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City proceeds with plans for sewer repair facilities

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The Wayland City Council Monday night unanimously voted to proceed with a proposal to upgrade lift stations for the sewer treatment plant. Water and Sewer Supt. Ben Bachelder showed council members the locations of lift stations and City Engineer Mickey Bittner outlined some of the repairs that need to be...
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Lumberyard Events Center upstairs bedrooms OK’d

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The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved a request for a special use permit to accommodate as many as three bedrooms on the second floor of the Lumberyard Events Center at the corner of Maple and Railroad streets. Mark and Marty Shepherd, owners of the site that for more...
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GVL Excavating seeking approval for gravel mining

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Four new Leighton firefighters, Jeff Atchison, Jeff Zuiderveen, Seth Harkema and Caleb Keifer, were sworn in, bring. the department up to 27 members. GVL Excavating wants to establish a gravel mining operation on 144th Avenue near 4th Street in Leighton Township, but it needs an ordinance amendment to proceed. Gary...
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Dorr Plan Commission recommends self storage

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Planning Consultant. Nathan Mehmed reads survey results. The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening recommended changing the local zoning ordinance to allow for an outdoor self-storage business to locate within the industrial district in the northeast end of the township. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hiestand asked the commission to allow...
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Dorr’s visioning meeting brings out hopes and fears

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About 20 people appeared at the Dorr visioning meeting, but most were local officials. The special meeting of the Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday turned out to be a contest between “what we’d like to see” and “what we fear will actually happen.” The battle was the result of a...
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Watson trustee unhappy with local road conditions

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Jack Wood Watson Township Trustee Jack Wood made no attempt Thursday night to hide his disgust with the condition of local roads and his disappointment with the Allegan County Road Commission. Wood asked representatives from the Hopkins and Martin fire departments if road conditions were slowing their response to emergency...
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Tuinstra lectures board on taxes, but hearing is July 29

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John Tuinstra The Dorr Townshp Board Thursday night voted to have a public truth in taxation hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 29, on overriding the Headlee Amendment rollback millage rate. Supervisor Jeff Miling said he received a communication that voters in Allegan County last November voted in favor of...
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Service Saturday at St. Mary’s for Barb Wrobleski

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Barbara Jeanne Wrobleski, age 87, died Monday, June 21. She was born Jan. 31, 1934. in Kalamazoo, and married Dale Billings and had seven children. Mr. Billings died June 26, 1962. She was remarried on Oct 13, 1990, to Carl Wrobleski and took another child, Michael, under her wings. Barb,...
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Master plan forum July 20 beckons Dorr Twp. citizens

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The Dorr Township Planning Commission made moves Tuesday night in preparation for the special master plan public input forum July 20. The commission went over survey results from about 500 township residents with Lori Castello, zoning administrator from Professional Code Inspections. Then commissioners set a public hearing on an unrelated...
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Leighton officials to meet with PCI about complaints

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Leighton Township Supervisor Steve Wolbrink plans to have a meeting soon with Kirk Scharphorn of Professional Code Inspections about recent complaints of poor constituent service. The move, announced Thursday night at the Leighton Township Board meeting, comes 24 hours after resident Richard Post appeared before the Planning Commission to present...
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