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WHS senior Christian Look to play hockey at Aquinas

Wayland High School senior Christian Look has signed a letter of intent to play hockey for Aquinas College in Grand Rapids. Head coach Jordan Permoda, himself a Wayland High School graduate,…

Editor November 19, 2020

Community Notices

Hopkins School Board seeking to fill a vacant seat

Hopkins Public Schools is seeking applicants for one vacant seat on the Board of Education. The vacancy is the result of only two candidates running for three open seats in…

Editor November 19, 2020

Obituaries

Pilot, author, businessman Jack McEnaney dies at 84

Retired Major John John “Jack” McEnaney, who lived at Gun Lake for 44 years, died Nov. 9. He was 84. A retired Air Force and American Airlines pilot, Jack was…

Editor November 19, 2020

Sports

Four Clippers, 2 Wildcats make all-conference units

Martin landed four selections and Wayland two on their respective all-conference football teams announced this week. The Clippers, who haven't been defeated on the field all season but forfeited once,…

Editor November 18, 2020

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 — Nov. 22, 1995 The Hopkins varsity football team’s storied first-ever playoff season…

Editor November 18, 2020

Community Notices

Dorr Twp. meeting called off for technical reasons

The Dorr Township Board meeting scheduled for Thursday evening has been canceled because of the current Covid-19 health crisis and Leighton’s meeting at the same time will be switched to…

Editor November 18, 2020

Obituaries

Former Martin student Don Sparks passes at age 83

Don Sparks, who went to school at Martin in his youth, died Monday, Nov. 16, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. He was born March 4, 1937, in McGuffey, Ohio,…

Editor November 18, 2020

Obituaries

Bud DeVries, 90, Gun Lake, was victim of Covid-19

Wilford A. (Bud) DeVries, age 90, of Gun Lake, died Friday, Nov. 13, after a short battle with COVID-19. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Sydney, in…

Editor November 18, 2020

Community Notices

Martin High School goes to on-line format for 3 weeks

Martin High School, just like all other high schools in Michigan, will shut down for three weeks and switch to all on-line learning in response to the Covid-19 virus crisis.…

Editor November 17, 2020

Columns

Ranger Rick: Blame China, Dems, not Trump for Covid

I read in the Wall Street Journal an article, "Hundreds of Companies That Got Stimulus Aid Have Failed" about companies that have filed for bankruptcy when the money ran out. …

Editor November 17, 2020