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Funeral Tuesday for ‘Dottie’ Zeerip, 77, of Dorr

Dorothy “Dottie” Zeerip, age 77, died Thursday, Oct. 17, following a stroke. She is survived by her children Mandi (Pete) Phillips, Jamie (Shawn) O’Connor; grandchildren Kayla Phillips and Aideen O’Connor;…

Editor October 19, 2024

Sports

WMS boys, girls both take 5th in C-C regionals

Wayland Union Middle School's top 10 boys' and girls' cross country runners both took fifth place out of nine teams at at the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) regionals…

Editor October 19, 2024

Obituaries

Services Oct. 30 at St. Stanislaus for Darwin Franklin

Darwin Keith Franklin, age 93, died Thursday, Oct. 17. Darwin loved spending time outdoors, specifically hunting, farming and fishing. One of his biggest hobbies was trapping and collecting furs. He…

Editor October 19, 2024

Sports

Martin bounces back; Vikings shutout victims; ‘Cats lose 48-28

Poor Fennville. The Blackhawks had to face an angry Martin team that had just absorbed its first loss in more than a year. The Clippers took some of their frustration…

Editor October 18, 2024

Sports

Wildcat Dylan Pallett 2nd in county C-C meet

Wayland senior Dylan Pallett (far right) was runner-up in the Allegan County cross meet. Wayland senior Dylan Pallett is this year’s Allegan County Cross-Country Invitational runner-up. Pallett ran a nice…

Editor October 18, 2024

Sports

Wildcat 7th, 8th grade grid teams go undefeated

Both the Wayland Middle School seventh and eighth grade football teams posted undefeated seasons this fall, promoting optimism for the Wildcats futures on the gridiron.

Editor October 18, 2024

Obituaries

Celebration of life will be Nov. 17 for Gun Lake woman

Louise M. Hurdelbrink, age 90, of Plainwell (Gun Lake), died Tuesday, Oct. 8. Louise was born July 18, 1934, in Kalamazoo, to Louis and Ruth (Cheney) Stickel. On April 28,…

Editor October 18, 2024

Articles

Area non-partisan elections will have genuine contests

Theresa Dobry Dan Cassini While the partisan elections for township board in northeast Allegan County are all incumbents and the like unopposed, races for non-partisan positions on the three area…

Editor October 17, 2024

Columns

Army Bob: I want to dig up North Dorr’s mysteries

by Robert M. Traxler After I retired from the Army and later my wife retired from teaching, we were living in Illinois, near Fort Sheridan and Great Lakes Naval Base,…

Editor October 17, 2024

Sports

Viking guys take 2nd in O-K Silver Conference cross

The Hopkins boys’ cross-country squad finished second Wednesday at the O-K Silver Conference meet at the Candlestone Golf and Resort facility, Belding’s home course. The Vikings checked with 70 points,…

Editor October 16, 2024