Editor

Hopkins runners actually had fantastic day at Otsego

Hopkins cross-country coach Brooke Brenner-Romph has a very different take on her teams’ performances in last Saturday’s Otsego Invitational. I reported it was a bad day for the Vikings, but…

Editor October 4, 2022

Obituaries

Service for Lois Niemchick-Hooker is Monday, Oct. 10

Lois Marguerite Niemchick/Hooker, age 93, of Wayland, died Peacefully Saturday, Oct 1 peacefully at her home. Lois worked as a pharmacy tech at Nickels Pharmacy for many years and then…

Editor October 3, 2022

Community Notices

Culvert work to close 10th Street near Martin 2 weeks

The Allegan County Road Commission has announced that 10th Street from 112th Avenue to 116th Avenue will be closing for about weeks starting Monday, Oct. 10, to replace a few…

Editor October 3, 2022

Articles

‘Monster Mash’ planned for downtown Wayland Oct. 29

“He did the Monster Mash… It was a graveyard smash… It caught on in a flash…” — Bobby "Boris" Pickett, 1962 Billed as something to do in town over the…

Editor October 3, 2022

Sports

Wildcat tennis team misses 3rd in Gold by just 2 points

The Wayland High School varsity boys' tennis team earned fourth place in the O-K Gold Tournament Saturday! The Wildcats beat out Middleville Thornapple Kellogg, Kenowa Hills, Cedar Springs and Ottawa…

Editor October 3, 2022

Obituaries

Former Wildcat basketball star Chris Gruver dies at 49

Word has been received of the death Friday of 1991 Wayland High School graduate Christine Gruver. She was 49. Well known in her high school days as an excellent basketball…

Editor October 2, 2022

Columns

This is better than Mama’s best banana pudding

by Kathy Hamman Miller By far the best Banana pudding you will ever make! I had forgotten just how good it tasted that turned into an instant favorite again. The…

Editor October 2, 2022

Sports

Hopkins girls fall in semis at Homer volleyball tourney

The Hopkins volleyball team Saturday reeled off three victories in a row before finally bowing in the semifinal round in the Nikki Blatter Memorial Invitational in Homer. Coach Terri Wisser…

Editor October 2, 2022

Sports

Wildcats have a very good day at GR Union C-C meet

The Wayland varsity boys’ cross-country team broke a streak of runner-up finishes by taking first Saturday at the Grand Rapids Union Red Hawk Invitational. The girls’ squad wasn’t so bad,…

Editor October 2, 2022

Sports

Vikings have a really bad day in cross country at Otsego

It was not a good day at all for Hopkins harriers at the Otsego Bulldog Invitational Saturday. The Viking girls finished 18th in a field of 26 teams with 485…

Editor October 1, 2022