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Lady Vikings post shutout in soccer win over Belding

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The Hopkins girls' varsity soccer team registered its first victory of the season Wednesday with a 1-0 triumph over O-K Silver Conference rival Belding. The Lady Vikings now are 1-2 overall after losing 3-0 to Grand Rapids Covenant Christian and 4-2 to Allegan before spring break. Keelan Kilbane, with an...
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Hopkins edged in extra innings in showdown with Calvin

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It was one of the earliest showdowns on the softball diamond this spring, and Calvin Christian, last year's Division 3 state runner-up, came from behind to beat upstart Hopkins 9-7 in extra innings. The Squires, also O-K Silver Conference champions a year ago, knew they had a battle on their...
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Wildcat boys, girls lose to TK in dual meet openers

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The Wayland High School boys' track team opened its dual meet season Wednesday with an 80-57 loss to O-K Gold Conference rival Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The girls lost as well, by a county of 95.5-41.5. Boys' coach Marty Howard said he was particularly impressed with the performances of Devin Jakey,...
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Martin Township Board approves road paving projects

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The Martin Township Board Wednesday evening approved paving projects for portions of Fifth Street, Third Street and Eleventh Street for a combined cost of $147,349. The money to pay for the project will be taken out of the road funding in the budget for fiscal year 2017-18. The contractor will...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — April 15, 1992 The Allegan United Way has decided to end its affiliation with the national organization because of continued negative publicity about spending priorities, according to Executive Director Jeff McElwee. The Leighton...
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Martin’s Tanner Curry named Academic All-State

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Tanner Curry has added to his many accolades this academic year by being named to the All-State Academic Team in Class D for basketball, Curry, a senior at Martin High School who plans to attend Saginaw Valley State University next fall, was All-State in football and basketball and carried a...
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Wayland robotics team heading to state competition

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In only its second year of competition, the Wayland Union High School FIRST Robotics team is headed to the Michigan State Championship this weekend at Saginaw Valley State University. The team has competed in two district contests so far this year. During its first competition held March 23-25 at Mason...
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Lady Wildcats shut out GR Christian in Gold debut

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The Wayland girls' soccer team evened its season record at 1-1 Tuesday with a 3-0 shutout over Grand Rapids Christian. Coach Ben Sleeman said the game started slowly, with the Eagles controlling much of the possession but the Wildcat defense stayed strong and kept the Eagles off the board. Brinley...
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Lady Vikings win 1st league dual; boys 10 points shy

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The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team opened its O-K Silver Conference season Tuesday with a 77-59 dual meet victory over Belding, but the boys’ league debut resulted in 73.5 to 63.5 defeat. The boys were hurt badly in throwing events and only Logan Blank was able to win a field...
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Community Notices

Electronic recycling, household waste event is May 6

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Allegan County Resource Recovery will sponsor a special recycling event for household hazardous waste, TVs and computers and electronic devices from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 6, at the Harding’s Market parking lot, 300 Reno Drive, in Wayland. Residents in area townships, villages and cities who pay the surcharge...
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