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Dorr Twp. Board handbook issue gets cooled down a bit

The contentious employee handbook issue from November quieted down considerably at the Dorr Township Board meeting Thursday night. The board agreed to have a committee of former Treasurer Jim Martin,…

Editor February 25, 2021

Columns

Army Bob: The left helping modern day robber barons

by Robert M. Traxler Jeff Bezos, the new champion of the American Left, is worth in excess of $194,900,000,000, an amount greater than gross national product of more than 100…

Editor February 25, 2021

Obituaries

Private family service is Saturday for Jim Coburn, 68

Jim Coburn died Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo. He was 68. He was born April 14, 1952, in Plainwell, the son of Mickle and Vina (Vanderpool) Coburn.…

Editor February 25, 2021

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Feb. 29, 1996 Allegan County will join with Kent County in the…

Editor February 24, 2021

Community Notices

Mason Drozd wins regional spelling bee championship

Wayland Union Middle School eighth-grader Mason Drozd won the the 2021 Allegan County Spelling Bee championship and qualified for the Greater Grand Rapids Spelling Bee at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday March…

Editor February 24, 2021

Sports

Lady Wildcats suffer 2nd upset defeat of the season

The Wayland girls' varsity basketball team absorbed its second upset loss of the season Tuesday night, a 42-37 defeat at Forest Hills Eastern to a team that now sports a…

Editor February 24, 2021

Obituaries

Service delayed for former WHS teacher Don Jackson

Donald Edmund Jackson, age 75 of Rockford, died and "passed from polluted earth into pristine heaven" Saturday, Feb. 20, after a brutal but brief fight with cancer. Born Aug. 21,…

Editor February 24, 2021

Sports

Martin girls lose defensive struggle; boys beat Gobles

The Martin boys' varsity basketball team evened its overall season record at 3-3 with a 67-34 victory Tuesday night over Gobles. The girls, however, ran into a bizarre defensive struggle…

Editor February 23, 2021

Sports

Hopkins girls lose 84-29 to perennial powerhouse

The Kent City girls' basketball team improved its season record to 6-0 Tuesday evening with a resounding 84-29 triumph over Hopkins. The undefeated Eagles, still a strong outfit after going…

Editor February 23, 2021

Columns

Ranger Rick: Rush Limbaugh had tremendous impact

I was a die-hard Democrat (I voted for Jimmy Carter... twice). Once Ronald Reagan was elected president and the improvement in the economy halfway through his first term convinced me…

Editor February 23, 2021