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I repeat: Wayland should honor voting majority on pot issue
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. I still resolutely urge the Wayland City Council to permit the sale and…
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Clippers defeat another 2018 football playoff opponent, 20-0
It was the second straight week that Martin's football team defeated an opponent that made the post-season playoffs in 2018. This time it was Tri-Unity Christian, victim of a 20-0…
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Two Wildcat alums running for Aquinas College C-C team
Wayland High School graduates Zoe Antel (left) and Maggie Whitney both are members of the Aquinas College cross-country team. The Saints Saturday placed third in the Calvin Knights Invitational in…
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Hopkins impressive in 45-12 grid rout of Morley-Stanwood
Hopkins registered an impressive non-league victory Friday evening on the road against a Morley-Stanwood ballclub that is coming off five consecutive post-season playoff appearances. The Vikings made it look…
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Wildcats’ plethora of mistakes lethal in 34-6 loss to Waverly
Is it “he who makes the fewest mistakes wins, or he who makes the most mistakes loses?” It was the latter for the Wayland varsity football team Friday night in…
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Army Bob: Left-wing ‘truths’ do not need facts, just desire
by Robert M. Traxler Being a liberal media member and politician means never having to say you are sorry for being wrong. Left wing truths need not have facts to…
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Watson Twp. learns of PFAS contamination at old dump
PFAS, or perfluorooctanoic acid, has been in the news in Michigan lately, and the Watson Township Board learnedThursday night it is an unwelcome guest at the old Watson-Martin Township dump…
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Funeral Monday for stabbing murder victim David Baker, 37
David Baker, age 37 died Tuesday, Sept. 3, a victim of a stabbing murder in Wyoming. He was killed on the front yard of a home on Porter Street after…
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Thin ranks, youth challenges for Hopkins C-C at jamboree
It was a rough O-K Silver Conference opener for Hopkins Wednesday at the home course of Wyoming Lee. The Vikings boys were unable to field a full team and were…
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County
(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Sept. 7, 1994 Greg Dykstra was granted approval to rezone 10 acres…