Editor

City crews starting to pick up leaves curbside today

Wayland city crews will begin picking up leaves today (Monday, Oct. 24), continuing through the first measurable, sustained snowfall. Residents are asked to rake their leaves into piles of the…

Editor October 24, 2022

Columns

One Small Voice: Shame on promoting voting distrust

by Lynn Mandaville Though election day in the United States is still more than a week away, last week Friday was voting day for us in the Mandaville household. Our…

Editor October 24, 2022

Columns

Pumpkin Crisp is a nice break with fall tradition

by Kathy Hamman Miller It’s fall y’all, and pumpkin season! I broke with tradition of making pumpkin pies and tried something different with this newly found fall favorite dessert. Pumpkin…

Editor October 24, 2022

Sports

Vikings, Clippers qualify for post-season grid playoffs

Hopkins and Martin football teams both will take part in the post-season playoffs this Friday evening. Martin will take its 7-2 record against another squad that went 7-2 in eight-man…

Editor October 23, 2022

Sports

Hopkins wins O-K Silver Conference volleyball title

Seniors Mady Weber (left) and Corrie Wisser hold the trophy. The Hopkins varsity volleyball squad Saturday captured the O-K Silver Conference championship by winning the league tournament at Cornerstone University…

Editor October 22, 2022

Editorial

Picks ‘n pans: 3 proposals, county board, state offices

DEAR READERS: You have every right to say I’m just one man expressing his opinion and nobody appointed me arbiter of issues and candidates for the Nov. 8 general election.…

Editor October 22, 2022

Obituaries

Shelbyville native Kenny Washburn dies at age 81

Shelbyville native Kenneth Duane Washburn died Wednesday, Oct. 12. He was 81. Born on March 28, 1941, in Shelbyville, Kenny was blessed with almost 32 years of a loving marriage…

Editor October 22, 2022

Sports

Hopkins still has hopes for playoffs; ‘Cats’ season ends

In the battle for the O-K Silver Conference football championship Friday night, Belding prevailed 36-14 over a determined Hopkins outfit. Meanwhile, Wayland became the fifth consecutive victim of a streaking…

Editor October 21, 2022

Sports

Wildcat boys 2nd again, this time at county meet

The Wayland boys’ varsity cross-country team claimed its customary runner-up slot Friday afternoon at the Allegan County meet at Martin U.S-131 Motorsports Park, The Hopkins girls took third and Wayland…

Editor October 21, 2022

Obituaries

Funeral is Wednesday for 100-year-old Ann P. Wells

Ann P. Wells, age 100, of Martin, died Tuesday, Oct. 18 Born in December 1921, the daughter of Jacob and Anna (Siegfried) Rickli, Ann graduated from Martin High School in…

Editor October 21, 2022