September 2017

WHS grad scores game-winning goal vs. Albion College

Wayland High School graduate Tristen Ortiz scored the game-winning goal as the Trine University men's soccer team got its first Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association win of the season with a 2-1 decision Saturday…

Editor September 16, 2017

Community Notices

Kentucky Fried Chicken no longer doing business here

Word on the street is that the restaurant that used to house both Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken and temporarily closed its lobby and will be reopened for Taco…

Editor September 16, 2017

Sports

Hopkins honors 4 individuals, 1st state grid finalist

Nostalgia reigned supreme Saturday evening at the second annual Hopkins High School Athletic Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony. This time the honorees were longtime head varsity football coach…

Editor September 16, 2017

Features

Many memories made at 165th Allegan County Fair

The 165th annual Allegan County Fair just wrapped up another successful week. Allegan has a reputation of being host for one of the best fairs in Michigan and boasts of…

Editor September 16, 2017

Columns

Basura: Continuing my search for the perfect mushroom

EDITOR'S NOTE: My long-time trout fishing companion Jim Wasserman has agreed to take Basura and his wife mushroom hunting this weekend at an undisclosed West Michigan location. We have plans to…

Editor September 16, 2017

Sports

Clippers suffer bruising 35-0 shutout loss to Coloma

by Austin Marsman Coloma pinned a 35-0 defeat on Martin Friday to drop its overall season record to 2-2. The Clippers knew, heading into the showdown, that it would be…

Editor September 16, 2017

Sports

Wildcats pull out 20-16 thriller at Wyoming to go 3-1 overall

Wayland came from behind with one minute left in the ballgame to grab a thrilling victory on the road against Wyoming, 20-16. The victory lifted the Wildcats' overall season record to…

Editor September 15, 2017

Sports

Vikings dare to be great, but fall short vs. Godwin, 41-27

Hopkins dared to be great on a couple of occasions Friday night against an explosive and undefeated Wyoming Godwin Heights football team. Though they put a scare into their visitors,…

Editor September 15, 2017

Sports

Lady Wildcats place 8th at MSU cross invitational

The Wayland girls' cross-country team finished eighth as a team Friday among 35 girls' teams in the Michigan State Spartan Invitational at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing.…

Editor September 15, 2017

Sports

Lady Vikings let Northpointe come from behind, lose 3-2

The Hopkins varsity volleyball team Thursday lost a tough five-set match to North Pointe Christian, 3-2. The loss dropped the Lady Vikings to 1-1 in the O-K Silver Conference and…

Editor September 15, 2017