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Schools’ ‘Capturing Kids’ Hearts’ was too expensive
To the editor: "Capturing Kids’ Hearts" cost the district $65k, correct? Just to teach our teachers to ask kids “What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Why aren’t…
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One Small Voice: Dorothy DeWeerd exuded integrity
by Lynn Mandaville It happens all too often to me lately due to my CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia) that I have a day when I overexert myself, then wind up…
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Visitation Friday, funeral Jan. 7 for Dorothy DeWeerd
(From left) Dorothy DeWeerd, current Mayor Jennifer Antel and Sandy Scheib earning awards for community service. Word has been received of the death Wednesday of longtime community activist Dorothy DeWeerd,…
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Presenting 2022 in review: That was the year that was
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is the editor's analysis of the now dearly departed year 2022: Local schools went through controversial year Samantha Ball Tim…
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Wayland school officials hail return to normalcy
The consensus among Wayland Board of Education members Monday night was that things seem to be getting back to normal in the school district. Wayland, like so many other school…
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Wayland school board rejects book ban request
Digital Camera The Wayland Board of Education Monday night turned down a request to remove the book “Oryx and Crake” from the high school library. The book’s author, Margaret Atwood,…
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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) In 1940 the telephone exchange office that was located at 1818 Church St., Dorr, where in…
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Two new school trucks price rises by 15 percent
School board student representative Ava Makowski One good example of how prices have risen of late surfaced Monday night at the Wayland Board of Education meeting. Patricia Velie, assistant superintendent…
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Allegan County still red, but not so for most of Michigan
Allegan County: We like the way things are around here. Let’s keep it that way. Vote Republican.” — A winning political strategy for more than a century Composer Gustav Mahler…
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Allegan County yet again has GOP election stampede
Rachelle Smit EDITOR'S NOTE: Early returns showed Michael B. Warren winning a seat on the Wayland Board of Education, but later data revealed Peter Zondervan was re-elected by about 70…