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Close but no cigar for Lady Wildcats’ storybook season’s end

February 26, 2016

It was close, but no cigar, for the Wayland girls' varsity bowling team in the Division 2 regionals Friday in Kalamazoo. The Lady Wildcats finished fourth, but only the top three get to advance to the state tourney. They had the misfortune of rolling among five of the top-ranked teams...

Lady Wildcats complete regular 9-11 season on upbeat note

February 26, 2016

The Lady Wildcats basketball team is ending a tough luck 9-11 season on a couple of positive and optimistic notes. The Wayland girls not only breezed past Ottawa Hills 72-54 in the regular season finale, they got some first-class offense from senior guard Ali Martus, who scored 22 points, and...

Wildcats overcome obstacles to win O-K Gold hoops title

February 26, 2016

The Wayland boys’ varsity basketball team had to overcome several obstacles Friday night to win the O-K Gold Conference championship. The Wildcats had to cope with an aggressive man-to-man defense that held them to a season low 17 first-half points, a determined Ottawa Hills team with designs on sharing the...

Gamrat, Courser now face criminal charges in sordid saga

February 26, 2016

After being booted by their colleagues and rejected by their constituents, former State Reps. Cindy Gamrat and Todd Courser now face criminal charges. Michigan Attorney General William Schuette Friday announced that Gamrat, who formerly represented Hopkins, Watson and Martin townships in the 80th District, will be charged with two counts...

Memorial for Marinus Haagsman to be at Schnable Lake

February 25, 2016

Marinus (Dutch) Haagsman, 92, of Martin, died Sunday Feb. 21. Marinus had many passions and hobbies, including fishing, riding his golf cart, antiques, bingo, singing at church, and smoking his pipe. He is survived by his wife of 45 years Maxine Haagsman, children; Mary Rosas, Tabitha (Dennis) Kennedy, and Janice...

Columns

Army Bob: Exaggerating history only encourages deniers

February 25, 2016

by Robert M. Traxler As a young child, the son of an American soldier stationed in post-World War II (1950s) Germany, I accompanied my father and sisters to Buchenwald, one of the National Socialists’ (NAZI) concentration camps in Germany. During our three years in Germany my father, a man who...

Hopkins grad Robin Rybiski Genther wins Metro honor

February 25, 2016

Hopkins High School graduate Robin Rybiski Genther has been selected Best of Metro award winner. Genther has worked at Metro Health for nearly 19 years, beginning her career as a radiology technologist for the sports medicine team. She quickly advanced to take on the role of practice manager at Metro...

Lady Wildcats have decent shot at Class B district finals

February 25, 2016

Though the Wayland boys had dreadful luck in the roll of the dice for the upcoming district basketball tournament, the Lady Wildcats didn’t fare so badly and stand a fair chance of making the finals. The Wayland girls will play at 5 p.m. next Wednesday against Grand River Prep (3-9)...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Ritzes, Hudsons athletic royalty in Wayland

February 25, 2016

“You’d better watch out. You better not pout. You better not cry. I’m telling you why. Presley Hudson’s coming to town.” Indeed, Wayland’s best-ever female basketball player will be in a Central Michigan uniform to play against Western Michigan University at 2 p.m. Saturday in Kalamazoo. This “homecoming” of sorts...

Basura: The enduring living legacy of a cherry rocker

February 25, 2016

I remember the cherry rocker that was in our home. It had come to our house from my maternal grandmother. I recall that when I was in high school, Grandma Ahern told me that the rocker had been her mother's chair, and that she'd gotten it from her mother. Grandma...

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