Posted inObituaries
Service delayed for rural mail carrier Barb Schmidt
Barbara J (Owen) Schmidt, age 80, of Dorr, died Sunday, Nov. 22. Barbara was born in Grand Rapids on Nov. 5, 1940. Barbara was a rural mail carrier out of the…
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Donna Stankey to be buried in Elmwood Cemetery
Donna Gene Stankey, age 94, died at her home Sunday Nov. 22. She is survived by her children: Gareth (Marilyn Bird) Stankey, daughter in-law Judith (Ron Bruins) Bruins, Rita (Philip…
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What’s going on with that infamous $20,000 parcel?
ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Anyone who knows me understands that I hate like hell to agree with…
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Basura: Remembrances of Thanksgivings past, now
“For another ten years I went on trying to acquire some sort of religious conviction, then gave it up as a bad job. Today I have no god but landscape,…
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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) 25 Years Ago — Nov. 29, 1995 Editor Nila Aamoth, in her “Soapbox” entry t his…
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Gun Lake GFWC donates Thanksgiving dinners
The GFWC Gun Lake Area Women’s Club donated four Thanksgiving dinners to Brandon Elementary School families in need of assistance this holiday season. The baskets provided were overflowing with food…
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Barbara Ann Price, 70, of Hopkins passes Nov. 22
Barbara Ann Price, 70 of Hopkins, died Sunday, Nov. 22, at her home. Born Aug. 31, 1950, in Grand Rapids, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Mildred…
Posted inCommunity Notices
Allegan County’s Covid-19 death toll increases to 26
The number of deaths due to the Coronavirus since last March in Allegan County has climbed to 26 as of Tuesday. The Allegan County Health Department reported there have been…
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Rachel Cimak promoted to principal at Baker School
Wayland Union School has hired Rachel Cimek as the new Baker Elementary School Principal pending board approval Dec. 14. Cimek officially will begin on Monday, Jan 4. She has been…
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Ranger Rick: Dems huge hypocrites on masking up
The hit parade of Democrat governors and others telling their citizens to mask up and social distance doesn't include them. California's Gavin Newsome (Mr. Do as I Say, Not as…