Month: November 2023

Hopkins junior varsity softball coach announced

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Hopkins High School alum Madison Wyngarden is being welcomed as new junior varsity softball coach at her alma mater. “She’s one of my alumni players and now we are fortunate  to have her on our coaching staff,” said head Viking softball coach Amy Funk. Wyngarden said, “My softball career started...
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Dorr Twp. may offer music concerts next summer

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Patty Williams Dorr Township next year may join the growing popularity of local evening music summer concerts. The Township Board Thursday evening was approached by Patty Williams of the Williams Family Band, who does a lot of promotion and planning for family-style concerts. She proposed having Wednesday evening “Sounds of...
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Martin School Board trustee resigning Dec. 1

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Martin Board of Education Trustee Austin Marsman has announced he is resigning his post effective Dec. 1. Marsman, a graduate of Martin High School, was elected to the board in 2020 and still has one year left on his four-year term He is the second Martin school board member to...
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Leighton Twp. business earns state grant to expand

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Walinga USA, which only recently won entry into an industrial development district in Leighton Township, has announced intention to expand its business. The project has been granted a $168,000 Micro Michigan Business Development Program grant. The company, which makes pneumatic transportation systems and feed trailers, is seeing an increase in...
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Dorr Township Fire Dept. receives home made quilts

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Dorr Township Fire Chief Gary Fordham recently welcomed an early box of Christmas spirit on his desk. A big box of warm home-made quilts was donated to the Dorr Fire Department for use in winter emergencies when victims of accidents and fires are force suddenly into the winter weather. “With...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Nov. 30, 1998 The Hopkins High School football team lost in the Class CC football state semifinals, 36-19 to Montrose. The Vikings led 19-16 at halftime, but things went south after intermission....
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Memorial service is Dec. 7 for WHS grad Art Kidney

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Wayland High School graduate Arthur M. (Art) Kidney 79, died at Bronson Hospital, Nov. 22, of complications from a fall. Art was born in Plainwell, son of Albert R. and Vivian L. (Doxey) of Wayland. On November 5, 1994 he was united in marriage to Andrea Jean DeHoff Sherfield, who...
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Vikings defeat Saugatuck in hoop season opener

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The Hopkins boys' varsity basketball won in its season opener Tuesday night on the home court against Saugatuck 62-34. The two teams battled evenly, 13-13, in the first quarter before the Vikings took an eight-point lead, 27-19 into intermission. They extended their advantage to 43-26 in the third period. So...
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Yes It’s True: We cannot escape pesky telemarketers

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I received yet another Spam phone call on my cell phone this morning, and all the memories came flooding back. It supposedly was from some Police Officers Association of America, or a name similar, requesting funding to support to police officers who have been injured or laid up. Two memories,...
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First snow days of season visit Hopkins and Martin

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The first snow days for the academic year 2023-24 arrived a bit earlier than expected Tuesday morning for the Hopkins and Martin school districts, even before the start of December. Wayland was one of the very few districts in Allegan County that remained open. Some observers reported tyhat as much...
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