Month: October 2024

Sports

Hopkins boys 4th, girls 5th at Allegan cross invitational

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Wayland’s Dylan Pallett recorded an excellent 5K time of 16:28.82 and Hopkins’ Jack Estelle was right behind him at 16:40.75 in the Allegan Invitational Saturday morning at the Allegan County Fairgrounds. Pallett checked in fourth and Estelle sixth. The Vikings as a team scored 107 points and finished fourth. Neither...
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Sports

Hopkins explodes in 2nd half to overcome Holland

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This year’s football schedule for O-K Conference schools has been a bit confusing because of the realignment of divisions. Seven schools, including Kenowa Hills, Sparta and Cedar Springs left the O-K Conference earlier this year and formed their own league. The result has been the scrambling of football members. For...
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Obituaries

Memorial service Oct. 10 for John Oetman, 54

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John Oetman of Leighton Township died Thursday, Oct. 3. He was 54. John loved life, loved his family, and cherished his faith. He had a big heart, and would be the first to lend a helping hand to a neighbor. He was never one to sit still, always on the...
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Features

Hopkins girl has come a long way vs. aplastic anemia

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Lilly VandenBosch and her mom, Meg, in much happier times. Lilly VandenBosch graduated from Hopkins High School and now is enrolled at Davenport University and wants to give back to the community. She really means it, too. She’s come a long way, baby. And she wants to become a nurse...
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Community Notices

Pedestrian struck and killed by SUV in Leighton Twp.

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Allegan County Sheriff’s authorities have reported a pedestrian was struck and killed by an SUV Thursday evening in Leighton Township. The SUV was traveling west on 137th Avenue just after 8 p.m. Thursday when it struck a pedestrian near the intersection with 6th Street. The pedestrian was dead before first...
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Articles

Watson hires Bloom Sluggett as township attorney

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The Watson Township Board Thursday evening agreed to contract with Bloom, Sluggett Counselors & Attorneys for services as township attorney. The Grand Rapids firm succeeds Michael Villar in the position. Villar in August won the primary election for Allegan County Prosecuting Attorney. Blake Conklin, representing Bloom Sluggett, told the township...
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Columns

Army Bob: Hurricane shows emergency needs

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by Robert M. Traxler Hurricane Helene joins the long list as of one of the most destructive storms in our history. We witness greater damage from hurricanes as our numbers grow in coastal areas at a rate of three times that of most other areas. The death toll from Helene...
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Community Notices

Henika Library to celebrate 125th anniversary

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The Henika District Library at 149 S. Main St., Wayland, turns 125 years old this year. The corner-stone was laid for the Henika Ladies Library on Saturday, Oct. 14, 1899. The public is invited to join a celebration of more than a century of serving Wayland City and Wayland Township...
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Community Notices

Ribbon cutting welcomes new WHS soccer field

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The new Wayland High School soccer field was the site of a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday afternoon, just before the Wildcats took on South Christian in the turf's inaugural match of their season. On hand were local dignitaries, including school officials and representatives of the Gun Lake Tribe, which made...
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Uncategorized

WHS will be host for marching band festival Tuesday

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The Wayland High School football stadium will be host for the first time for the Michigan High School Band and Orchestra Association (MHSBOA) District marching band festival Tuesday evening, Oct. 8, beginning at 6 p.m. “This event is very similar to when we do band festival in winter,” said Wayland...
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