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One Small Voice: No More Deaths efforts are not criminal
by Lynn Mandaville Day after day I find myself wondering how we got here as a nation. By that I mean, how did we get to where the federal government…
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Yes It’s True: New used car dealer proves it’s a good neighbor
“And like a good neighbor, Broadmoor is there.” — With sincere apologies to State Farm Insurance My family's cleaning lady, whom I playfully call “Wal-Mart Annie,” gets a weekly good-bye…
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Man nabbed in car theft spree after shootout with deputies
Allegan County Sheriff's authorities this morning captured a man whose violent car theft spree began Saturday evening in downtown Martin. Deputies said they responded to a report of a stolen…
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Mass of Christian Burial slated for Bob Lippert of Gun Lake
Robert Leon Lippert age 79 of Gun Lake died Friday, June 14, Bob was born Aug. 29, 1939, in Chicago, to Leon and Sylvia Warta Lippert. Some of his fond…
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Austin Marsman serving as Sen. Peters’ campaign intern
Occasional Townbroadcast contributing writer Austin Marsman, a 2018 graduate of Martin High School, is continuing his political activism this summer as an intern for the re-election campaign of Democratic U.S.…
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Hopkins Township Board must end its futile war with Tribe
ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “There are no coincidences, but sometimes the pattern is more obvious.” — Neil…
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Martin man to be sentenced Sept. 16 for sex offense in 2018
Sentencing for a 23-year-old Martin man who admitted to having sex with a mentally disabled client at a facility will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 16 in Allegan County Circuit…
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Celebration of Life is June 23 in Martin for Grace Hirst, 81
A Celebration of Life for Alta Grace Hirst is planned for 1 p.m. Sunday, June 23, at the Dover Farms Community Building in Martin, just east of 131 on the…
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Basura: So let’s all get behind Sarah Huckabee Sanders
“Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.” — Proverbs 12:22 The Republicans are well blessed with not one, but two Sarahs! Of course,…
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MEC announces 2 promotions to leadership positions
MEC, a tube bending and metal fabrication business located at 4714 Circuit Court in Wayland, has announced a couple of personnel changes. Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) a leading U.S.-based value-added…