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Local storms include 2 tornado touchdowns

A brief, but violent thunderstorm packing high winds and downpours of rain visited northeast Allegan County Thursday night. The most dangerous part was reports of a tornado touchdown in Dorr…

Editor May 15, 2025

Features Sports

Hopkins earns softball split with Parchment

Hopkins softball seniors this season nearing the end of their careers are (from left) Cami Hibma, Ava VanderKolk, Lyla Reynolds, Hannah Brinks and Madison Schwartz. The Hopkins varsity softball team…

Editor May 15, 2025

Features

Army Bob: Kennedy is ounce of prevention

by Robert M. Traxler “It is important for individuals to take care of their health” is the mantra of the current American government. Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. has faced significant…

Editor May 15, 2025

Sports

Martin frosh wins all-league golf accolades

Martin High School freshman Jason Marshall earned all-conference honors in golf by finishing Top 10 in the Southwest Athletic Conference in points.

Editor May 14, 2025

Features

Martin Twp. budget hearing will be May 28

The Martin Township Board will have a public hearing on the 2025-26 fiscal year budget at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 28. The board afterward will adopt a budget that will…

Editor May 14, 2025

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) Herb Chevrolet before the 1965 fire in downtown Wayland. 25 Years Ago — May 15, 2000…

Editor May 14, 2025

Sports

Wildcats now 10-0 in O-K Gold softball

Harmony Laker and Izzy Johnson. The second annual Emma Corneillie Cancer Games featured a doubleheader between host Wayland and Grand Rapids Union Tuesday. “It was an incredible night of softball,…

Editor May 14, 2025

Features

Middle school psychologist wins honor from GVSU

Wayland Middle School psychologist Liz DeBoer was honored by the Grand Valley State University Student Affiliates of School Psychology as School Psychologist of the Year. Mrs. DeBoer received this recognition…

Editor May 14, 2025

Sports

A first: Vikings don’t take 1st in invitational

Riley Homrich Centreville Monday accomplished something that few track teams have this spring. It defeated both the Hopkins boys and girls in an invitational. The Centreville girls edged Hopkins by…

Editor May 13, 2025

Articles

JD Gonzales returns as Plan Commission chair

Veteran Wayland City Planning Commission Chairman J.D.Gonzales was chosen for yet another term Tuesday night. Andrew Shelest, who chaired the April meeting in the absence of Anne Tatreaux and Gonzales,…

Editor May 13, 2025