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Michael Kelly to play football for Hope College next fall

Wayland Union High School football standout Michael Kelly will join the Hope College Flying Dutch next fall. Kelly finished the 2015 campaign with 901 receiving yards and six touchdown receptions…

Editor May 10, 2016

Sports

Lady Wildcats blank Ottawa Hills, 8-0 in Gold match

The Wayland girls' varsity soccer team posted an 8-0 shutout victory Monday over Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills in an O-K Gold Conference matchup. The Lady Wildcats scored seven times in…

Editor May 10, 2016

Columns

Ranger Rick: You can buy love if you get yourself a pup

“He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of…

Editor May 10, 2016

Sports

Lady Vikings lose 2-1 on walkoff hit in bottom of 7th

The Hopkins softball team suffered a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to perennial O-K Silver Conference champion Calvin Christian Monday. The Squires scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh…

Editor May 10, 2016

Sports

Vikings hang on to blank Calvin Christian, 3-0

Hopkins scored three runs in the first inning Monday and was able to hang on the rest of the way to post a 3-0 victory over O-K Silver Conference rival…

Editor May 10, 2016

Obituaries

Gun Lake Tribal Elder Margaret Sipkema passes at 84

Margaret Marie (Sprague) Sipkema, age 84 of Moline, died Monday, May 9. Margaret was a proud Gun Lake Tribal Elder. She was politically active in the Democratic Party in Allegan…

Editor May 10, 2016

Obituaries

Mass of Christian Burial planned for Jake Koperski, 26

Jacob Vincent Koperski died at home unexpectedly Sunday, May 8, with his family at his side. He was 26. Jake attended school since he was a year old and for…

Editor May 9, 2016

Sports

Lady Wildcats split 3 Comstock Park Invitational games

The Wayland varsity girls soccer team won one, lost one and tied one in its three encounters Saturday at the Comstock Park Invitational. The morning began with a rematch with…

Editor May 9, 2016

Articles

Hopkins Township to contribute $1,000 to hall of fame

The Hopkins Township Board Monday voted 3-2 to make a one-time $1,000 contribution to a proposed Hopkins High School Athletic Hall of Fame. The move came after Township Supervisor Mark…

Editor May 9, 2016

Sports

Three ex-Lady Wildcats have roles in Davenport’s trophy

The former Lady Wildcats (from left) Mallory Teunissen, Haley Obetts and Samantha Merren hold the trophy after the Davenport University softball team won the championship in the Wolverine-Hoosier Conference. Teunissen…

Editor May 9, 2016