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Graveside services will be Saturday for Hannelore Wyatt

Hannelore M. Wyatt, age 87, died Monday, Sept.16. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Wyatt and her parents Karl and Frieda Kiessling, daughter Donna Lee Powers, who…

Editor September 16, 2019

Columns

Yes It’s True: I didn’t pay attention, connect the dots for Martin

“Pay attention… connect the dots.” — Rules I have lived by as a community journalist. Your Honor, I hereby plead guilty with great embarrassment to failing to live by the…

Editor September 15, 2019

Columns

Introducing John Face, columnist about growing up integrated

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first in a series of columns by John Face of Albion, a white guy who is a lifelong resident of a mixed race community.…

Editor September 14, 2019

Columns

Yes It’s True: We’ll remember, but will we learn 9/11 lessons?

Was it just me, or was the publicity about the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks even more pronounced than in past years? Though recognition of the…

Editor September 14, 2019

Sports

Lady Vikings capture 3rd title in volleyball tourneys this fall

The Hopkins varsity volleyball team claimed its third tournament championship this season Saturday by winning the NorthPointe Christian Invitational. The Lady Vikings defeated the host team in the finals. Hopkins…

Editor September 14, 2019

Sports

Clippers post 2nd straight shutout, 38-0 over New Buffalo

Martin improved its season record to 3-0 Friday evening at New Buffalo with a convincing 38-0 victory. It was the Clippers' second straight shutout, coming on the heels of a…

Editor September 14, 2019

Sports

Wildcats shut out in 42-0 drubbing at GR South Christian

The Wayland High School varsity football team absorbed its third loss this season without a victory Friday night in a 42-0 drubbing at the hands of host South Christian. It…

Editor September 13, 2019

Sports

Hopkins takes big 32-6 victory over O-K Silver rival Belding

It was billed by some as an early-season showdown for the O-K Silver Conference football title, but Hopkins passed the test with flying colors by taking a surprisingly easy 32-6…

Editor September 13, 2019

Community Notices

90,000 bushels of soybeans, contaminated, deemed unfit

Soil contaminants dredged from the Kalamazoo River and grown at a Caledonia-area farm in northeast Allegan County have been determined to be contaminated and unfit for sale to the public…

Editor September 13, 2019

Sports

Lady Wildcats finish in middle of the pack at MSU invitational

The Wayland boys’ varsity cross-country team finished 36th among 39 teams Friday at the annual Michigan State University Spartan Invitational and the girls’ squad was in the middle of the…

Editor September 13, 2019