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Clippers overcome sluggish outing at Saugatuck, 38-32

The Martin boys' basketball team pushed its overall season record to 5-9 Friday night with a 38-32 victory over Saugatuck. "I thought we really started this game with a lack…

Editor February 8, 2020

Sports

Martin’s defense keeps on cranking out hoops wins

The Martin girls' varsity basketball team Friday evening powered past Saugatuck 52-25, showcasing once again its greatest strength — defense. The Lady Clippers, who rarely give up as many as…

Editor February 8, 2020

Sports

Vikings to battle for 1st place vs. Calvin Christian

After struggling out of the gate at the start of the basketball season, Hopkins has won eight of its last nine contests and its last six in a row. As…

Editor February 8, 2020

Obituaries

Dorr’s Kuperus Dairy Farm founder dies at age 83

John Kuperus, husband, father and grandfather, died Thursday, Feb. 6. John was born in the Netherlands on July 14, 1936, and immigrated to New Jersey in 1953 where he met…

Editor February 8, 2020

Sports

‘Cats lose 56-54 heart-breaker in last seconds to TK

Wayland boys’ varsity basketball coach Chris Jasinski probably thought he had captured his first career victory Friday night, but fate dealt him and his team a cruel blow in a…

Editor February 7, 2020

Sports

Ludema, Dobry join the offensive party in TK win

Both the Wayland and Middleville Thornapple Kellogg girls’ basketball teams are having strange seasons. Wayland, coming off an awful loss in which it scored only 17 points and coach Wes…

Editor February 7, 2020

Community Notices

Hopkins FFA students win a slew of district awards

Twenty-seven members of the Hopkins FFA Chapter competed at the District Leadership Contest Jan. 30 at the Van Buren Technology Center. Some of the local students came home with medals,…

Editor February 7, 2020

Sports

League-leading TK bowlers take out ‘Cat girls, boys

The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team Wednesday afternoon absorbed its third dual match loss this season, 17-13 at the hands of Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The boys' team also lost to…

Editor February 6, 2020

Articles

Watson must come up with action plan to combat PFAs

Watson Township has until June 22 to come up with an action plan to deal with perfluorooctanoic acid, a perfluorinated carboxylic acid, or PFAs, that was discovered last fall in…

Editor February 6, 2020

Community Notices

Wayland man charged for taking, having pics of children

The Wayland Police Department has arrested a Wayland man on six counts of taking and possessing child sex abuse photos. Wayland department responded to a complainant residence in July, when…

Editor February 6, 2020