Sports

Wildcats to play basketball at home tonight vs. EGR

The Wayland boys’ varsity basketball game vs. East Grand Rapids at home Tuesday will be played, despite the fact classes were called off. Both the Wildcat boys’ and girls’ teams lost makeup games at Wyoming Monday night. The boys’ overall record now is 10-6, 4-4 in the O-K Gold Conference. The girls now are 2-12 […]

Columns

Ranger Rick: Climate change advocates unprincipled

In a recent edition of “Meet the Press,” moderator Chuck Todd said that his show was “not going to give time to climate deniers.”  Just like politics, where it is hate President Trump all day, every day — it also extends to those climate deniers, those folks who believe there is no climate change caused

Sports

Wildcat girls tie GR Christian, but boys lose 25-5

The Wayland girls’ varsity bowling team earned a 15-15 tie against Grand Rapids Christian Monday, but the boys went down 25-5. The girls were engaged in an extremely close match as it came down to the final two bowlers. They seemed to have wrapped it up, but had to settle for the deadlock because of

Sports

Hopkins boys, girls just keep rolling in 2 bowl wins

Both the Hopkins boys’ and girls’ bowling teams defeated Kelloggsville Monday afternoon at Spectrum Lanes in Wyoming. The boys, as a result, continue to be undefeated in dual matches this season. The Viking boys started bysplitting Bakers winning the first 218-171, but losing the second 201-181. They took all five points in the first individual

Sports

Lady Clippers suffer only 2nd loss of hoops season

The Martin girls’ varsity basketball team absorbed only its second loss in 11 games this season Monday night at the hands of Delton. Coach Doug MacVean explained, “Settling for shots instead of attacking the rim and not going after rebounds and loose balls were our biggest problems.” Things went fairly well in the early going,

Articles

Hopkins Twp., county talks with tribe get restarted

The Allegan County Board of Commissioners has restarted negotiations with the Gun Lake Tribe of Potowatomis to try to reach an agreement on a proposal for tribal land to be put into trust by the federal government. Commissioner Gale Dugan told the Hopkins Township Board Monday night he is not representing Hopkins Township, but rather

Sports

Presley Hudson is Nancy Lieberman Award finalist

Wayland High School graduate Presley Hudson has been announced as one of the 10 finalists for the 2019 Nancy Lieberman Award for women’s basketball in the NCAA. Hudson, Central Michigan University’s all-time leading scorer, is the lone representative from the Mid-American Conference, and the only nominee from a mid-major conference.

Editorial

Three ‘crises’ helped shape climate change denials

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” — Sir Isaac Newton’s third law. Three huge developments in the decade between 1998 and 2008 had significant bearing on the continuing denial of climate change assertions. Other than

Community Notices

School snow day makeup decisions still up in the air

The last week of January and the first week of February produced as many as seven days off school because of inclement weather and there are indications winter isn’t through with us yet. Wayland Union Schools Supt. Norm Taylor reported that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state officials are working on somehow forgiving mandates for making

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