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Ranger Rick: Picking up trash while walking turns into gold

I have a daily habit of walking a circuit that includes city streets. You see everything and every walk of life on the sidewalks – men, women, teenagers, children, white,…

Editor February 9, 2016

Columns

Democracy Tree: State Legislature honors Gamrat by resurrecting gun bill

by Amy Kerr Hardin There’s a sad irony to this story — one that is surely lost on disgraced lawmakers, Cindy Gamrat and Todd Courser It didn’t take long for…

Editor February 9, 2016

Features

WHS grad Stephen Vanravenswaay retires from Fla. fire department

Orange County (Fla.) firefighter and 1990 Wayland High School graduate Stephen "Shakey" Vanravenswaay, who was diagnosed nearly a year ago with Stage IV pancreatic cancer, has decided officially to retire…

Editor February 8, 2016

Articles

Wayland High School to add 2 new courses to curriculum next year

Wayland High School will have two classes added to its curriculum next year. Director of Instruction Theresa Fulk asked for and received permission Monday night from the Board of Education…

Editor February 8, 2016

Articles

Wayland school district saves $338,000 in latest budget projections

The Wayland Union school district continues to get good financial news. Finance Director Bill Melching told the Board of Education Monday night that the district is ahead of the game…

Editor February 8, 2016

Columns

Monday Moanin’: What’s a progressive, and who is more progressive?

POLITICS 2016 ELECTION The Progressive Party of 1912 was an American political party formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt, after a split in the Republican Party between him and President…

Editor February 7, 2016

Columns

The Muck Starts Here: The Snyder solution’s fact and farce

by Barry Hastings After many years of poisoning the political atmosphere of Michigan, Herr Governor Rick Snyder has now turned to poisoning people — from very young, to the very…

Editor February 7, 2016

Sports

Keyzer’s tip at the buzzer gives Clippers 10th basketball win

Andrew Keyzer only scored only two points Friday against Eau Claire, but they were the two biggest points of the game. He tipped in an errant shot by Tanner Curry…

Editor February 7, 2016

Articles

Hopkins Middle School FFA students advance to regionals

A large number of Hopkins FFA Middle School students placed first or second at the district leadership contests Friday and have earned the right to move on to the regional…

Editor February 6, 2016

Community Notices

Hopkins FFA wins donkey basketball contest fund-raiser

The Hopkins chapter of the FFA was the winner of the donkey basketball game for the second straight year at the Hopkins gym Saturday evening. The event was a fund-raiser…

Editor February 6, 2016