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Lady Wildcats start season fast with Invitational championship

The Wayland girls’ cross-country team got the 2016 season off to a flying start by claiming first place in the Wayland Invitational Friday. The Lady Wildcats scored 46 team points,…

Editor August 19, 2016

Community Notices

Gun Lake Tribe taking part in lake sturgeon release Aug. 29

The Gun Lake Tribe of Pottawatomi Indians; Michigan Department of Natural Resources; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Kalamazoo River Chapter of Sturgeon for Tomorrow will have an annual release…

Editor August 19, 2016

Community Notices

Allegan Law Enforcement Torch Run is Saturday, Aug. 27

The Allegan area Law Enforcement Torch Run at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, will raise money for Special Olympics Michigan, with registration starting at 9 a.m. at Allegan Sports Complex.…

Editor August 19, 2016

Columns

Army Bob: Down with the contrarians and secular progressives

Let’s talk about the contrarians and how gutless they are. A contrarian is a person who is against everything and for nothing. Contrarians hate our country but live here, they…

Editor August 19, 2016

Columns

Basura: Adventures in snorkeling, searching for manta rays

"Just to be here is so much." Rainer Maria Rilke, poet novelist On the Big Island of Hawai'i, in Kona, I signed up for a boat trip to snorkel with…

Editor August 18, 2016

Community Notices

Gas line work causes Dorr temporary traffic flow headaches

The intersection of 18th Street and 142nd Avenue has been a bit of a traffic bottleneck for motorists in Dorr over the past week. Consumers Power workers have been working…

Editor August 17, 2016

Community Notices

Hopkins Fire Dept. adds a boat to its rescue inventory

The Hopkins Area Fire Department has just added a boat to its apparatus inventory. "Most of our firefighters are Basic Water Rescue certified and this boat will be one more…

Editor August 17, 2016

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: A heartwarming and true gridiron tale

CBS News and Scott Pelley not long ago did a heartwarming, perky and positive story about a mentally challenged high school football player who was deliberately given a chance to…

Editor August 17, 2016

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 229

25 Years Ago — Aug. 21, 1991 Pete Boyd is being hailed as a hometown hero after he ran down and lassoed a runaway cow on the east side of…

Editor August 17, 2016

Obituaries

Funeral Friday for Mary Ellen Strickfaden of Salem Twp.

Mary Ellen Strickfaden, 88, of Salem Township, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, at Rehoboth Oaks Dementia Care Home in Burnips. Mrs. Strickfaden was born Nov. 6, 1927, in Allegan, the daughter…

Editor August 16, 2016