“At General Electric, progress is our most important product.” — Ronald Reagan “Those who don’t learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” — Georges Santayana I’ve been called a lot of things while editing and publishing this on-line rag for the past dozen years, but perhaps mostly frequently some readers have attempted to insult […]
Wayland’s impressive softball winning streak came to an end Saturday in the Frankenmuth tournament, where Home Run Derby was prominently featured. The Wildcats’ 19-game string was ended in its first game of the day, a 4-3 heartbreaker at the hands of Midland Dow, team named honorable mention in the latest Division 1 poll. The Chargers
A resident of the city of Wayland has reported that her home was burglarized Saturday morning. She posted on Facebook, “Sometime between midnight and 5 a.m. this morning, someone stole my son and daughter-in-law’s 2014 silver Ford Escape, a bunch of Ryobi tools and my bright green Trek bicycle! If anyone saw anything between those
The Leighton Township Fire Department will have a special open house from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at the Green Lake station. The occasion will be held to honore Roger Miedema for his 60 continuous years of service to the local fire department.
Emily King, Sara Schipper, Torryn Harris, and Veyda Conley captured first place in the race in 10:17.40, almost five seconds faster than all competitors and more than 16 seconds faster than the school record. The Clippers picked up 44 points in in the 13-team field to finish fifth. The Martin boys scored eight points and
Hannah Brinks struck out 13 batters to lead Hopkins past Forest Hills Central 14-1 Friday in the first game of a doubleheader. Brinks gave up five hits and one run over five innings while walking two. Hopkins jumped out to the lead in the top of the first inning after Lyla Reynolds doubled, scoring one
Jack Lee Witt took his stock car, #33, to the oval dirt track in Heaven, passing away at his home May 9 .Jack was born Sept. 29, 1929, to Mabel Friemark and Dee Witt. He married Wanda Lee Cooper and together they had three children. He worked as an auto mechanic and became the owner
The three winners this year for Outstanding People for Education designation from Hopkins Public Schools are (from left) Amy Pitsch, elementary teacher; Katie Jager, Director of Finance & Operations, and Tim Dommenick, high school teacher.
There were plenty of outstanding individual and relay performances by Hopkins and Wayland girls’ and boys’ track team members Thursday in the Division 2 regional meet at Fremont. Both the Hopkins girls’ and Wayland boys’ teams finished third in the meet. The Lady Vikings came up with 86 points to finish behind Hudsonville Unity Christian
Junior standout Harmony Laker drilled a clutch walk-off double in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday to power Wayland to a 7-6 victory over Byron Center in a battle of two teams with impressive overall records. Byron Center, Division 1 school, entered the contest with a gaudy 17-4 record and Wayland’s was even better
