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Yes It’s True: We really are our own worst enemies
“We have met the enemy and he is us.” — Walt Kelly, in “Pogo” The above quote is perhaps among the top three for me, alongside George Carlin’s “Nobody seems…
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Black bear spotted near Dorr-Salem Twps. border
A black bear was spotted Saturday afternoon at the edge of the tree line on the north side of 142nd Avenue just west of 24th Street near the border between…
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Bond committee says new pool would improve safety
The Wayland Union Schools Bond Committee, while insisting there’s much more than just a swimming pool at stake in the May 2 special election, maintains passage will ensure safe entry…
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Hopkins 8th-grader silver medalist in art competition
Hopkins Middle School eighth-grader Lylah Janowski earned a silver medal in the 2023 National Scholastic Art Competition. The honor demonstrates her art ranks among the best for teens in the…
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Martin Area Resource Center offers free clothing
The Martin Area Resource Center clothing program has a lot of decent clothing free and available to anyone . There are no eligibility requirement and no signups. Clients can just…
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Guest Column: Please vote yes in the May 2 election
by Erin Stepek Erin Stepek Please vote yes May 2 for our students and the community. My family was attracted to Wayland as we searched for homes in 2020 for…
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Former WHS bowling coach lands another post
Bill Holbrook Former Wayland High School girls' varsity bowling coach Bill Holbrook has landed on his feet again. Though his University of Tennessee Southern team was disbanded because of school…
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Private services planned for Robert Pawlowski
Robert John Pawlowski of Shelbyville died from complications of a stroke. He was 91 years old, just two weeks shy of his 92nd birthday. Bob was born to East European…
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Funeral Tuesday for Alice Gibson of Monterey Twp.
Alice Mae Gibson died Wednesday, March 29, in her family home on 30th Street, Monterey Township. Born in Douglas General Hospital, Douglas, on March 29, 1943, she was the younger…
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Army Bob: Woke crazies are told by good folks ‘enough’
by Robert M. Traxler Well, it is starting to happen, the inevitable backlash to the over-the-top purely dumb Woke movement. If you study history this is a no-brainer; society swings…