February 2018 – Page 2

Hopkins High School grad on Davenport 7th place relay team

February 26, 2018

Kennedy Miedema of Dorr, a 2015 graduate of Hopkins High School, was a member of the Davenport University distance medley relay quartet that finished in seventh place with a time of 12:53.25 in the Great Lake Intercollegiate Athletic Association track meet last week. The squad consisted of Miedema, a junior...

Hopkins firefighters contain woodstove blaze Saturday

February 26, 2018

The Hopkins Area Fire Department was summoned to handle a woodstove fire in Hopkins Township Saturday, Feb. 24. When they arrived at the scene, firefighters found the structure to have fire in the first floor room and the attic space of the first and second floors of the structure. Wayland...

Wildcat Maggie Whitney to keep on running at Aquinas

February 26, 2018

Maggie Whitney (second from left, seated) and her coach and family members at the signing ceremony. Maggie Whitney, daughter of Rebecca and Randall Whitney, has signed her national letter of intent to continue her running career at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids. Whitney, a senior at Wayland High School, became...

Old Clark gas station comes down at Sycamore & Main

February 26, 2018

The old Clark gas station after. The former Clark gas station at the corner of South Main and Sycamore streets was brought down Monday after facing facing possible foreclosure. City officials have said they are reluctant to buy the property because The old Clark gas station before. of possible issues...

Martin girls finish regular hoop season with 10-10 mark

February 25, 2018

by Austin Marsman Martin came up up with a much bigger victory Friday in its second girls' basketball encounter this season with SAC rival Lawrence. The Lady Clippers won 55 to 33, after just one point decided their win in their last meeting earlier this season. Up 10 to 8...

Clipper boys hang on to post 54-40 win over Lawrence

February 25, 2018

by Austin Marsman Newcomer Alex Hardy, a recent transfer from Otsego. The Martin boys' basketball team Friday night improved to 7-10 overall, and 4-7 in the SAC Lakeshore Division after beating Lawrence 54-40. Out of the gate, Martin brought fury to the court against the Tigers, leading 15 to 2...

Traffic is Dorr residential development’s biggest problem

February 25, 2018

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. • "I moved out here to get away from the city." • "Not in my back yard (NIMBY)." • Ninety percent of the people who show up at meetings come here to bitch." The...

WHS junior earns ‘superior’ ratings for classical piano

February 25, 2018

Wayland High School junior pianist Nate Pepin of Dorr earned a "superior" rating from the Michigan Federation of Music Clubs' National Federation of Music Festival Tuesday, Feb. 20. Pepin performed Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" and a "Fantasy" by Rachmaninoff in the festival. The son of Amy Van't Hof and Denis Pepin,...

Two Lady Wildcats earn berths in state bowling tourney

February 24, 2018

Marissa BruinsSlot Sydney Urben Two Wayland High School seniors Saturday earned berths in the state Division 2 individual bowling tournament at Plymouth Canton. Sydney Urben was runner-up in the regional tourney at Continental Lanes and Marissa BruinsSlot finished seventh among the 89 competition. The top 10 earn the right to...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Mass shootings cause fear, freak out

February 24, 2018

"It's just like deja vu all over again" — Attributed to Yogi Berra "And you know something is happening, but you don't know what it is. Do you, Mr. Jones" — Bob Dylan, "Ballad of a Thin Man." Yes, it's happening again. We've been through this movie before, yet we...

Month: February 2018