January 2018 – Page 3

Martin girls’ attempt for revenge falls short in OT

January 27, 2018

by Austin Marsman Martin's Faith Guritz is shown here attempting a free throw against Delton earlier this season while teammate Kiaya Warner watches. The Martin girls' basketball team Friday night set out to avenge a 48-46 loss earlier this season to Watervliet, but came up short in overtime. After four...

Wildcat boys, girls suffer rough night at South Christian

January 27, 2018

It was not a good night Friday at Grand Rapids South Christian High School for the Wayland boys' and girls' varsity basketball teams. The boys lost 52-43 and their overall season record slipped to 5-7, 2-4 in the completion of the first round of play in the O-K Gold Conference....

Sports

Lady Vikings all alone atop Silver hoops, but boys lose

January 26, 2018

Brandalyn Helderop The Hopkins girls' varsity basketball team is in the driver's seat in the O-K Silver Conference championship battle. The Lady Vikings completed the first round of league competition with a 5-0 record Friday evening by recording a 50-40 victory over Northpointe Christian. The triumph, their eighth in a...

One Small Voice: When will we solve gun violence issue?

January 26, 2018

by Lynn Mandaville School shootings are part of a "crime wave" evolving in our country, says White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. (It started under the Obama administration, dontcha know.) The White House is taking substantive steps toward addressing this specific problem, says the White House press secretary. (But...

Columns

Army Bob: Sean Penn running off at the mouth again

January 26, 2018

On Jan. 12 in an Op-Ed in Time magazine, Sean Penn penned: “The solution to our current divisiveness does not live in the White House. Instead, we will find unity only when we recognize that in our current President we have elected, perhaps for the first time in our history, an...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Local tax issues are complicated

January 25, 2018

“My goal is to cut government in half in 25 years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.” — Grover Norquist Columnist Ranger Rick has been pressuring me to let the world know the highest total tax rate in Allegan County is...

Wildcats make it 3 wins in a row on the bowling lanes

January 25, 2018

Wayland's Lowell Invitational champions (front, from left) Hunter Osborn, Bryan Franck, Jordan Peters, (back row) Joe Laidler, Dylan Roberts, Alex Marble, Dillon Smith, and Christian Courser. The Wayland boys' varsity bowling team has been on a roll ever since it finished first in the Lowell Invitational earlier this month. The...

Dorr Township Fire Dept. to get a new Pierce pumper

January 25, 2018

This is a prototype of the 2016 model of a Pierce Enforcer. The Dorr Township Fire Department will get a new fire truck within the next year after the Township Board Thursday night approved purchase of a Pierce Enforcer pumper for $556,635. The new truck, which has yet to be...

Wayland schools decide to join early college program

January 25, 2018

Wayland High School students now can earn their high school diploma and an associate's degree through the Early College program of Allegan County. The Wayland Board of Education Monday night in a work session voted 4-3 to participate with up to five students eligible for the 2018-19 academic year. Wayland...

WHS grad Lacey James playing for Northern Illinois

January 24, 2018

Lacey James, a 2015 graduate of Wayland High School, is averaging 5.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game as a 6-9 forward for Northern Illinois University this season. James, an all-state selection in his senior year and a key member of the quarterfinals team when he was a junior, was...

Month: January 2018