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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) The fire in the 100 block of North Main Street in Wayland that leveled Herb Chevrolet…
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Four finalists for supt. to be interviewed at WHS Friday
The Wayland Board of Education will interview four finalist candidates for the superintendent's position Friday afternoon and evening at the high school media center. Eighteen applications were reviewed by the…
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Both Viking track teams go 2-1 at Silver quad at Sparta
Kambria Moored Helena Kerber Both the Hopkins boys’ and girls’ track teams Tuesday defeated Comstock Park and NorthPointe Christian, but lost to host Sparta in an O-K Silver Conference quad…
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Field of GOP candidates crowded in Aug. 2 primary
Rachelle Smit Lindsay Kronemayer There will be a lot of new faces in the State House of Representatives after the Nov. 8 general election, and this area will be no…
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Man sentenced in local peeping cell phone case
A man who set up a cell phone to record users inside at bathroom at Dollar General in Wayland almost two years ago was sentenced to between 4 years, nine…
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Yes It’s True: Just how do I want to be remembered?
"Sometimes I wonder, just for awhile… will you ever remember me?” — Tim Buckley, 1967 When I wrote a feature story for the Kalamazoo Gazette about then-Lt. Gov. Brian Calley,…
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Easter time for beginnings and new kitchen towels
by Denise Dykstra Has this ever happened to you? I don’t think I could be the only one who has found oneself in this situation. I washed my hands at…
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Funeral will be Monday for Phyllis Larson Koster, 90
Phyllis Marie Koster died on Easter Sunday, April 17, at Grand Village Assisted Living in Grandville. She was 90. She was born Feb. 1, 1932, to Dr. Arthur and Ruby…
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Funeral will be Thursday for Tom Heid of Orangeville
Thomas Joel Heid, age 83 of Orangeville, died Thursday, April 14. Tom was born Oct. 20, 1938, in Kalamazoo, the son of Matthew and Dorothea (Pritchard) Heid. He was a…
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Wayland City sewer rate increases to begin July 1
City of Wayland residents will absorb an increase in sewer rates, beginning July 1, for the first time in a dozen years. City Manager Josh Eggleston acknowledged that a plan…