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 […]
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
by Austin Marsman The Martin Board of Education Monday night welcomed Superintendent David Harnish back to work after he sustained a severe injury to his right arm in a fall from a ladder earlier this month while painting in his basement. The injury immediately called for almost six hours of surgery and now will require
The Sandy Pines Recreational Community in Salem Township is drawing fire from Facebook videos and photos that suggest a feral cat was caught in a metal trap and allowed to die. The recreational park’s officials have indicated they and local authorities are looking into policies as to how feral cat populations are handled.. Allegan County
