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Wildcats cruise in tourney opening round vs. Hopkins

Hopkins gamely put up a scrap for awhile against Wayland in the opening round of the district basketball tournament Monday night, but in the end the state’s ninth-ranked Wildcats proved…

Editor March 6, 2017

Features

WHS senior using School to Work to land a job

Wayland High School Senior Brianna Ribble who is participating in the School to Work program at Thornapple Veterinary as an unpaid intern, was offered a job after graduation. She plans…

Editor March 6, 2017

Community Notices

Kevin Rottman chosen Leighton Firefighter of the Year

The Leighton Township Fire Department has selected Kevin Rottman as 2016 Firefighter of the Year. Rottman has been a member of the department for 27 years and is one of…

Editor March 5, 2017

Articles

Wayland school bond election less than 2 months away

A special election on two bond proposals for the Wayland Union school district is less than two months away, and three special public meetings on the issue were held over…

Editor March 5, 2017

Obituaries

Celebration of Life for Barbara Tetzlaff will be March 25

Barbara R. (Pickens) Tetzlaff of Hopkins, died March 2. She was 57. Born Dec. 5, 1959 in South Bend, Ind., to the union of Willard and Nancy (Green) Pickens, she…

Editor March 4, 2017

Obituaries

Funeral will be Wednesday for Albert Medendorp, 82

Albert H. Medendorp, age 82, of Shelbyville, died Friday, March 3 at home. Albert loved spending time with family and friends, especially his grandkids and great-grandkids. Albert served in the…

Editor March 4, 2017

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: They take advantage of our emotions

“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” — British philosopher Samuel Johnson, 1775. These were harsh words from a great 18th century thinker and philosopher, but they become relevant…

Editor March 4, 2017

Sports

Syd Urben, Terry Thomas, Lady Vikings miss finals

The Hopkins girls’ varsity bowling team did not make the final round of the Division 3 state tournament Friday and Wayland’s Sydney Urben and Hopkins’ Terry Thomas both were eliminated…

Editor March 4, 2017

Articles

Watson hears another request for marijuana dispensary

The marijuana issue was back at Thursday evening’s Watson Township Board meeting. This time attorney Brant Johnson of Lansing, representing a legal caregiver in the Martin area, made a presentation…

Editor March 3, 2017

Articles

Watson Twp. awards bids for dust control, lawn mowing

The Watson Township Board Thursday evening received five bids for mowing the grass at the township hall and Miner and Hicks cemeteries, and two bids for dust control. In the…

Editor March 3, 2017