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Celebration of life will be Sunday for Pat Wolthuis, 76
Patricia Wolthuis of Wayland died Nov. 27 at the age of 76. Pat was born on July 9, 1943, in Kent County, Michigan to Theodore and Margaret (Bronkhorst) Lewis. She…
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Fouls bench Ainsworth, but Lady Wildcats win by 22
It was an unusual experience for the Wayland girls’ varsity basketball team Tuesday night, winning by 22 points essentially without much help from its star player. The Lady Wildcats opened…
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Dorr library millage vote will be in March after all
The Dorr Township Library Board has decided to reconsider the date of its millage request, opting for the March Michigan presidential primary instead of the August primary. The Library Board…
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Ranger Rick: Assorted pre-holiday political commentary
Surveying the Plight of Democrat Candidates: It sure is interesting to watch the Democrat Party go from the self-proclaimed "party of the working people" to the party of the free…
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Leighton Fire Dept. honors 32-year firefighter and EMT
Members of the Leighton Township Fire Department Monday night held a celebration for Rudy Banas' retirement from LTFD after 32 years as an EMT and firefighter, helping his neighbors and…
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Local winter sports seasons to get under way this week
Winter sports contests will get under way later this week for Hopkins, Martin and Wayland high schools. The earliest games will take place Tuesday event at 7 p.m. when the…
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Kristin Engel sworn in as interim Wayland City Clerk
Kristin Engel was sworn in by Mayor Tim Bala Monday evening at City Hall as new interim city clerk. Engel, who was working in City Hall as a utilities billing…
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Steeby Elementary teacher wins voucher to book shop
Danielle Purlee, a third grade teacher at Steeby Elementary, is one of 18 teachers who has earned a $500 voucher from Grand Valley State University to shop for books at…
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For the Bottralls, the family that bowls together…
Kadence Bottrall and her father, Eric, bowled together in the GLJGT Adult-Youth Tournament in Jackson last weekend. Eric, head girls' coach at Wayland High School, said, "It didn’t start out very…
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One Small Voice: A holiday meditation on ‘Helping’ poem
One of my favorite poems was penned by the renowned children’s writer Shel Silverstein. This poem, called Helping, from Silverstein’s 1974 collection called Where The Sidewalk Ends, goes like this:…