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Yes It Is, It’s True: The chickens are coming home to roost

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The City of Wayland seems to be the latest municipality poised to be chicken friendly, with local officials drawing up a proposed ordinance for consideration. The way things are looking, it appears passage is a good bet. The move follows Dorr Township earlier this year, and some have reported that...
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WHS baseball coach Wilcox takes Carson City AD post

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Travis Wilcox has resigned his post as head baseball coach and behavior intervention specialist for the Wayland Union school district. Wilcox, a 2001 graduate of Carson City-Crystal, has returned to his high school alma mater to become the school’s new athletic director. The position became vacant when Devin Pringle stepped down to take...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(From the archives of the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — July 22, 1992 Marcy McClellan of Allegan was crowned Miss Allegan County at the Scholarship Pageant at Wayland High School and Julie Martin of Martin was first runner-up. The Allegan County Road Commission,...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — July 15, 1992 Donna Heath has been named new postmaster at Hopkins. She previously had been postmaster at Colon. Heath and her family live in Dorr and she succeeds the retiring Alice Brenner. The Waterfront Deerfield development addition to Sandy Pines was celebrated in a ceremony....
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — July 8, 1992 Amicorn may be the first business to apply for a tax abatement under Wayland Township’s proposed designation of the area as a Downtown Development District. The Dorr Township Board accepted...
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WHS enjoys 2nd consecutive year with Islamic visitor

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Esha Ahmed, from Rawalpindi, Pakistan, last month completed her academic year as a foreign exchange student at Wayland High School. Shown here with her “American father,” Tim VanHouten, she was the second Islamic student in two years to spend their time in Wayland. Olha Shenkarenko, from the European country of...
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Dorr Twp. Board won’t pay $270 bill for leaf site cleanup

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The Dorr Township Board Thursday evening refused to pay a $270 bill from David Selvig of Dave's Dozing for cleanup of the old leaf pickup site. The township had been using the site for several years, but had to agree to shut it down last year because too many citizens...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — June 29, 1992 Cellar Door Companies of Northville is working with Wayland Township officials on a proposal to build a $5 million 4,000-seat concert amphiteater that could provide as many as 300 part-time jobs and attract 12,000 visitors and 3,000 motorists. The company has an option...
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WHS grad Michael Johnston planning labor history book

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Michael Johnston, a 1972 graduate of Wayland High School, is working on the manuscript about the history of labor unions in West Michigan. Johnston, who retired as a history teacher at Kenowa Hills High School and editor of a weekly labor newspaper, said, "I've been researching and collecting anything to do with...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: An inspiring, tragic story of Allen Armintrout

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The story of Allen Armintrout is both an inspiration and a tragedy. Allen was born profoundly deaf, but overcame his handicap to live a remarkably normal and meaningful life, marked by genuinely caring service to others. A longtime resident of Moline, he graduated from Wayland High School in 1965 and...
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