Editor

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…

Editor September 25, 2022

Community Notices

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…

Editor September 24, 2022

Editorial

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…

Editor September 24, 2022

Sports

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…

Editor September 24, 2022

Sports

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…

Editor September 24, 2022

Sports

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…

Editor September 24, 2022

Sports

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…

Editor September 24, 2022

Obituaries

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…

Editor September 24, 2022

Sports

‘Cats end Gold win drought; Vikings keep scoring big

Wayland scored its first O-K Gold Conference football victory in two years Friday night by besting Kenowa Hills 34-19. Meanwhile, the Hopkins varsity football offensive juggernaut just keeps getting more…

Editor September 23, 2022

Sports

WHS grad helps coach Mich. Tech to invite crown

Robert Young The Michigan Technological University men's cross-country team, coached by Wayland High School graduate Robert Young and Christina Owens, captured the championship among 29 squads at the Roy Griak…

Editor September 23, 2022