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Hopkins kindergartner’s art work featured in exhibit

February 14, 2020

Hopkins Elementary kindergartener Kade Byville's art work was exhibited in the Michigan Visual Arts Celebration Feb. 7-12. His piece was chosen for further adjudication at the state level The Visual Arts Celebration, hosted by the GRAM, featured art work by K-8 students from 24 public and private schools in Region...

Barry Hastings: Trump challenges all our decency

February 13, 2020

Throughout the many years I’ve been writing for publication, I’ve periodically promised readers I’ll never knowingly tell them an untruth, a mistruth, or an outright lie. These days, I'm forced by the times, to add a new category — to wit: the “alternative fact." I leave these kinds of things...

Articles

Leighton Twp. plans to seek road millage Nov. 3

February 13, 2020

The Leighton Township Board has committed to making a request for extra road millage in the November general election. The board Thursday evening agreed to put a question on the Nov. 3 ballot after citizen Steve Shoemaker, chairman of a special citizens’ road committee, asked for some kind of request...

Tim Gibson to return to WHS as head football coach

February 13, 2020

Tim Gibson Tim Gibson has been hired to return to Wayland as varsity football coach. Gibson may be best remembered as the coach of the Wildcat team that made it to the MHSAA Division 3 state semifinals in 2002. He comes Grand Rapids Catholic Central, where he was a varsity...

Columns

Army Bob: The U.S. cannot stop climate change, if real

February 13, 2020

Food for thought: Every year the world's human population grows at an ever-increasing rate of more than 83,000,000 a year, per Wikipedia. Diet and medical care, mostly in China/Africa and India make this possible. The United States is at near zero population growth even with almost a million immigrants per...

Couple in van sought for tossing, killing Chihuahuas

February 12, 2020

Lucky Lulu The Allegan County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an animal abuse complaint at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, near the 400 block of 124th Avenue in Wayland Township. The witnesses described a 2004-2006 Silver Honda Odyssey van driving westbound on 124th Avenue throwing six Chihuahua dogs out the passenger window. ...

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

February 12, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Feb. 15, 1995 The halls at Pine Street Elementary today. (Photos courtesy of Brandon Halloran) Scott Sullivan wrote a feature story about KeLinda Scott of the Wayland Foster Home for Animals, who...

Sports

Lady Clippers average more assists than turnovers

February 12, 2020

The Martin girls' varsity basketball team each game tries to come up with more assists than turnovers and it's gotten so good at it that it's become the norm. The Lady Clippers, who beat Zion Christian Tuesday night 59-33 to improve to 14-1 overall, now average more of the former...

Hopkins wins showdown, takes over 1st in O-K Silver

February 11, 2020

Tyler Zomerlei The Hopkins boys' varsity basketball team Tuesday evening claimed its seventh victory in a row and moved into first place all alone in the O-K Silver Conference. The Vikings took home a gritty 66-60 triumph from Calvin Christian, with whom they had been tied atop the league standings....

Lady Wildcats avenge earlier loss to Wyoming

February 11, 2020

Kenzie Wolf came up big for the Lady Wildcats with 12 points, including three threes. The Wayland girls’ varsity basketball team registered a 55-44 victory Tuesday evening over Wyoming to lifts its season record to 11-5 and its O-K Gold Conference record to 4-4. The Lady Wildcats were all together...

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