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Homemade crockpot applesauce delicious warm
Crockpot Cinnamon Applesauce is super easy to make in your slow cooker. This is the perfect addition to any meal or as a healthy snack. Ingredients: 5 pound bag of…
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Hopkins marching band color guard wins trophy
The Hopkins High School marching band, under the direction of Mrs. Jessica Williams, just missed a runner-up trophy at the Otsego invitational Saturday. There were seven Class C bands and…
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Hopkins girls’ golf team is 4th in M-89 Challenge
The Hopkins girls’ varsity golf team finished fourth among five squads Friday in the M-89 Challenge. The Lady Vikings recorded a team score of 225, three strokes better than neighborhood…
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WHS marching band takes 3rd in Otsego Invitational
The Wayland Union High School marching band copped a third place trophy Saturday in the Otsego Band Invitational. The local ensemble, under the direction of Kelli Tilley Smith, performed in…
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Dorr Trustee Tuinstra’s bad govt. gift keeps on giving
ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “Next time, Hubert, ever the gentleman, offers his seat to a woman in…
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Hopkins alum takes 3rd in Rochester bowling tourney
The Concordia University men's bowling team captured first place in the Rochester University Warriors Classic Saturday. Jeffrey Lizewski (left) took first place on the All Tournament team and Hopkins High…
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Clippers take battle of unbeatens over Brown City
by Nate Ball The Martin football squad reached the 5-0 mark for the third time in the last four years by taking out a visiting undefeated team from Brown City…
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Wildcat harriers runners-up in Cedar Springs Invite
Dylan Pallett The Wayland boys’ varsity cross-country team took another runner-up placing, this time Saturday morning in the Cedar Springs Invitational. The Wildcats, who have been second thus far in…
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Two Lady Viking golfers come up with sub-50 scores
The Hopkins varsity golf team continues to show improvement on the links, as two members broke 50 for nine holes Thursday in the latest O-K Silver Conference jamboree. Andrea Steffes…
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Service set at Green Lake church for Irene Bultman
Irene Bultman died Wednesday, Sept. 21. She was 91. Irene was born Dec. 10, 1930, in Grand Rapids, to Cornelius and Myrtle (Button) Bultman. Formerly of the Moline area, she…