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At least 2 fire depts. report record number of calls

Both the Leighton Township and Hopkins Area fire departments are reporting a record number of calls for the first quarter of 2021. The Hopkins Area Fire Department posted on Facebook:…

Editor April 1, 2021

Articles

Watson officials get double digit percent pay increases

The Watson Township Board Thursday night adopted a 2021-22 balanced general fund budget of $302,950, but the most interesting part is that it calls for all township officials to get…

Editor April 1, 2021

Sports

Vikings give No. 1 Benton Harbor a game, but lose

It was a valiant and gallant effort, but the Hopkins varsity basketball team lost 66-59 Thursday night to No. 1-ranked Benton Harbor in the Division 2 regional tournament finals. The…

Editor April 1, 2021

Community Notices

Michigan is No. 1 in Covid spread, but county stable

Michigan now is regarded as the state with the fastest spread of the Coronavirus in the nation. But so far, Allegan County has dodged the worst of the consequences. There…

Editor April 1, 2021

Columns

Army Bob: ‘Non-existent’ Antifa appears in Oregon

by Robert M. Traxler A report in the Washington Examiner, a small conservative news website, stated: “Heavily armed” protesters wearing riot gear and waving Antifa flags descended on Oregon’s Capitol…

Editor April 1, 2021

Sports

Viking grappler allowed to go to state meet after all

It was reported earlier today that Hopkins High School senior Ashtyn Bennett was denied the opportunity to wrestle this weekend in the Division 3 individual state championship tournament. But that…

Editor April 1, 2021

Sports

Two Vikings named to O-K Silver all-conference team

Two seniors on the Hopkins boys' varsity basketball team have been named to the first unit of the O-K Silver Conference all-star basketball team. Trevor Smith (left) and Colin Weber…

Editor April 1, 2021

Sports

Lady Wildcats’ surge lives on with regional crown

Wayland annexed its first regional basketball championship since 2012, the culmination of a strange and difficult journey. The Lady Wildcats defeated host Edwardsburg 61-48 in the finals of the Division…

Editor March 31, 2021

Sports

Martin wins regional title; on to the quarterfinals

The Martin girls’ varsity basketball team Wednesday accomplished something last year’s squad was denied by Covid-19 a year ago — a regional championship. The Lady Clippers used a strong second…

Editor March 31, 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 — April 3, 1996 The Tree Tracers genealogy group had to leave its…

Editor March 31, 2021