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One Small Voice: Compare romaine lettuce to guns
by Lynn Mandaville Back in April of this year there was a nationwide recall of chopped romaine lettuce because of the deaths of several people and the illnesses of many…
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First snowstorm of 2018-19 winter dumps 7.7 inches
The first snowstorm of the 2018-19 winter season Sunday night and Monday morning dumped 7.7 inches of the white stuff on this area, according to local weather enthusiast Bob Zapolnik…
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Martin, Hopkins concluded near-great grid seasons
"There are some events that separate the great from the near great.'"— James Wasserman, "The Legendary Luke Warfel." The recently concluded high school football season was the most successful in…
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Presley Hudson, CMU win Cavalier tourney trophy
The Central Michigan University women's basketball team won the Cavalier Classic Tournament over the Thanksgiving weekend at the University of Virginia. The Chippewas, now 5-1 for the season, defeated host…
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Memorial service Nov. 28 for Leon ‘Bub’ Flannery
Leon “Bub” Flannery died Tuesday, Nov. 20, on his way to his Florida winter home. He was 80. He was born on April 14, 1938, the youngest of seven children…
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Boys’ and girls’ basketball seasons to begin Nov. 27
EDITOR'S NOTE: Townbroadcast erroneously reported Hopkins will play Lakeview Tuesday, 27. This area's boys' high school basketball season will get under way Tuesday, Nov. 27, when Martin is host to…
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Yes It Is, Is True: I believe I’ve been lied to all my life
"We tell lies when we are afraid… afraid of what we don’t know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every…
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Army Bob: Ingesting any kind of smoke is bad for you
by Robert M. Traxler “So far in 2018, more than 48,900 fires have burned more than 7,700,000 acres of land in the United States, according to the National Interagency Fire…
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Funeral slated for Steven Pigeon, 66, of Hopkins
Steven Christopher Pigeon, 66 of Hopkins, died Tuesday, Nov. 20,at his home. Born Nov. 5, 1952, in Allegan, Michigan, he was the son of the late Edmund and Jennie (Stevens)…
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
(Taken from the archives at then Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Nov. 24, 1993 Helen Jane “H” Helmey has been chosen grand marshal…