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Hopkins FFA selected for honor as top state chapter

Olivia Coffey The Hopkins chapter of the FFA has been selected as this year's National Chapter Award State Winner for Michigan. Advisor Jessica Couch said, "What an honor it is…

Editor March 9, 2022

Articles

Woman is close, but not enough for cemetery plots

Theresa Lott, who technically lives in Gun Plain Township but identifies much more strongly with Martin, isn’t happy she cannot buy 10 cemetery lots in Martin Township. Lott told the…

Editor March 9, 2022

Community Notices

Wayland supt. search input sessions set for March 17

Wayland Union Schools has announced the schedule for input sessions for the superintendent search. There will be all-day sessions from 1:30 to 7 p.m. during the day, as shown in…

Editor March 9, 2022

Sports

Streaking Martin wins again to make district finals

Is Martin's boys' basketball team peaking at the right time this season, or are the Clippers just lucky? Martin qualified for the Friday night district finals Wednesday by pulling off…

Editor March 9, 2022

Columns

The perils of preparing beer can chicken Sunday dinner

by Denise Dykstra My husband and I have been watching a barbecue challenge show on Netflix. I am in a slump where nothing sounds good to make for dinner, nor…

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Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) This is a Martin High School basketball team frok years gone by. Anybody know the year?…

Editor March 9, 2022

Community Notices

Rock ‘N Bowl business victim of night burglary

The Rock 'N Bowl bowling establishment just north of the Wayland city limits was broken into and burglarized Tuesday night. A spokesperson for the business posted on Facebook, "We were…

Editor March 9, 2022

Articles

City Plan Commission begins marijuana ordinance discussions

An engineer from Excel Engineering explains Award Enterprises LLC's request. The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening held preliminary discussions about an ordinance regulating the growing, sale, processing and distribution…

Editor March 8, 2022

Sports

Lady ‘Cats win regional semis; Martin is ousted

Makayla Goddard Gracie Shettler The Wayland girls' varsity basketball team advanced to Thursday night's regional finals with a 42-31 victory over Dowagiac, but Martin girls' season came to an end…

Editor March 8, 2022

Features

Hopkins lady ‘never wins anything’ until this raffle

Diane Darby-Kamps from Hopkins EA was the lucky winner of the recent MEA Portal raffle. During the promotion period, Diane checked in to her MEA Member Portal, updated her contact…

Editor March 8, 2022