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Wayland City Manager Tim McLean’s last day is Friday

Wayland City Manager Tim McLean is leaving his post at the end of this week and he's getting married Sept. 8. The two events are connected. McLean, who has served…
Posted by Editor August 21, 2017
Posted inFeatures

Local libraries are hosts for solar eclipse viewing parties

by Austin Marsman The historic solar eclipse Monday afternoon had millions of people looking to the sky, including many area residents. JC Wheeler Library in Martin was host to more…
Posted by Editor August 21, 2017
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Local photography buff captures solar eclipse in Idaho

A lot of people donned those crazy glasses to get a gander at the first solar eclipse since 1979 Monday afternoon. One observer was photographer Hope Thurston Carter of Shelbyville,…
Posted by Editor August 21, 2017
Posted inObituaries

Marilyn Runkel, 90, dies in North Carolina nursing home

Marilyn J. Runkel, of Hopkins, died Saturday, Aug. 19, at Morrison Manor (Hospice) of Scotland County in Laurinburg, N.C., where she had been residing since 2014 with her daughter, Ann…
Posted by Editor August 21, 2017
Army Bob: Don’t remove monuments of brave soldiers
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Army Bob: Don’t remove monuments of brave soldiers

by Robert M. Traxler The current debate is whether we remove monuments to the Confederacy. I have no problem with removing monuments to the Confederate States of America (CSA), none,…
Posted by Editor August 21, 2017
Posted inColumns

The Subterranean: ‘Chuck’ is a poor man’s ‘Raging Bull’

Currently available in video ***1/2 out of five stars by Walter G. Tarrow This poor man’s version of "Raging Bull" was in very limited release and that's a shame. An…
Posted by Editor August 20, 2017
Posted inFeatures

Mitten of Gun Lake distributes more than 400 free pizzas

Mitten Pizza last Wednesday distributed 422 free pizzas, celebrating one year of serving Gun Lake and surrounding communities. People eager to bring home a free pizza waited in a long line, some…
Posted by Editor August 20, 2017
Posted inSports

Wayland lad records 1st hole-in-one at a tender age

Tyler Omness, son of Wayland High School Assistant Principal Mike Omness, this past weekend scored his first-ever hole-in-one. He was golfing on the par three 15th hole at the Orchard…
Posted by Editor August 20, 2017
Posted inSports

Vikings volleyball team unbeaten at Lawton Invitational

The Hopkins varsity volleyball team opened its season on solid footing by taking runner-up honors Saturday at the Lawton Invitational. Hopkins defeated Fennville 21-16, 21-9; split with Comstock 20-21, 21-14…
Posted by Editor August 20, 2017
Posted inCommunity Notices

WHS grad, fiance` seriously injured in traffic crash

Wayland High School graduate Jaime Laisure has been released from a Kalamazoo hospital after she and her fiancé, Paul Miller, also a WHS grad, suffered injuries in a serious traffic…
Posted by Editor August 20, 2017

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