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Dorr Twp. may offer music concerts next summer

Patty Williams Dorr Township next year may join the growing popularity of local evening music summer concerts. The Township Board Thursday evening was approached by Patty Williams of the Williams…

Editor November 30, 2023

Community Notices

Martin School Board trustee resigning Dec. 1

Martin Board of Education Trustee Austin Marsman has announced he is resigning his post effective Dec. 1. Marsman, a graduate of Martin High School, was elected to the board in…

Editor November 30, 2023

Community Notices

Leighton Twp. business earns state grant to expand

Walinga USA, which only recently won entry into an industrial development district in Leighton Township, has announced intention to expand its business. The project has been granted a $168,000 Micro…

Editor November 30, 2023

Features

Dorr Township Fire Dept. receives home made quilts

Dorr Township Fire Chief Gary Fordham recently welcomed an early box of Christmas spirit on his desk. A big box of warm home-made quilts was donated to the Dorr Fire…

Editor November 29, 2023

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Nov. 30, 1998 The Hopkins High School football team lost in the…

Editor November 29, 2023

Obituaries

Memorial service is Dec. 7 for WHS grad Art Kidney

Wayland High School graduate Arthur M. (Art) Kidney 79, died at Bronson Hospital, Nov. 22, of complications from a fall. Art was born in Plainwell, son of Albert R. and…

Editor November 29, 2023

Sports

Vikings defeat Saugatuck in hoop season opener

The Hopkins boys' varsity basketball won in its season opener Tuesday night on the home court against Saugatuck 62-34. The two teams battled evenly, 13-13, in the first quarter before…

Editor November 28, 2023

Columns

Yes It’s True: We cannot escape pesky telemarketers

I received yet another Spam phone call on my cell phone this morning, and all the memories came flooding back. It supposedly was from some Police Officers Association of America,…

Editor November 28, 2023

Community Notices

First snow days of season visit Hopkins and Martin

The first snow days for the academic year 2023-24 arrived a bit earlier than expected Tuesday morning for the Hopkins and Martin school districts, even before the start of December.…

Editor November 28, 2023

Sports

Clippers’ linebacker Abe Dykstra joins all-state team

Makala Goddard Martin High School senior linebacker Abe Dykstra has been named to the first units of the eight-man football all-state team by the Michigan High School Football Coaches' Association.…

Editor November 27, 2023