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Monday Moanin’: Schools of Choice promotes segregation

May 14, 2016

by Mike Warner While visiting my mother-in-law she gave me an article titled ‘Urban district, suburban community’ from the March 23, 2016 Holland Sentinel newspaper. The article focused on the long-term effects of school choice on the Holland Public Schools. The lead sentence of the article stated rather straightforwardly, “State policies that promote school...

Driver arrested as DUI suspect in fatal traffic crash

May 14, 2016

Allegan County Sheriff's authorities arrested a motorist for fleeing police and suspected drunken driving in an incident early Saturday morning that resulted in a fatal traffic crash. An officer from the Gun Lake Tribal Police Department said he was taking an arrested man to the Allegan County Jail on south...

Lady Vikings victims of 7-run rally by Covenant Christian

May 14, 2016

Perhaps the Hopkins varsity softball team members have been watching too much Detroit Tigers baseball on TV. The Lady Vikings led 6-4 going into the top of the seventh and final inning Friday afternoon before the defense somehow collapsed and allowed Grand Rapids Covenant Christian to score seven runs en...

Lady Vikings claim O-K Silver Conference crown again

May 13, 2016

The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team successfully defended its O-K Silver Conference championship Friday by winning the league meet in surprisingly easy fashion. The Lady Vikings, still ranked No. 7 in the state-wide Michigan High School Track Coaches Association (MITCA) power ratings, amassed 222 points, about twice as many as...

Yes It Is, It’s True: I was guilty of journalistic cowardice

May 13, 2016

Olya Schenky, perhaps Wayland’s first-ever Muslim student, left earlier this week to return to the Ukraine, her homeland. I have been told Olya was a model student, an academic achiever, and an incredibly polite and well-mannered young lady. But in these troubled times, I resisted the temptation to do a...

Leighton’s share of paving 146th Ave. cost will be $62,000

May 13, 2016

The Leighton Township Board Thursday night approved paying a $62,000 bill for its share of the cost for paving 146th Avenue from Division to Kalamazoo Avenue. Supervisor Steve Deer said the project would cover about 2.45 miles on the east-west road, which is about as far north in Allegan County...

Leighton to borrow $800,000 to help pay for new hall

May 13, 2016

The Leighton Township Board Thursday evening decided to borrow $800,000 from United Bank to help finance construction of a new township hall at the site of the district library. The board originally intended to borrow $600,000, but learned a better interest rate, 2.2 percent, could be secured with the higher...

Columns

Army Bob: President Trump’s wall is entirely possible

May 12, 2016

by Robert M. Traxler Let’s discuss the history of large border walls. The Great Wall of China is still standing in some places, Hadrian ’s Wall in Britannia (England) and Antonia’s wall in northern Germany, rebuilt in some places as tourist attractions, which attest to the building of large, long...

Lady Wildcats edge Hamilton 1-0 in nonleague soccer tilt

May 12, 2016

After a tough loss the previous night, the Wayland varsity soccer team found its way back onto the win sheet with a 1-0 win against Hamilton Thursday night. Scoring the only goal of the night was Haley Thelen on an assist from Ashlyn Schafer. The girls played with only one...

Leighton residents not sold on scaled-down air park plan

May 12, 2016

The Leighton Township Planning Commission Wednesday night had another hearing on a proposed air park near 144th Avenue and Kalamazoo Avenue, but the plan has been scaled back since it was presented originally. Developer Clark Galloway earlier this year proposed an private air park for as many as 15 residences...

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