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Yes It Is, It’s True: I just don’t think climate change is a joke

“Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere, I've looked at clouds that way. “But now they only block the sun,…

Editor August 3, 2015

Obituaries

Hopkins, Gun Lake community activist Joan Weick passes at 73

Joan K. Weick (Iciek), 73 died Saturday, Aug. 1. Born in January 1942, in Hopkins, Joan was afflicted with juvenile diabetes at the age of 13. Unwilling to let her…

Editor August 3, 2015

Columns

Monday Moanin’: Sit down and deliver, or I could be fired!

by Jeff Salisbury jeffreylsalisbury@gmail.com In the 1988 film “Stand and Deliver,” actor Edward James Olmos portrayed educator Jaime Escalante’s inspired teaching of his AP Calculus students in East Los Angeles. Olmos, as Escalante lit…

Editor August 2, 2015

Columns

The Muck Starts Here: Will Trump get trumped in GOP race?

by Barry Hastings The Donald. What an ass. A racist. A magnifier of truth, dealer in innuendo. (Hopefully) destroyer of the GOP. He took off on John McCain a short…

Editor August 2, 2015

Obituaries

Visitation, funeral for Patt DeHaan, 57, both will be Tuesday

Patrice De Haan, 57, of Wayland, died Friday, July 31. Patt was born Sept. 25, 1957, in Columbus, Ohio, to the Rev. Hubert and Barbara (Swartz) Sprik. A dairy farmer's…

Editor August 1, 2015

Obituaries

No funeral service scheduled for Harvey Hoke, 76, of Cobb Lake

Harvey Hoke, 76, died of cancer at his home on Cobb Lake Wednesday. Hoke was born in Grand Rapids on March 15, 1939, to Lois (Murray) and Earl Hoke He…

Editor August 1, 2015

Features

‘Get Moving’ Tuesday to highlight free summer meals week

Northern Physical Therapy will have a “Get Moving” family fitness event at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Steeby Elementary to highlight this coming week’s summer free lunch program. The fitness event,…

Editor August 1, 2015

Columns

Army Bob: It’s always easier to blame Bush, but not solve problem

by Robert M. Traxler Let’s discuss the way President Barack Obama and the good folks on the left look at a problem. When asked what is to be done with…

Editor August 1, 2015

Sports

Head Martin grid coach steps down, will remain as assistant

Travis Farris, the coach who guided the Martin High School football team last fall and oversaw the end of a 56-game losing streak, will not be back at the helm…

Editor July 31, 2015

Articles

Dorr woman, 23, sustains non-life threatening injuries in crash

Heather Hill, 23, or Dorr, sustained non-life threatening injuries in a fatal traffic accident in the Kalamazoo area Thursday. Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputies said John Porn, 18, of Mattawan, was…

Editor July 31, 2015