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Lady Vikings score mild upset over South Haven in district opener

The good news about Hopkins Monday night was that the Lady Vikings girls’ basketball team scored a mild upset victory over South Haven in its Class B district basketball tournament…

Editor March 2, 2015

Articles

Ron Kobish resigns City Council seat, to move to Auburn Hills

The on-again, off-again relationship between Ron Kobish and Wayland city government is off again. Kobish, in a statement read Monday night by Mayor Tim Bala, announced his resignation as a…

Editor March 2, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcats open districts with 3rd win over South Christian, 59-39

One of the oldest maxims in high school and college basketball asserts that it’s extremely difficult to beat the same team three times in a season. But the Wayland girls…

Editor March 2, 2015

Articles

Public Safety Beat: Man pinned under fallen mobile home

A mobile home being moved inside the Yankee Springs Meadows Trailer Park Monday morning slipped off its supports and trapped a worker underneath. Authorities said the workers were lifting the…

Editor March 2, 2015

Articles

Dorr, Hopkins library director to attend national conference

Natalie Bazan, director of the Dorr Township and Hopkins District libraries, has been awarded a national grant to attend the next Small and Rural Library Association's annual conference later this…

Editor March 2, 2015

Features

Current Allegan County stray dogs: March 2

All stray pets at the Allegan County Shelter have a short “stray hold,” waiting for their family to reclaim them. If you see your pet in this photo gallery it…

Editor March 2, 2015

Obituaries

John R. Gavrun of Hopkins passes at 78

John Robert Gavrun, Sr., age 78 of Hopkins, died Friday, Feb. 27. John was born Sept. 25, 1936, in Chicago, to the late Andrew and Margaret (Sharp) Gavrun. He served…

Editor March 2, 2015

Columns

Monday Moan: No such thing as free lunch or college tuition

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net The headline in the Allegan County News read, or almost shouted: PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE ASSOCIATE DEGREES TO ALLEGAN COUNTY STUDENTS and then opened with this… “The…

Editor March 1, 2015

Columns

The Muck Starts Here: The Bobbsey twins seek a new ‘surge’

by Barry Hastings Re-emergence of the Bobbsey Twins (Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham) as leading military affairs spokesmen for the GOP (Goofy Old Party) most likely means more taxing…

Editor March 1, 2015

Columns

Aramark’s sordid saga continues: This time it’s bad tacos

by Amy Kerr Hardin Aramark’s in the news again. This time it's being sued for “cruel and unusual punishment” by five former inmates housed at the Kent County Correctional Facility…

Editor March 1, 2015