Editor

Local winter sports seasons to get under way this week

Winter sports contests will get under way later this week for Hopkins, Martin and Wayland high schools. The earliest games will take place Tuesday event at 7 p.m. when the…

Editor December 2, 2019

Articles

Kristin Engel sworn in as interim Wayland City Clerk

Kristin Engel was sworn in by Mayor Tim Bala Monday evening at City Hall as new interim city clerk. Engel, who was working in City Hall as a utilities billing…

Editor December 2, 2019

Features

Steeby Elementary teacher wins voucher to book shop

Danielle Purlee, a third grade teacher at Steeby Elementary, is one of 18 teachers who has earned a $500 voucher from Grand Valley State University to shop for books at…

Editor December 2, 2019

Sports

For the Bottralls, the family that bowls together…

Kadence Bottrall and her father, Eric, bowled together in the GLJGT Adult-Youth Tournament in Jackson last weekend. Eric, head girls' coach at Wayland High School, said, "It didn’t start out very…

Editor December 2, 2019

Columns

One Small Voice: A holiday meditation on ‘Helping’ poem

One of my favorite poems was penned by the renowned children’s writer Shel Silverstein. This poem, called Helping, from Silverstein’s 1974 collection called Where The Sidewalk Ends, goes like this:…

Editor November 30, 2019

Editorial

Brian Boot should resign Dorr Plan Commission seat

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. It is with a heavy heart I pen this opinion piece. Unlike today’s Republican…

Editor November 29, 2019

Columns

Army Bob: So where’s the ‘watchdog’ media in impeachment?

by Robert M. Traxler Mark Levin said Thursday that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., had awakened the "sleeping giant" of the American people by leading impeachment proceedings against…

Editor November 28, 2019

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. 30, 1994 Martha Thomas, 83, of Wyoming, was struck by a…

Editor November 27, 2019

Community Notices

Hopkins students qualify for state HOSA competition

Allegan Tech Center Health program students from Hopkins who competed in the Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) regional competition Nov. 22 Lily Clark - Health Career Display, Taylor Augustine…

Editor November 27, 2019

Community Notices

Allegan County now offers Smart 9-1-1 info service

Smart911 is now available to all individuals in Allegan County. Smart911 is a free service that allows individuals and families to sign up online to provide key information to 9-1-1…

Editor November 26, 2019