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Lady Vikings shooting for unbeaten league dual season

If the Hopkins varsity volleyball team can get past Wyoming Lee next Wednesday, it will finish the O-K Silver Conference dual match season undefeated. The Lady Vikings lifted their league…

Editor October 17, 2019

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Oct. 19, 1994 Yankee Springs Township voters will consider four ballot proposals…

Editor October 16, 2019

Community Notices

Authorities say driver of car in Mutschler fatal was going 95

Kent County authorities are saying the driver of a car that collided with another driven by Wayland High School senior Ethan Mutschler July 12 was going as fast as 95…

Editor October 16, 2019

Community Notices

WHS math teacher adds another award to collection

Wayland High School math teacher Linda Anderson Bensyl, one of the most decorated faculty members locally, has won yet another award. She is one of only four Michigan teachers to…

Editor October 16, 2019

Community Notices

Gun Lake Casino announces $100 million expansion plans

The Gun Lake Tribe and Gun Lake Casino have released details of a $100 million expansion that officials say will bring new dining and entertainment options and additional gaming space.…

Editor October 16, 2019

Community Notices

Man, 26, wanted for crimes after meeting women at casino

A 26-year-old man is being sought for armed robbery, first-degree home invasion and felonious assault in connection with alleged crimes committed at two west Michigan casinos. Kentwood and Allegan County…

Editor October 15, 2019

Sports

Todd Henley’s return helps Hopkins to 4th in Silver meet

Hopkins senior ace cross-country runner Todd Henley finally was back in action Tuesday at the O-K Gold Conference meet and helped his team finish in fourth place. The Viking boys,…

Editor October 15, 2019

Sports

Both Wildcat cross-country teams last in O-K Gold meet

Freshman Olivia Barabas led all Wayland girls runners again, but the team finished sixth among six teams in the O-K Gold Conference cross-country meet Tuesday at Middleville Thornapple Kellogg High…

Editor October 15, 2019

Articles

Dorr Plan Commission wants public opinion on master plan

Suppose they gave an important meeting, and nobody came? That’s the nightmare scenario the Dorr Township Planning Commission wants to avoid as it begins the seemingly boring, but important process…

Editor October 15, 2019

Columns

Ranger Rick: Greta Thunberg, 16, only a pawn in their game

Greta Thunberg, a 16 year- old activist from Sweden and the darling of the Climate Change world, addressed the United Nations with a scathing and passionate speech, condemning the older…

Editor October 15, 2019