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Lady Vikings now 2-2 after splitting 2 matches this week
The Hopkins girls' soccer team now stands at 2-2 on the season after splitting two matches this week. The Lady Vikings, who split their two matches in the last week…
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Lady Vikings runners-up at Gull Lake Invitational
The Hopkins girls’ track team was runner-up in the Gull Lake Invitational Friday, scoring 65 points. Gull Lake won it with 98. Highlighting the individual performances was Julia Forbes, who…
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Musical chairs just another way to skirt around term limits
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. I hear tell in the last two weeks that no fewer than three state…
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Funeral for Marjorie Haas, 86, will be Monday afternoon
Marjorie Ann Haas, 86, of Allegan, died Wednesday, April 13, at her home. Mrs. Haas was born Jan. 20, 1930, in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Frank and Leah (Tangway) Williams.…
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Lilly seems to be getting better in New York experiment
This is an unusual photo of 10-year-old Lilly Vanden Bosch of Dorr, who is in New York to receive an experimental treatment for a virus she contracted earlier this year…
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Dorr Twp. road millage request to be back on ballot Aug. 2
The special Dorr Township Roads Committee is laying out a plan to inform voters about the need to pass a three-mill request for repairs, improvements and paving of local roads…
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Golf cart, most ORV use around Green Lake permitted
Leighton Township officials hope an old issue about use of golf carts and off-road vehicles (ORVs) at Green Lake has finally been resolved. The Township Board Thursday evening adopted a…
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Army Bob: Did Mrs. Clinton fail as the Secretary of State?
by Robert M. Traxler Let’s discuss Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State. For the purpose of keeping this column to a reasonable length, Benghazi will be left out. I…
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Wildcats swept in awful day twin bill vs. Byron Center
It was a just plan awful day Thursday for the Wayland varsity baseball team, as it was swept by Byron Center in a doubleheader, 11-1 and 14-1. Coach Travis Wilcox…
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Lady Wildcat soccer team drops nonleague match at Jenison
The Lady Wildcats' soccer team's overall season record fell to 1-2 Thursday in a 5-1 loss on the road at Jenison. "The game was much closer than the score indicated…