September 2017

Martin Township to file amicus brief in casino court case

The Martin Township Board Wednesday adopted a resolution to file an amicus brief along with Wayland Township in U.S. Supreme Court in the lengthy Patchak v. Zinke case involving the Gun…

Editor September 13, 2017

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

25 years Ago — Sept. 14, 1992 The Martin Village Council is considering a policy to regard all employees as “at-will,” meaning they can be dismissed at ant time without…

Editor September 13, 2017

Obituaries

Service Saturday in Shelbyville for Melvin Fought, 94

Melvin R. Fought, age 94, died Monday, Sept, 11. He is survived by his granddaughter, Karen (Jeff) Burns, along with many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and extended relatives. Melvin was preceded…

Editor September 13, 2017

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Lies of omission just keep coming at us

“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” — Most often attributed to George Orwell “Lies can be verbal or nonverbal, kindhearted or self-serving, devious or…

Editor September 12, 2017

Columns

Ranger Rick: Alinsky’s ‘How to destroy a nation from within’

As I write this, it is the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, invasion of radical Islam committing murder on innocents. As were you, I was in shock about the Twin…

Editor September 12, 2017

Obituaries

Former Gun Lake Tribe chair Leah Sprague-Fodor dies

Leah Sprague-Fodor of Dorr, who in June last year was named chairperson of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake Tribe), died Sunday. She was 48. The Gun Lake…

Editor September 12, 2017

Sports

Lady Wildcats improve to take 4th in Gold jamboree

The Wayland High girls' varsity golf team shot a much-improved 185 Monday in the third O-K Gold Conference jamboree of the season, this one at the Yankee Springs Golf Course. South…

Editor September 12, 2017

Obituaries

Service will be Thursday for Martin High grad Sharon Kelly

Sharon Lynn (Sipple) Kelly, 76, of Portage, a 1959 graduate of Martin High School, and formerly of Gobles, died Saturday, Sept. 9, at Bronson Methodist Hospital. Born April 4, 1941, in Grand…

Editor September 11, 2017

Sports

Viking girls 2nd, boys take 3rd at TK cross invitational

The Hopkins girls’ varsity cross-country team was runner-up in its division at the annual Yankee Springs Invitational Monday afternoon and the boys took third. The Lady Vikings accumulated 62 points,…

Editor September 11, 2017

Sports

Lady Wildcats promise to challenge in Gold cross derby

The Yankee Springs Invitational presented itself as a measurement of just how good the Wayland girls’ cross-country team is this season after such a fast start. The Lady Wildcats finished…

Editor September 11, 2017