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WHS Theatrix to do ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’

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The Wayland Theatrix will present William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 3, 5 and 5, at the Wayland High School Fine Arts Center. Both performances Friday and Saturday evenings will commence at 7 p.m. The Sunday show will be a matinee, beginning at 3 p.m....
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Columns

Army Bob: Seven Summits climber deserves a salute

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by Robert M. Traxler An article in Stars and Stripes 2 April reported “(Kirstie (first name not in quote) Ennis followed her parents' footsteps — both Marines — and enlisted at 17 years old. Four years later in Afghanistan, while on a mission as a helicopter gunner to pick up...
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Presley Hudson to try out with WNBA’s Seattle Storm

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Wayland High School graduate Presley Hudson has officially accepted a training camp invite from the WNBA's Seattle Storm. She'll head to camp in early May to compete for a roster spot. Hudson, an all-stater while at Wayland, finished her senior season at Central Michigan University as national champion in three-point...
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Award-winning author to visit Leighton library April 24

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The Leighton Township Library will welcome author Lee Zacharias for a presentation at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24. The Michigan Notable Book Award-winning writer of "Across the Great Lake," Zacharias is visiting the Leighton library as one of the stops on her speaking tour. She is flying in from her...
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Cory Ainsworth signs to play hoops at Cornerstone

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Wayland High School basketball standout Cory Ainsworth, shown here with family members, including his sister, Stephanie, a sophomore on the girls' varsity, has signed to play next year at Cornerstone University. Wayland has had a relationship with the neighbors to the north and east, with Carter Nyp playing his freshman...
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Wildcat boys open track season with 2 dual wins

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Corrina Courser The Wayland boys’ varsity track team posted two dual meet victories Wednesday in its season opener against O-K Gold Conference rivals Forest Hills Eastern 83.33-52.66 and East Grand Rapids 71-65. The Lady Wildcats lost their dual encounters at the same time, 90.66-43.33 to EGR and FHE 103-34. In...
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Sports

Madelyn Schans tosses softball no-hitter at Godwin

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Junior Madelyn Schans tossed a no-hitter Monday for the Hopkins softball team in a 16-0 victory over Godwin. The Lady Vikings got things moving in the first inning, when Schans singled on a 3-2 count, scoring one run. Hopkins scored six runs in the seventh inning. Kaitlin Bluhm, Hannah Wubben, Haleigh Miller...
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Vikings beat Godwin by three touchdowns, 20-0

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Brenden Gossman Tyler Zomerlei No, it wasn’t a football game. And no, it wasn’t Brenden Gossman on the bowling lanes. What it was Wednesday was Hopkins defeated Wyoming Godwin Heights 20-0, with Gossman getting the pitching victory by hurling three scoreless innings, allowing just two hits, walking none and striking...
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Vikings blend old and new tracksters in 2 victories

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Todd Henley The Hopkins boys’ and girls’ track teams continue to impress, as they both improved their O-K Silver Conference dual meet records to 2-0 Tuesday with triumphs over visiting NorthPointe Christian. The boys won handily, 92-45, and the girls’ victory was even more of a runaway, 99-24. The boys...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — April 18, 1994 The Great Fire of the summer of 1965, which destroyed Herb Chevrolet and Mutschler Electric on North Main. The Globe published a special edition highlighting recycling and waste removal....
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