Editor

Lady Vikings fall just 1 win short of 25 for season

The Hopkins varsity softball team fell one game shy of winning 25 ballgames for the regular season with a doubleheader split against Allendale Tuesday. The Lady Vikings were victims of…

Editor May 24, 2016

Sports

Lady Wildcat bowler, scholar wins Fox Motor Prep honor

Wayland High School junior Alicia Sweeney was selected as one of only 15 winners of the Fox Motor Prep Award. The honor is presented to the top 15 girls/boys in…

Editor May 24, 2016

Columns

Democracy Tree: Conversion therapy may be outlawed

One Michigan lawmaker has been attempting to make “conversion therapy” illegal in the state for a number of years, but he met with little success as a Democrat in a…

Editor May 24, 2016

Community Notices

Area public safety officers supported in ‘Shields of Hope’

A large number of people in the Dorr community Thursday evening came out in support for Brian Augustine of the Allegan County Sheriff's Department and Dorr Township firefighter David Crowe,…

Editor May 24, 2016

Sports

Lady Wildcats edged by South Christian 1-0 in OT

The Wayland girls' soccer team battled against one of the top teams in the O-K Gold Conference Monday night and came up just short in a 1-0 loss in overtime…

Editor May 24, 2016

Columns

Ranger Rick: Hillary, Democrats are out of control

In an article by Bruce Walker “Hillary May Just Be Dumb,” she is embattled with a person not even a Democrat. Bernie Sanders, an old curmudgeon socialist who wants to…

Editor May 24, 2016

Sports

Lady Vikings just 2 wins away from 25 for season

The Hopkins varsity softball team is just two games away from a 25-win regular season. The Lady Vikings swept nonleague for Comstock Park 10-2 and 13-1 in a doubleheader Monday…

Editor May 23, 2016

Editorial

I hope they’ve got their man, without rush to judgment

I have two fervent hopes about the recent publicity in which a 46-year-old Muskegon man is charged with trying to abduct a 16-year-old girl. One hope is that it turns…

Editor May 23, 2016

Sports

Lady Wildcats continue winning of late, sweep Wyoming

The Wayland varsity softball team Monday continued its recent winning ways by taking both ends of a nonleague twin bill against Wyoming. The Lady Wildcats won the first game in…

Editor May 23, 2016

Features

Hopkins High School academic top 10 announced

The academic top ten students for the Hopkins High School Class of 2016 have been announced. Earning the honors were seniors Amber…

Editor May 23, 2016