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Vikings now 2-0 in O-K Silver Conference hoops race

January 10, 2017

The Hopkins boys' varsity basketball team recorded its second straight victory and moved its O-K Silver Conference record to 2-0 Tuesday with a 57-49 victory over visiting Belding. The Vikings stepped up their three-point shooting, nailing six treys, en route to the triumph. Hunter Lewellyn swished a couple of of...

Wildcats suffer rare drubbing at hands of GR Christian

January 10, 2017

The Wayland boys’ varsity basketball team Tuesday night found itself in an unusual position — behind, way behind. Grand Rapids Christian came to town with a 4-0 record overall and left town 5-0 after a convincing 71-49 triumph and a really quick hold on the driver’s seat for the O-K...

Hit and run incident victim was Wayland High grad

January 10, 2017

The young woman who was killed by a truck in a hit-and-run incident in Wyoming Tuesday morning was a former Wayland High School student. Chelsea Crawford, 26, of Wyoming, the former Chelsea Fender, was walking on 52nd Street just east of Byron Center Avenue, when she was struck just before...

Ranger Rick: The wit and wisdom of Thomas Sowell

January 10, 2017

One of the most influential and popular economists and common-sense economic writers of the 20th and 21st centuries is Thomas Sowell. He recently retired from writing at the age of 86 and we will all be the less informed because of it. He certainly earned a retirement from writing and...

Coach disappointed with Wildcat boys’ tie with TK

January 10, 2017

Wayland boys’ varsity bowling coach Sherry Miklusicak made no secret of her disappointment with her team’s 15-15 tie with Middleville Thornapple Kellogg Monday. The Wildcats’ tie left them with a 2-3-1 overall season record. Meanwhile, the Lady Wildcats cruised to 30-0 shutout over TK to improve to 4-1-1. “It appeared...

Last monthly Rabbit River folk gathering will be Feb. 4

January 10, 2017

The monthly Rabbit River folk music gathering will come to an end after the Feb. 4 program. "Well, it was a good run," said founder and organizer J.D. Gonzales. "Almost five and half years of gathering each month to experience music, friends and food. It started out as an idea...

Viking boys, girls both roll to league wins on lanes

January 9, 2017

The Hopkins boys’ varsity bowling team improved to 6-0 in dual matches this season and the girls moved to 4-2 with O-K Silver Conference victories Monday over NorthPointe Christian. The boys won their encounter 24-6 and the Lady Vikings prevailed 27.5 to 2.5. NorthPointe boys took the first Baker game...

School board to officially adopt bond proposal Jan. 16

January 9, 2017

The Wayland Board of Education will have a special meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at the administrative offices to adopt a resolution on the proposal for a $54 million bond issue May 2. Superintendent Norm Taylor said the school district’s bond pre-qualification application has been made to the...

Barry Hastings: As new year begins, our slide continues

January 8, 2017

By Barry Hastings Happy New Year... and let's tip one to the biggest horse's petutes ever elected to the America presidency, and, probably, the most likely to be impeached during his first year in office by members of his own party. Every time Donald Trump opens his mouth (or his...

Lady Wildcats 2nd again; boys bowl to 7th place

January 8, 2017

The Wayland girls’ varsity bowling team finished second in a tournament for the third time this season Saturday at the Jenison tournament. The Wildcat boys, though young and inexperienced, continued to improve by taking seventh. The girls have been runner-up three times and won one tourney thus far. “There hasn’t...

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