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Hopkins girls runners-up at Middleville TK C-C Invitational

September 14, 2015

The Hopkins girls’ cross-country team was runner-up among four teams Monday at the Middleville Thornapple Kellogg Invitational at Yankee Springs State Park. The Vikings boys placed fourth among seven teams with 125 points while Grand Rapids Track Club won it with 39. The girls had 34 points to Grand Rapids...

Both Wildcat boys, girls finish 6th at Middleville TK Invitational

September 14, 2015

It wasn’t a good day for both the Wayland High School cross-country teams Monday afternoon at the annual Middleville Thornapple Kellogg Invitational at Yankee Springs State Park. Both finished in sixth place and failed to place a runner among the top 15 in the competition. The Wildcat boys scored 159...

Lady Wildcats beat Hamilton in dual, Martus’ streak reaches 8

September 14, 2015

The Wayland girls' golf team defeated Hamilton 189-201 Monday afternoon in a non-conference dual match at at the Orchard Hills Golf Course. Leading the way for the Lady Wildcats again was senior all-state ace Ali Martus with a 39. It marked the eighth straight match that Martus has carded a...

Free meals for kids summer program serves more than 8,300

September 14, 2015

Jeff Williams (left), pastor of the Wayland United Methodist Church, and Tim Murtaugh, interim pastor at the United Church of Wayland, two of the recipients of awards from the Wayland Board of Education for being host sites for this past summer's free meals programs for children up to 18 years...

Buyer offers $50,000 for historic, aging Moline Elementary School

September 14, 2015

Stephen Austin has offered the Wayland Union school district $50,000 to buy the historic, but aging Moline Elementary School. Bill Melching, the schools’ finance director, told the Board of Education Monday night, “The roof is in very bad shape and the building is deteriorating… I’m not a real estate agent,...

Two new teachers welcomed at Hopkins High, Middle Schools

September 14, 2015

Linsay Mitchell and Mack Scudder are the newest teachers this year in the Hopkins Public Schools system, in special education and U.S. history, respectively. Mitchell, who works at the high school and middle school, grew up in Marlette, a small town in the thumb of Michigan. She graduated from Western...

Monday Moanin’: ‘New American Way of Life’ just another hoax

September 13, 2015

By Jeff Salisbury Meme… e-mail… truth… fiction… urban legend… Hope you’ve seen or read the chain email or Internet meme called either “How to get $75k in benefits for you and your girlfriend” – or – “New American Way of Life”… I really hope so because if not, this “moan” likely...

The Muck Starts Here: Is Hillary Clinton a victim of ‘Murphy’s Law?’

September 13, 2015

by Barry Hastings The Clinton camp has suddenly become the Clinton collapse, in Iowa and New Hampshire, as Bernie Sanders leads Hillary in polls among Democrats in the latter by nine points. He'd been creeping up on her for weeks, but in the last week, steadily improved, then quickly surpassed...

Democracy Tree: Big box store bullies hurting communities

September 13, 2015

by Amy Kerr Hardin The 'Dark Store' bait and switch — A corporate scam Big box stores across Michigan are gaming the system on property taxes — threatening the core fiscal stability of townships in every corner of the state. Like the archetypal playground bully, major retailers are demanding tax...

O-K Gold, Silver, SAC football standings, roundup for week 3

September 13, 2015

Week Three — Overall records for the football teams in the O-K Gold, O-K Silver and Southwestern Athletic Conferences. Ottawa-Kent Gold Ottawa-Kent Silver GR Catholic Central 2-1 GR North Point Christian 3-0 Hastings 2-1 Hopkins 1-2 Middleville 1-2 Kelloggsville 1-2 GR Ottawa Hills 1-2 Wyoming Godwin...

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