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Leighton Twp. to ask for millage renewals, increases

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Perhaps the biggest downside of population growth in any town, village, city or township is the inevitable need to raise taxes to handle growing needs. Leighton Township officials were burdened with this lesson Thursday night in a discussion about putting millage proposals on the August primary election ballot Aug. 6....
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Army Bob: Do aliens have 2nd Amendment rights?

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by Robert M. Traxler Federal Judge Sharon Coleman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled that an illegal immigrant has the Second Amendment right to possess a firearm. Both sides of the Second Amendment fight are split on this. It seemingly expands the Second...
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Dorr Family Dentist’s site plans OK’d by Commission

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Dr. Bryant Dudzik COVER PHOTO: Steve Witte of Nederfeld outlines plans for the new Dorr Family Dentistry practice. The Dorr Township Planning Commission stepped back a little bit Tuesday evening to approve the site plan for a new and additional buildings submitted by Dorr Family Dentistry Dr. Bryant Dudzik. Commission...
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Life-saving heroes’ actions honored by City Council

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COVER PHOTO: (From left) Mayor Jennifer Antel congratulates Rod Mauchmar for being alive because of heroic efforts by Laura DeWeerd and officer Todd Hudson. It was a special lifesaving recognition festival at the Wayland City Council meeting Monday when several first responders and public safety personnel were lauded for making...
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Bygone Days; A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) The Rustic Inn at West Gun Lake in 1954 25 Years Ago — Feb. 15, 1999 A massive fire left two Leighton Township businesses homeless. Four fire departments were summoned to the scene, but they weren’t...
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Community Notices

WHS girls’ hoops games halted after ref heart attack

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The Wayland girls’ basketball junior varsity and varsity games at Cedar Springs Tuesday evening were postponed. An attendee reported that a referee of the jayvee contest collapsed on the floor with a heart attack, clearing athletes and officials. Jessy Terry of Wayland indicated that Wildcat player Dacey Schaefer’s grandfather, school...
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Frigid temps, bad roads keep public safety busy

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Martin Luther King Day proved to be busy day for area public safety personnel. Martin Fire & Rescue reported MFD assisting City of Wayland Fire Dept. on a house fire, as well as units out on the southbound lanes of the U.S.-131 expressway at the 52 mile marker for a...
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Gun Lake Casino is cross training fire, police officers

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The Gun Lake Casino apparently intends to have a combination police and fire service available to the public in light of recent expansions. Hopkins Area Fire Department Chief Trevor Beilby told the Watson Township Board Thursday night that as many as five police officers are being cross trained to be...
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That was the year that was 2023 in NE Allegan County

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ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is a historical review and analysis of the now dearly departing year 2023. The Clippers celebrate one of their many victories in another championship season. The year 2023 in Northeast Allegan County featured continued growing pains and their effects on...
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There can be benefits from press sometimes tattling

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“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” — George Orwell Deputy Dillon Kibby There are times it pays to tell the truth, even when it’s frowned on or verboten. In my more than 50 years in community...
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