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Ranger Rick: Democrats debate came from the same old playbook
The first Democrat debate was a time warp back to the 1960s. Free love, free drugs (all the candidates seemed like they were high on love and drugs), free from…
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Wayland approves fire service agreement with Yankee Springs Twp.
The Wayland City Council Monday night gave its blessing to a fire service agreement to cover Yankee Springs Township. The proposal later this month will go before the Yankee Springs…
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Wayland City Plan Commission numbers to decrease from 9 to 7
The Wayland City Planning Commission membership will be trimmed from nine to seven. The City Council agreed to the change Monday night, though a provision that the mayor sit in…
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Allegan County recycling service to seek fee increase on ballot
The Wayland City Council Monday night tabled a proposal to renew its annual agreement with the Allegan County Recycling program. The city has contracted with Republic Services for curbside recycling…
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Services for Irwin Hazen, 51, of Hopkins, scheduled for Friday
Irwin T. Hazen, age 51, of Hopkins died Thursday, Oct. 29. Irwin was born on April 3, 1964, in Allegan to Thomas and Sharon (Thompson) Hazen. Irwin was a hard…
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Monday Moanin: Should we keep or ditch Daylight Savings Time?
By JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com Sleeping for eight, rolling my clock back one, does not mean I got nine hours of sleep Each spring and fall the Lakota Nation posts this proverb on…
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Democracy Tree: Voter’s guide to November 2015, 2016 ballots
Nov. 3, 2015 — A slow day at the polling place. Not so next year. Learn what to expect. by Amy Kerr Hardin With just a few short days…
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Barry Hastings: You gotta love this game of fast-pitch softball
A tale by Barry Hastings As I've said a time or two, I was extremely lucky with the first three fast-pitch softball teams I coached on the "small" diamond. The…
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Daughter of Wayland’s greatest bowler to co-coach sport at WHS
The daughter of Wayland’s greatest bowler has decided to be co-coach this year for the Wayland High School girls’ and boys’ bowling teams. Sherry Rybiski Miklusicak, whose dad, Frank Rybiski,…
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Funeral Tuesday for Dave Hoffman, 54, semi-truck crash victim
David Leon Hoffman, 54, of Shelbyville, died in a traffic crash Thursday, Oct. 29, while operating the semi-truck he loved in Grant County Indiana. He was born July 31, 1961,…