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Incumbent Evans facing nonpartisan opponent in Hopkins Twp.

October 10, 2016

Though it’s a race between an incumbent Republican and a previously defeated opponent with no party affiliation, the Nov. 8 general election contest for township seems unusually interesting. Mark Evans, who is completing his 20th year as supervisor, is opposed by independent Calvin Tuinstra, who has larger than usual number...

Dorr principal answers challenge, to sleep on school roof

October 10, 2016

Wayland Union School's Dorr Elementary Principal Kevin Zaschak will be sleeping on the roof of the school on the night of Thursday, Oct. 20. He promised his students ahead of the school's Wildcat Walk fund-raiser as an incentive. They raised $11,436 which will be used for student programs and extras. The following morning,...

Former Wildcat Ali Martus helps Northwood set golf record

October 10, 2016

Former Wayland High School all-state golfer Ali Martus helped the Northwood University squad to break a school record for low score earlier this month at the Northwood Invitational. The Timberwolves broke several school records while placing second at their lone home event of the year. Northwood shot team scores of...

Monday Moanin’: Right to literacy vs. privatizing pubic schools

October 9, 2016

Michigan advocates seek explicit right to education Lawyers fighting a lawsuit on behalf of Detroit schoolchildren hope to persuade the federal courts to recognize a constitutional right to literacy. But some Michigan education advocates are ready to pursue a more direct route: Amend the state constitution to establish education as a fundamental right...

Ex-Wayland principal blasts state’s new law on 3rd-grade reading

October 9, 2016

Former Pine Street Elementary Principal David Britten, now superintendent at Wyoming Godfrey Lee Schools, has written an opinion strongly opposing Michigan’s new law on retaining third-graders who cannot meet reading requirements. Britten, who plans to retire at the end of the current academic year and until recently a life-long Republican,...

Barry Hastings: Vice president debate not worth a pence

October 9, 2016

By Barry Hastings So, the silver-haired coyote (not to call him a skulking scavenger), Mike Pence certainly belongs on the ticket he's part of. I didn't hear him make a single truthful statement in an hour-and-a-half Tuesday evening in the vice presidential debate. Nor did I hear him answer a...

Ex-Wildcat coach Jerry Diorio enjoying unbeaten season thus far

October 9, 2016

Former Wayland High School head football coach Jerry Diorio (left) and former Western Michigan University coach Elliott Uzelac have combined efforts to turn around the football program at Benton Harbor High School, a school that has not had much success in the sport for a long time. With Diorio as...

Boys, Lady Wildcats compete in Portage Invitational C-C meet

October 8, 2016

The Wayland High School girls’ cross-country team checked in at 30th place in the Portage Invitational Saturday. The Lady Wildcats had a team score of 672. Fellow O-K Gold Conference member East Grand Rapids won the 47-team race with 131 points. The Wayland boys’ team finished 44th in the 49-team...

Service will be Wednesday for SFC Gerald Groters of Dorr

October 8, 2016

SFC Gerald L. Groters, age 82 of Dorr, died Friday, Oct. 7. Jerry proudly served this country for 30 years in the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army. He was an active member of the St. Therese Parish and was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Jerry is suvived...

Couple of illnesses slow Hopkins girls at Portage Invitational

October 8, 2016

The Hopkins girls’ cross-country team finished 16th among 41 teams Saturday in the Portage Invitational and the boys checked in 27th among 43 squads in the competition. The Portage Invitational is widely regarded as the “Pre-State Meet” because it includes some the top teams in the state in all four...

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