Clinic buys Estelle Automotive Gun Lake repair business
Ownership of the Elite Auto Clinic of Gun Lake auto repair shop has changed hands, with Matt Dykstra (right) taking over from Walter Estelle of Estelle Automotive. Dykstra, a lifetime…