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Lady Viking softball team offense fuels 3-1 season start

The Hopkins varsity softball team won three of its first four ballgames of the season this week, sweeping Otsego Wednesday after splitting a doubleheader Tuesday against Parchment. The Vikings showed…

Editor March 31, 2016

Columns

Democracy Tree: It’s more than Flint; bad policy killing Michigan

by Amy Kerr Hardin Michigan’s voters, motorists, and lawmakers alike aren’t kidding themselves into believing the paltry roads budget plan enacted last fall is anywhere close to what’s needed to…

Editor March 31, 2016

Community Notices

Historic J.C. Wheeler Library building brought down in Martin

The historic, but aging building that formerly housed the J.C. Wheeler Library came tumbling down today in downtown Martin next to what used to be the Boysen's Market, which also…

Editor March 31, 2016

Community Notices

Virus challenges 10-year-old bone marrow transplant patient

A major challenge now is confronting 10-year-old Lilly Vanden Bosch of Dorr, who under went a bone marrow transplant earlier this year at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids.…

Editor March 31, 2016

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Anything worse than losing a child?

Composer Gustav Mahler’s most controversial musical piece by a wide margin was “Kindertotenleider,” or “Songs for Children Who Died.” Mathematician and infamous atheist Bertrand Russell’s most controversial comment was that…

Editor March 31, 2016

Features

Olivia Myers selected this year’s DAR award winner at WHS

Wayland High School senior Olivia Myers has been selected to receive this year’s DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Good Citizen Award. Olivia is the daughter of Todd and Shannon…

Editor March 31, 2016

Community Notices

GR Symphony, WHS Strings will be back ‘Side by Side’

The Grand Rapids Symphony will perform with the Wayland High School Symphony Strings students at the Fine Arts Center the evening of May 17. The Grand Rapids Symphony will be…

Editor March 31, 2016

Features

Academic Showcase has full house at Brandon Elementary

Brandon Elementary's annual Academic Showcase earlier this month attracted a full house of parents and interested citizens to the Martin school. Students in kindergarten through sixth grade showcased different projects,…

Editor March 30, 2016

Obituaries

Esther Harman, 89, of Shelbyville, passes at home

Esther Mae Harman, 89, of Shelbyville, died Monday, March 28, at her home. Born in New Castle, Pa., on Oct. 3, 1926, the daughter of Earl L. and Mae E.…

Editor March 30, 2016

Sports

Lady Vikings split in first 2 soccer matches of the season

The Hopkins girls’ varsity soccer team split its first two matches of the season this week, both nonleague contests. The Lady Vikings opened their season Monday with a 1-0 victory…

Editor March 30, 2016