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Lady Vikings score 11 team points in MHSAA state meet

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The Hopkins girls’ track team finished seventh as a team in the Division 3 state tam track meet May 28, but could only score 11 points and finish 18th in the MHSAA state meet Saturday at Comstock Park. Senior Julia Forbes scored six points in the long jump by taking...
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Lady Wildcats capture yet another district crown

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The Wayland varsity softball team captured yet another Division 2 district championship Saturday afternoon, defeating a highly-touted opponent, Lake Odessa Lakewood, 9-2 in the final round. The Lady Wildcats, now 25-9 for the season overall and O-K Gold Conference champs for the 13th consecutive season, mercied Allegan 15-1 in four...
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Memorial service slated for Dee Dee (Lewis) Engle

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Delores "Deedee" (Lewis) Engle, age 78, of Dorr, did Thursday, June 2. Deedee loved to sing and enjoyed cooking for others. She was a hard worker and loved time with her family. Delores is survived by her sisters Stella "Marie" and Jack Farmer, Norma and Harold Lenz, Nancy and Terry...
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State Legislature values money more than public safety

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Safety first? Not in the Michigan State Legislature. Our incompetent lawmakers in Lansing are at it again, placing a higher value on the almighty dollar than the welfare of citizens. This time it’s the effort to raise the speed limit on rural highways to 75 miles per hour. I have...
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Brandon Elementary OM team places 15th at world finals

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The Odyssey of the Mind team from Brandon Elementary School in Martin finished in 15th place in its division out of 50 teams from the U.S. and foreign countries. The team members' structure held 942.5 pounds.
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Lady Wildcats’ soccer season ended by defending champion

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The Wayland girls' varsity soccer season came to a finish Thursday night at Mattawan High School in a 4-1 loss to three-time time defending state champion Gull Lake. "The game was much closer than the final score indicated," said coach Ben Sleeman, "and the Wildcats had plenty of great opportunities...
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Funeral will be Tuesday for former Hopkins woman

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Ruth (Crisman) Sneathen, 94, of Sherwood Township and a former resident of Hopkins, died Wednesday, June 1, at Bronson at Home Hospice in Battle Creek. A celebration of Ruth's life will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 7, at Lighthouse Funeral & Cremation in Union City, just west of...
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Joint service is June 7 for Marian and Walter Gillett

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Marian Elva Gillett, 100,died June 1 just three days after her husband of 77 years, Walter. They both were former teachers in the Wayland school system. She was born to Rev. Willis E and Beulah Boulden Hogg Oct 2, 1915, in Pennsylvania. She graduated from Geneseo, (Ill.) High school in...
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Army Bob: Bill Clinton’s peccadillos are helping Trump

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by Robert M. Traxler Mr. Donald Trump thanks his lucky stars that former President William J. B. Clinton exists. The 12-round heavyweight fight with Senator Hillary R. Clinton will be tough and bloody. Trump has a good bit of baggage; some nasty divorces in his past could be a large...
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Watson Twp. appoints Dan Bailey to Plan Commission

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Donald Bailey was appointed to the Watson Township Planning Commission Thursday evening. Bailey will succeed Dave Carter, who had been chairman of the group before an nouncing earlier this year that he had to step down. Township Supervisor Pam Brown said Bailey has been a resident of the township for...
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