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Viking boys, girls win 2 of 3 Silver track quad contests
Landen Klinge, doing what he does best. Both the Hopkins girls’ and boys’ varsity track teams won two out of three in an O-K Silver Conference quad meet they hosted…
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Martin is host to 2 league track opponents and splits
The Martin track teams were hosts to Kalamazoo Hackett and Galesburg-Augusta Wednesday. The boys bested Galesburg, but the girls lost to both opponents. First place efforts were registered for the…
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Lady Vikings open O-K Silver play with 17-0 win
The Hopkins softball team bounced back from its twin losses to Hamilton Friday by winning big Wednesday against O-K Silver Conference rival Comstock Park. The Vikings pounded out 13 hits…
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Wildcats extend softball victory streak to 7 games
Kami Morse Maddie Ludema The Wayland varsity softball team extended its winning streak to seven games and swept a doubleheader Wednesday to open defense of its O-K Gold Conference championship.…
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Long-haired icon Anthony Winters loses lengthy locks
Well, it finally happened. After going three years without a haircut, Anthony Winters of 4 One 2 Distillery and co-chairman of the Wayland Balloonfest, shrugged off his locks and "was…
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
The inside of the Dorr Township Library today, including Library Director Jeff Babbitt (center). The cover photo showed the old township hall where the basement housed the first Dorr library.…
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Life celebration Monday for Bob Westmoreland of Dorr
Robert Westmoreland of Dorr died of cancer Tuesday, April 18. He was 74 years old. Robert was born June 21, 1948, to parents Katherine and Wade in Pasadena, Calif. After…
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Former Hopkins church choir director dies at 93
Former Hopkins United Methodist Church choir director Betty Mae Finkbeiner, age 93, died Sunday, April 16. Betty was born March 6, 1930 in Thornapple Township to George and Josephine (Martin)…
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Biggby drive-through coffee shop likely coming to Dorr
Engineer Matt Cole presents Planning Commissioners with a site plan for a pole barn at the Donjon location near 142nd Avenue and Commerce Drive, which was recommended to the Township…
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John VanBonn to resign from Hopkins school board
John VanBonn Hopkins Board of Education Secretary John VanBonn will resign his position at the end of June and Hopkins Public Schools is seeking applications for the upcoming vacancy. The…