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Dorr Twp. Board approves PUD for Freedom Ranch

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The Dorr Township Board Thursday evening accepted the recommendation of the Planning Commission to approved request for a planned unit development (PUD) for the Freedom Ranch on Hillcrest Drive. There was some opposition expressed during deliberations, suggestions that the Freedom Ranch project opens up a dead end street and will...
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Leighton Twp. Board buys Moline School and property

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Members of the Leighton Township Board Thursday evening voted 4-0, with Treasurer Jaci Bultsma absent, to use $650,000 in federal ARPA funds to purchase the site of the old Moline Elementary School and surrounding property. The Township Board six years ago adopted and ordinance amendment to allow owner Steve Austin...
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Land use issues heating up for Leighton Twp. Board

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As if Leighton Township doesn't have enough on its plate with development issues, word on the street is that this farm land immediately west of railroad tracks on Dahlia Street in Wayland is being sold with ideas for another residential project. Immediately to the east is Urban Depot, a residential...
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North Star gravel mining firm suing Watson Twp.

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North Star Aggregates, through local agent Matt Double in Martin, has decided to file a lawsuit against Watson Township for refusing the company permission to gravel mine property on 12th Street near Big Lake. The Watson Township Planning Commission last year turned down a request for a special use permit...
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Work to connect Hopkins hall, library starts next year

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The Hopkins Township Board expects to have work commence early next year on connecting the Village/Township Hall with the library building. Supervisor Mark Evans said plans have been approved through Professional Code Inspections and officials hope to have bids let early next year. Engineering estimates puts the cost at about...
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Seven Generations Park ribbon cutting is Oct. 29

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Plans for the recreational park at the intersection of M-222 and 16th Street in Watson Township are “98% complete” and it shall be named Seven Generations Park. The name was inspired by the Gun Lake Tribe of Potawatomis with the notion the facility will serve seven generations of local youths...
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Dorr Trustee Tuinstra’s bad govt. gift keeps on giving

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ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “Next time, Hubert, ever the gentleman, offers his seat to a woman in a public lavatory… There is considerable misunderstanding.” — Vivian Stanshall, “Sir Henry at Rawlinson End.” Though I’ve been accused by...
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Megan Mickelson to fill Plan Commission vacancy

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Megan Arndt Mickelson was sworn in Tuesday night as the newest member of the Wayland City Planning Commission. Mickelson, associate transportation planner at Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study, succeeds Steve Stepek, who appointed to a vacancy on the City Council. Mickelson also was appointed to be an alternate on the Downtown...
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City Council deals death blow to golf cart proposal

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Advocates for golf cart use in the City of Wayland were dealt a setback Tuesday night when the City Council voted 4-2 against drawing up an ordinance. Council members Rick Mathis, Steve Stepek, Abe Garcia and Mayor Pro Tem Joe Kramer opposed a motion to have City Manager Josh Eggleston...
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Cheshire full broadband Internet is 1st in county

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Cheshire Township Hall Allegan County Commissioner Gale Dugan Thursday evening told the Watson Township Board that Cheshire Township is the first municipal unit in the county to be fully equipped with broadband Internet service. The Board of Commissioners earlier this month agreed to a match of more than $200,000 of...
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