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Lady Vikings drop 3 of 4 games against league rival Godwin

September 16, 2016

The Hopkins varsity volleyball team lost three of four games Thursday night to Wyoming Godwin Heights in an O-K Silver Conference matchup. The Lady Vikings lost the first two games 25-18 and 25-22, came back to win win the third and force a fourth, 25-22, but came out on the...

TK comeback overcomes Lady Wildcats in league match

September 16, 2016

The Wayland varsity volleyball team lost an O-K Gold Conference match Thursday evening against Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The Lady Wildcats got off to a good start, winning the first two games, 25-20 and 25-16, but then proceeded to lose the new two, 25-14 and 25-19 before being edged 15-13 in...

Wildcats lose 5-2 to O-K Gold rival Forest Hills Eastern

September 16, 2016

The Wayland boys' varsity soccer team dropped a difficult road game Thursday night 5-2 to O-K Gold Conference rival Forest Hills Eastern. Despite taking the lead on a goal by Hunter Nousen, the Wildcats found themselves behind 3-1 at halftime. They yielded three consecutive goals in the last 10 minutes...

Middle school students spend time with local senior citizens

September 16, 2016

Wayland Middle School Student Council members Wednesday spent some quality time with local senior citizens. They visited residents at Green Acres Assisted Living in Wayland, spending time one on one sharing their iPad skills and apps for National Assisted Living week. Here are some comments from the students: • "It...

Wayland schools expands robotics to junior high, Pine Street

September 16, 2016

After the success of the Wayland High School's FIRST robotics team this past year, the expansion of two new FIRST® teams have been announced. The new groups are Wayland Middle School FIRST Tech Challenge Team and Pine Street Elementary School’s FIRST LEGO Team. Both are hoping to compete in the...

Wayland man pleads guilty to OUIL causing death in crash

September 16, 2016

Dale Richard Melick, 53, of Wayland pleaded guilty this week in Allegan County Circuit Court to driving drunk causing death while fleeing police last May. Melick was accused of recklessly driving on U.S.-131 and then causing a crash east of Wayland on 135th Avenue, killing Jemima S. Palsce, 36, a...

Hopkins student takes part in science, technology conference

September 16, 2016

Hopkins High School student Hannah Kuperus was recognized for her participation in the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders this past June. The conference is part of the National Leadership Academies series. Kuperus traveled to Boston to experience more than 20 lectures given by "some of the greatest living...

Columns

Army Bob: Don’t buy guilt trip over Mexican-American War

September 15, 2016

by Robert M. Traxler The presidential election and the role of illegal immigrants, undocumented aliens, uninvited guests, felons — exactly how we refer to them makes little real difference except to the politically correct. The influx of Mexican citizens into the United States has reawakened the interest in the Mexican War,...

Velderman wins Gilmore again, Lady Vikings runners-up

September 15, 2016

The Hopkins girls’ cross-country team was surprised by Olivet for the top spot in the Delton-Kellogg Gilmore Invitational meet Thursday afternoon. Though the Lady Viking had the individual champion in sophomore Laura Velderman, they came in six points behind the high-flying Eagles. Olivet had 44 and Hopkins 50, and host...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Tales of Hoffman, an actual Irish-American

September 15, 2016

I hired Nick Hoffman, a University of Michigan graduate, as staff writer and police beat and court reporter for the Hastings Banner and Reminder in the mid-1990s. Nick stuck it out under me for about two years, but in 1995 decided he would leave the United States because he already...

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