Editor

The Muck Starts Here: GOP slithers toward Trump

by Barry Hastings I have to admit I'm not amazed at the number of Republican 'leaders' who loudly claimed they'd "never" support Donald Trump for President, They've come crawling on…

Editor May 22, 2016

Articles

Father Christian Johnson to leave St. Therese Parish

Father Christian Johnson, who has served the St. Therese of Lisieux Church for the past 10 years, is leaving after being reassigned by the Diocese of Kalamazoo. "Most of the…

Editor May 22, 2016

Articles

Hopkins man driver in Hamilton teen’s fatal crash

Ottawa County Sheriff's authorities said they believe a 20-year-old Hopkins apparently fell asleep at the wheel and his car left the road and crashed in Jamestown Township, killing his passenger,…

Editor May 22, 2016

Sports

Lady Wildcats runners-up in Ann Arbor Invitational

The Wayland varsity softball team made it to the championship game Saturday night before losing in the finals at the Ann Arbor Invitational to Dakota, the No. 1 ranked team…

Editor May 22, 2016

Features

Wayland man wins National Endowment stipend

Mike D. Miller of Wayland has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities stipend for the summer institute "Teaching Beowulf in the Context of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature" at Western…

Editor May 21, 2016

Sports

Wildcat baseball team has gone 13-5 to climb to .500

Wayland swept Hopkins 8-4 and 16-1 Friday in a doubleheader to even its overall season record to 16-16. The Wildcats have fashioned a 13-5 record in their last 18 games…

Editor May 21, 2016

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Churches should have to pay to play

Kevin Phillips, Republican strategist for Richard Nixon, wrote a book in 1969, "The Emerging Republican Majority," in which he correctly predicted the fall of the rust belt, the rise of…

Editor May 21, 2016

Obituaries

Service is Sunday for former Leighton Twp. woman

Marilyn Cone, 80, a member of the Hooker family of Leighton Township, died Thursday, May 19, of congestive heart failure. Marilyn was an active and faithful member of Good News…

Editor May 21, 2016

Sports

Wildcat boys tie for 7th, girls 10th in regionals

The Wayland boys’ varsity track team finished tied for seventh among 15 teams and the girls’ squad placed 10th at the Division 2 regional meet Friday at Houseman Field in…

Editor May 20, 2016

Sports

Lady Vikings reclaim D-3 regional track crown in style

The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team is back with a vengeance, capturing its first regional Division 3 championship since 2013. It’s not as though the Lady Vikings were far away…

Editor May 20, 2016