Month: January 2018

Sports

Viking boys capture 4th straight hoops victory, 65-60

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Drew Weber Perhaps fans all over West Michigan are starting to wonder if Hopkins is for real on the basketball court. The Vikings, under first-year coach Jake Jewitt, captured their fourth straight victory Tuesday night, a 65-60 decision over Grand Rapids West Catholic in their first home game of the...
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Candlelight vigil Wednesday night to honor Jason Morgan

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 A group of local citizens are planning a candlelight vigil at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church on Church Street across from the city park. Originally, the service was planned for the corner of Main and Superior Streets in Wayland to honor Jason Morgan, 44, who died in...
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City renews and makes back payments on parking lot lease

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The Wayland City Council Tuesday night voted to renew its annual lease with the American Legion for use of the parking lots beside and behind House Chiropractic on East Superior Street. Interim City Manager Larry Nielsen said back payments of just under $2,400 for fiscal year 2015-16 and of just...
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Jason Morgan dies in mobile home fire Tuesday morning

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A mobile home fire at Rabbit River Estates east of Wayland killed Jason Morgan of Wayland Tuesday morning. Authorities indicated the fire call came in just before 9:40 a.m. at the Rabbit River Estates., just off 135th Avenue in Wayland Township. Morgan, 44, who had been living alone in the mobile...
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Ranger Rick: The new year brings lots of good news

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Happy New Year everyone! The winning just keeps happening. More people working, less people on unemployment, and profits are up. This is good news for African-Americans as the unemployment rate for blacks is the best since 2000, 7.3%. You would have thought the first black president would have helped the...
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Harvest Moon of Shelbyville closing Saturday, Jan. 13

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by Austin Marsman The Harvest Moon Resale Shop, located next to the United Methodist Church in downtown Shelbyville, will close after just over a year in business. People from around the area flocked to the shop in search of antiques, vendor items, and vintage home decor. Gina Fretwell, the owner...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: I binge watched 4 bowl games in ’57

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Sixty-one years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play... No. It was 61 years ago today that I spent the first entire day of my youth watching football on television. Mind you, it was a back and white TV and I could only get three channels, but two...
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No injuries in structure fire Monday in City of Wayland

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Firefighters from Wayland, Yankee Springs and Leighton Township departments were summoned to a structure fire Monday afternoon in the City of Wayland, not far from the Laurels of Sandy Creek nursing center. Hopkins Fire Department moved into the Wayland station and assists were provided by Wayland Area EMS, WCPD, MSP,...
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Former Hopkins Village Council member Irvin Morris dies

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Irvin B. Morris, 90, of Hopkins, died Saturday, Dec. 30, in Allegan. Mr. Morris was a lifelong resident of Hopkins and served on the Hopkins Village Council. His dedication to his hometown was always evident as he worked on the Hopkins Planning Commission, was instrumental in putting in sewer systems...
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Columns

Basura: My New Year’s resolutions for 2018

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• Add to my art collection, with pieces that complement items like my Mariachi Santa, armadillo carving, ironwood turtle, robed mudmen, and assorted Buddha icons. • Visit my old Marine buddy in South Carolina, and commiserate about Vietnam and the deaths and woundings(in so many ways) of so many of...
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