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County Health Dept. issues Coronavirus information

Here is some information from the Allegan County Health Department on COVID-19 (AKA Coronavirus). If you have any questions, please contact the Health Department at 269-673-5411. No confirmed cases in…

Editor February 28, 2020

Obituaries

Funeral Monday for ex-Hopkins school board member

Former Hopkins Board of Education member Carl Francis Johnson, Sr., 96 of Allegan, died Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Allegan General Hospital. Born Nov. 2, 1923, in Lawrence, he was the…

Editor February 28, 2020

Articles

No public money used in Dorr library millage request

The March 10 presidential primary election ballot Tuesday, March 10, will include a request from the Dorr Township Library for 0.6 mill for 10 years. Dorr Library Board President Rachel…

Editor February 27, 2020

Columns

Army Bob: Sanders freaks out establishment Dems

Tim O’Brien, a senior advisor to the Mayor Mike Bloomberg campaign, former MSNBC contributor and editor of one of Mayor Bloomberg’s media holdings, went down an interesting path Sunday when…

Editor February 27, 2020

Community Notices

Go Fund Me page set up for dog wounded by gunshot

A young dog shot in the neck was brought to the Dorr Veterinary Clinic Wednesday by a trooper from the Wayland post of the Michigan State Police. "Trooper" received gunshot…

Editor February 27, 2020

Community Notices

Moline Christian student wins county spelling bee

Wayland Union Middle School was host for the annual Allegan County Spelling Bee Tuesday, Feb. 25, when five area students competed. Natalie Smit, eighth-grader from Moline Christian, took first place…

Editor February 26, 2020

Obituaries

Service will be Saturday for Wayland native Ken Miner

Wayland native Kenneth Thomas Miner, age 65, of Rockford, died Wednesday, Feb. 26. Kenneth was born in Allegan County on Sept. 6, 1954 to Edward and Bertha (Standish) Miner. Kenneth…

Editor February 26, 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 — March 1, 1995 Kyle Cooper of Hopkins has been named to the…

Editor February 26, 2020

Sports

Lady ‘Cats win O-K Gold Conference bowling crown

The Wayland High School girls' varsity bowling team captured the 2019-2020 O-K Gold Conference championship this week. Freshman Kadence Bottrall finished second in the all-tournament team Wednesday. She and Isabella…

Editor February 25, 2020

Sports

Vikings clinch share of O-K Silver basketball crown

The Hopkins boys' varsity basketball team clinched a share of the O-K Silver Conference championship Tuesday night with a convincing 76-27 victory over Belding. The Vikings now are 14-5 overall…

Editor February 25, 2020