2019 – Page 28

Todd Henley’s return helps Hopkins to 4th in Silver meet

Hopkins senior ace cross-country runner Todd Henley finally was back in action Tuesday at the O-K Gold Conference meet and helped his team finish in fourth place. The Viking boys,…

Editor October 15, 2019

Sports

Both Wildcat cross-country teams last in O-K Gold meet

Freshman Olivia Barabas led all Wayland girls runners again, but the team finished sixth among six teams in the O-K Gold Conference cross-country meet Tuesday at Middleville Thornapple Kellogg High…

Editor October 15, 2019

Articles

Dorr Plan Commission wants public opinion on master plan

Suppose they gave an important meeting, and nobody came? That’s the nightmare scenario the Dorr Township Planning Commission wants to avoid as it begins the seemingly boring, but important process…

Editor October 15, 2019

Columns

Ranger Rick: Greta Thunberg, 16, only a pawn in their game

Greta Thunberg, a 16 year- old activist from Sweden and the darling of the Climate Change world, addressed the United Nations with a scathing and passionate speech, condemning the older…

Editor October 15, 2019

Articles

Voters to be asked to approve recyling fee hike to $50 a year

Allegan County municipalities apparently will be asked to place a 10-year millage request for $50 per household per year for recycling next year on the August primary election ballot. The…

Editor October 14, 2019

Columns

Basura: Trump and U.S. have betrayed the Kurds, our allies

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” — Sir Edmund Burke Why are only some of us speaking up? I find…

Editor October 14, 2019

Sports

WHS grad Sydney Ritz now is Spring Arbor volleyball senior

In the "Time flies when you're having fun and getting old" category, Sydney Ritz, daughter of Kenny and Pam Ritz, is a senior this fall at Spring Arbor University, and…

Editor October 14, 2019

Sports

Former Hopkins teammates meet as rivals in Ohio tourney

Former Hopkins teammates Brenden Gossman (left) and Zach Mohr ran into each other at a collegiate bowling tournament in Ohio this weekend, now playing for different teams. Gossman's team, Concordia,…

Editor October 13, 2019

Sports

Lady Vikings cop 4th title in invitationals with 1st in Switek

The Hopkins High School varsity volleyball team captured its fourth invitational championship this fall by taking first in the 15th annual Switek Memorial Invitational in Hopkins. The Lady Vikings went…

Editor October 12, 2019

Columns

Yes It’s True: Reasons many for high school football’s troubles

“Talk to me, so you can see. Oh, what's going on, What's going on. Yeah, what's going on, Ah, what's going on.” — Marvin Gaye, 1971 What a wild ride…

Editor October 12, 2019