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I don’t think private would be better than WAEMS
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. I am opposed in no uncertain terms to privatizing essential services to the public.…
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WAEMS still intact despite members’ pullout rumors
The Wayland Area Emergency Services Board for the second time in a year is dealing with and calming rumors that some municipalites are abandoning ship. WAEMS, a non-profit supported by…
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
COVER PHOTO: Jay L. Smith and associates, shown in the photograph in 1898, launched the Business Men's Paper Press Co. and it continued into the 20th century and beyond, finally…
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Two female paramedics to lead ambulance service
COVER PHOTO: Bob Hess is retiring as director of Wayland Area Emergency Services. Bob Hess, longtime general manager of Wayland Area Emergency Services (WAEMS) is retiring this summer and two…
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Gas leak routs residents near VFW on South Main
Problems associated with the South Main Street construction project are continuing. The latest hiccup occurred just before 11 a.m. Friday when workers inadvertently hit a natural gas line, causing a…
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Wayland City Council has a night of 5 adoption actions
It was “Adoption Night” for the Wayland City Council Monday evening, as four resolutions and an ordinance all got the green light. Perhaps most significant was adopting a resolution to…
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Leighton unhappy with WAEMS bill, accountability
Leighton Township officials are not happy with the Wayland Area Emergency Services bill for the next year and they’re even talking a look at taking their business elsewhere. Leighton is…
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Leighton denies developer’s massive project plans again
GRI Moline, developer of a proposed residential and commercial-industrial project on the east side of Division, was back before Leighton Township officials again Thursday night and was turned down again.…
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Martin Twp., county hope to work out library issue
“We can work it out” — The Beatles The Martin Township Board and Allegan County On Point program representative Gina Berry are trying to work out a potential problem with…
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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— April 13, 1998 Authorities believe a distraught husband set fire to his house…