Obituaries

Visitation in Dorr Thursday for Eugene ‘Bob’ Miller

Eugene “Bob” Miller, age 92 of Byron Center, died Tuesday, Jan. 30. He is survived by his brother Dan Miller and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Anthony and Clara Miller; his wife, Carol Magle; siblings, Frank Miller, Emanuel Miller, Norman Miller, Helen Kloska, Margaret “Dolly” Van Kovering and […]

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Hopkins boys bowling team has 10-2 overall record

The Hopkins boys’ varsity bowling team now sports an overall record of 10-2 for the season overall. Its two losses, unfortunately, have come at the hands of league opponents Belding and Kelloggsville. The Vikings have been having a busy, but successful week. They blanked O-K Silver rival Northpointe Christian Monday 30-0 in Dorr. Northpointe only

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Lady Vikings’ 8-game win streak halted by Plainwell

by Austin Marsman The Hopkins girls’ varsity basketball team’s winning streak came to an end Tuesday evening in a 46-43 non-league loss at home to Plainwell. The Lady Vikings had put together an eight-game winning streak and they and the visiting Trojans entered the game with identical 9-4 overall records. Plainwell was able to sink

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Lady Wildcats closing in on another conference title

The Wayland girls’ varsity bowling team keeps rolling along with its 14-0 overall record, but the boys had a rough night Wednesday as hosts to O-K Gold/Green rival Hudsonville Unity Christian. The Lady ‘Cats had an outstanding night with a big win of 23-7, but the boys lost 25-5. The Lady Wildcats are closing in

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

25 Years Ago — Feb. 3, 1993 Though the Moline sewer project has experienced many problems, Leighton Township Supervisor Dar VanderArk announced that it is nearly complete. He added, “If someone asked me now about another sewer system, I’d tell them to go jump in a lake.” The Dorr Township Board has approved the DDA’s

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Wildcats defeat Byron Center in non-league contest

The Wayland boys’ varsity basketball team earned a 59-44 victory Tuesday evening at Byron Center in a non-league contest. The triumph lifted the Wildcats’ overall season record to 6-7. In the O-K Gold Conference, they are 2-4. Both the Wayland girls’ and boys’ teams will be at home Friday night for a doubleheader against league

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Hopkins boys suffer 5th loss in last 6 hoops contests

The Hopkins boys’ varsity basketball team hopes to get back on the winning track at home Friday evening against O-K Silver Conference rival Belding. The Vikings absorbed their fifth defeat in their last six contests, a 63-52 defeat at Plainwell. They started the season with a 6-1 record, but since getting past state-ranked Tri-UnityChristian earlier

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Basura: Misadventures in flying to Cockburn Town

“Tell me, what do you plan to do With your one wild and precious life?” — Mary Oliver, from her anthology of poetry We were going from Providenciales on Caicos Island in the Protectorate of Turks and Caicos. Our destination was a half hour flight away, in Cockburn Town, on Grand Turk Island. We’d flown

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Good defense, but bad offense, as Lady Wildcats lose

If the Wayland girls’ basketball team could shoot and play better offense, it would be very dangerous. The Lady Wildcats turned in yet another fine, scrappy defensive effort Tuesday evening but fell short on the scoreboard, 42-29, to visiting Byron Center in a nonleague contest. The loss left Wayland with a 3-10 overall record. The

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Ranger Rick: Chicken Littles still insist the sky is falling

The recent death of John Coleman, creator of the Weather Channel and the Good Morning America weathercaster, is good news for those myopic, zombie, global warming/global climate change folks or whatever the new name for the weather change is now. Mr. Coleman, who said he wasn’t a denier, but a skeptic (as am I), never

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