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Hopkins High School academic top 10 announced

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                The academic top ten students for the Hopkins High School Class of 2016 have been announced. Earning the honors were seniors Amber Bliek, Olivia Smit, Jesse Oosterhouse, Madeline Henrickson, Madeleine Gaca, Sadie Brookhouse, Brandon Ryan, Emma Fernhout, Zachary Blank and Kaitlyn TeGrootenhuis....
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Lady Vikings shooting for 25-win softball season

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The Hopkins varsity softball team extended its overall season record to 21-9 Friday afternoon and evening with a doubleheader sweep of Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The Lady Vikings prevailed 6-3 and 15-2 in the non-conference twin bill. Morgan Fifelski threw all three innings in the mercy rule shortened nightcap, gave up...
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Service Wednesday for Dan Drummond of Selkirk Lake

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Daniel Kyle Drummond, age 69 of Selkirk Lake, Shelbyville (formerly of Rockford), died  Friday, May 20. Dan proudly served his country as a US Army Sergeant in the 4th Infantry Division in the Vietnam War where he was awarded a purple heart. Once home from Vietnam, he spent more than...
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WHS forensics team 2nd in division at state

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Three forensics students from Wayland Union High School competed with almost 600 students from around the state representing 45 different schools this past weekend at the annual Michigan Speech Coaches Incorporated State Spring Conference (MSCI) at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Wayland’s team, coached by Andrea Brown, placed second...
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Monday Moanin’: Too many teachers leaving profession

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by Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel Noah David Lein has always loved teaching. And if you believe the state of Florida, the honors English teacher at Winter Springs High School is precisely the kind of instructor we want in our classrooms. He sparks kids' curiosity and was among only 4 percent...
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The Muck Starts Here: GOP slithers toward Trump

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by Barry Hastings I have to admit I'm not amazed at the number of Republican 'leaders' who loudly claimed they'd "never" support Donald Trump for President, They've come crawling on their bellies (like the reptiles they are) to kiss his butt. This, despite his outrageous lies, ugly comments about Hispanics,...
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Father Christian Johnson to leave St. Therese Parish

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Father Christian Johnson, who has served the St. Therese of Lisieux Church for the past 10 years, is leaving after being reassigned by the Diocese of Kalamazoo. "Most of the priests of the diocese were reassigned because of some restructuring of parishes that the diocese is doing.," Fr. Johnson said....
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Hopkins man driver in Hamilton teen’s fatal crash

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Ottawa County Sheriff's authorities said they believe a 20-year-old Hopkins apparently fell asleep at the wheel and his car left the road and crashed in Jamestown Township, killing his passenger, 19-year-old Hope Klinkers of Hamilton, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the man, who has not yet...
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Lady Wildcats runners-up in Ann Arbor Invitational

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The Wayland varsity softball team made it to the championship game  Saturday night before losing in the finals at the Ann Arbor Invitational to Dakota, the No. 1 ranked team in Division 1 in the state. The Lady Wildcats defeated Sterling Heights Stevenson, Ann Arbor Huron, Oscoda, Allen Park and...
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Wayland man wins National Endowment stipend

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Mike D. Miller of Wayland has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities stipend for the summer institute "Teaching Beowulf in the Context of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature" at Western Michigan University. The four-week institute, under the Medieval Institute director Jana Schulman, will include guest lecturers in the fields of...
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