Year: 2025

Virginia Sprague-Vanderband of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians and Watson Township Supervisor Kevin Travis cut the ribbon for the park in October 2022. Watson Township is planning a celebration…

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr): 25 Years Ago — Oct. 9, 2000 Editor Nila Aamoth penned her Soapbox about the approaching…

Martin and Gobles tied for third place Thursday night in the Southwest Athletic Conference cross-country meet at the Gilmore Car Museum near Hickory Corners. Both teams scored 94 points, finishing…

The fortunes of Hopkins football went up again Friday night, but the fortunes of Wayland continued to go down. Hopkins, still entertaining ideas of making the post-season playoffs, improved its…

New Leighton Township firefighter Tony Mancuso is sworn in by Township Clerk Rachel Fennema. Leighton Township residents are operating under a new deal for recycling services. The Leighton Township Board…

The Martin varsity football team once again took down an undefeated opponent, this time Grand Rapids Sacred Heart, 48-26, on its home field. The game was played Wednesday night rather…

Vicki Timmer, age 72 of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, Oct. 8. She was preceded in death by her parents Charles and Irene Edwards and her brother, Chuck Edwards. She is survived…

Sharon Ann Helmholdt of Dorr died Monday, Oct. 6. She was 85. Sharon deeply loved her family and there was always a pot of coffee available for anyone who came…

by Joseph Schultz When the Leighton Township Planning Commission started working on an ordinance allowing an energy storage facility, Chairman Ben Potts expressed his displeasure with the process. “We didn’t…

Two local agriculture teachers were honored this week by the Michigan Association of Agriculture Educators (MAAE) for their service. Jessica Couch (left), FFA advisor at Hopkins, was recognized for 25…