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Yes It Is, It’s True: Barber Joe Booker practiced Darwinism
EDITOR'S NOTE: Much of this is reprinted from my column of Dec. 18, 2014 I was sad to learn of the death this week of Joe Booker, a very popular…
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Wildcat senior Auston Whitley is academic all-state
Wayland High School senior Auston Whitley, a multi-sport athlete, has been named to the Academic All-State team, along with 34 other student athletes. Whitley is shown here with a basketball…
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WHS grad’s historic hotel damaged heavily in fire
The South Lyon Hotel, co-owned and managed by Wayland High School graduate Corry Bala, suffered major damage in a three-alarm fire early Thursday morning. The iconic historic hotel was built…
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Bygone Days: A look at Wayland area’s past, Part 221
25 Years Ago — June 26, 1991 The Allegan County Board of Commissioners chose Connie Holbrook of Dorr Township to succeed the late Ralph Sytsma on the Fifth District seat.…
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Funeral June 27 for former Wayland barber Joe Booker
Popular Wayland barber Joseph Henry "Joe" Booker Sr. died Sunday, June 19, in Naples, Fla., after a brief battle with cancer. Joe was the owner of The Kings Room and…
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Dorr Twp. Planning Commission approves 4 requests
The Dorr Township Planning Commission approved all four requests that came before it Tuesday evening. Three were for special use permits, along with site plan reviews. The other was for…
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Raymond Antel III to coach Wildcat boys’ harriers this fall
Raymond Antel III has been hired as head coach of the boys' cross-country team at Wayland High School this fall. Antel, currently head coach of the Wildcat girls' track team,…
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Basura: An ex-Marine’s take on the gun control issue
Do I need to rethink my ideas about gun control? After the murders of 26 first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary School, I was angry. A legally purchased semi-automatic rifle, with…
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Ranger Rick: Muslim extremism – The carnage continues!
With the horror in Orlando with a radical Islamist killing and wounding people in a gay nightclub, the President has done everything to take the responsibility off the sick person…
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Former Orangeville Twp. Clerk Darlene Harper dies at 90
Darlene M. Harper of Shelbyville died Sunday, June 19, at MagnumCare of Hastings. She was 90. Darlene was born Jan. 30, 1926, in Sheboygan, Wisc., the daughter of Edwin and…