Month: October 2020

Two Lady Wildcats qualify for state C-C championship

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Ava Makowski and Olivia Barabas Sophomore Olivia Barabas and freshman Ava Makowski Saturday morning earned a date at the MHSAA state cross-country championship meet Nov. 7. Barabas trekked the five-kilometer course at the Otsego regionals in a personal best time of 19:37.59 to place 11th. Makowski just missed breaking the...
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Funeral home says Dorr man reported missing died

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The 46-year-old Dorr man being sought as a missing person by the Allegan County Sheriff's Department this past week has died, according to the Cook-Kubiak Funeral Home. The Dorr funeral service this morning posted on its web site that he died Wednesday, Oct. 28, the day he reportedly was found....
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Celebration of Life for Mick Francis will be at later date

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Michael “Mick” Emerson Francis, 72 of Hopkins, died Friday, Oct. 30, at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. Born July 28, 1948 in Alpena, he was the son of the late Reuben and Maureen (Emerson) Francis and the husband of Lynn (Gildersleeve) Francis. Education and sports were both very...
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Editorial

Dorr Township gets a nice revenue sharing surprise

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Jim Martin To the editor: Well I said at yesterday’s board meeting that we would get our crucial revenue sharing on the last business day of October so I came in to check on it. Earlier this year, due to Covid-19 the State Treasurer’s office gave us estimates that revenues...
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Wildcats scare heavily-favored GR Christian, but lose

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Justin Holtz scored two touchdowns and passed for another in his last game for Wayland. It wasn’t supposed to be close, but the Wayland varsity football team scared the dickens out of heavily-favored Grand Rapids Christian before finally falling grudgingly, 28-21. And things might have turned out differently had it...
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Covid numbers soaring, but death stats still constant

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Cases of the Covid-19 virus continue to climb in Allegan County, but the number of deaths from the disease has remained at seven since last summer. The recent spike in reports of the Coronavirus in the county has resulted in 1,438 cases, a huge increase in the last month. There...
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Dorr Twp. Clerk expects a recount for Nov. 3 election

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Clerk Debbie Sewers Dorr Township Clerk Debbie Sewers told the Township Board Thursday night she expects a recount for the Nov. 3 general election. “I’m speculating there will be a recount (of the presidential race),” she said. “I’ve received a lot of questions about the integrity of this election. I’m...
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Familiar face is missing on sidelines for Hopkins game

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Mick Francis (left) and one of his star pupils, Ryan Haveman. On the eve of a first-round football playoff game in Hopkins, the community is reeling from news about someone who will be missing on the sidelines. Michael “Mick” Francis, longtime teacher and coach, died Thursday night after a long...
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No service announced for David L. Baird, 77, of Dorr

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David Larry Baird, age 77, died Wednesday, Oct. 28. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Irmgard (Ushi) Baird; children David (Lisa) Baird; grandchildren Morgan (Jason) Kwekel, Makenna (Jacob) Albert, Daniel Flory, and Betsy Flory; great-grandson, Grayson Kwekel; sister, Mary (Les) DeBoer; brother, Bob (Beverly) Baird; and many...
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Columns

Army Bob: Why must we punish minorities’ success?

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by Robert M. Traxler Jews for Trump had a parade/rally in New York City Oct. 25. The vehicles in the parade stretched for miles, no person-to-person contact like in the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, all kept within the anti-COVID-19 laws in New York City. The people participating in the rally...
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