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Martin, Gobles await girls’ hoops battle of unbeatens

January 16, 2019

Kiaya Warner Martin High School. Friday. Six bells, Be there. Aloha. A showdown between two girls' high school basketball unbeatens will be on the menu. The perennially powerful Gobles team sporting an 8-0 record will invade to take on an upstart Martin outfit that is 6-0. This is when the...

Dillon Smith rolls 2 stellar games, but Wildcats lose

January 16, 2019

Dillon Smith Dillon Smith Wednesday afternoon rolled games of 259 and 257, taking both of his points, but the Wayland boys' varsity squad dropped a 22-8 verdict to O-K Gold Conference opponent Wyoming. Smith's two-game series of 516 places him fifth in the state of Michigan in all MHSAA divisions....

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

January 16, 2019

25 Years Ago — Jan. 19, 1994 Downtown Martin in the early 20th century. A garage fire killed Clayton W. Brown, 83, next to his home on 133rd Avenue, Fire Chief Hugh DeWeerd said Brown was in his workshop in the garage, which included a wood stove. An Alberta Clipper...

Dorr Planning Commission urged to ‘Reimagine Trash’

January 15, 2019

The "Reimagine Trash" project was outlined for members of the Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening. The Kent County Department of Public Works has launched a "Reimagine Trash" project that may have a lot of impact on Dorr Township and Allegan County. Darwin Baas, director of the department, made a...

Dorr Plan Commission OKs 2 site plans, 2 rezonings

January 15, 2019

Travis Tate from Dan Vos Construction explains plans for a truck equipment business. The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday night was busy approving two site plans and two rezoning requests. Getting the green light from the commission, but still awaiting action from the Township Board were requests to rezone a...

Ranger Rick: Armageddon is almost upon us!

January 15, 2019

I was reading an article today (Monday, Jan. 14) about the caldera under Yellowstone and the uprising of magma slowly coming to the surface. Evidently, there have been more and more geysers being created and of the known ones, they are more active than ever. So does that mean the...

Vikings, Lady Vikings beat Lee by identical 27-3 scores

January 14, 2019

(From left) Brenden Gossman, Kennedy Gill and Jonathan Ryan. Both the Hopkins boys' and girls' bowling teams Monday afternoon defeated Wyoming Lee by identical 27-3 scores at Park Center Lanes. The boys started fast by winning both Baker games, the first 178-172 and the second 204-152. The Vikings took four...

Lady Wildcats’ gutsy, heroic bowling pulls out victory

January 14, 2019

The Wayland boys' varsity bowling team fell quickly behind South Christian Monday afternoon and eventually fell to the Sailors, 21-9. However, the Wayland girls pulled out an 18-12 decision. For the Lady Wildcats, Baker game one ended with a tie, but they jumped out to a quick start in Baker...

Meet the four finalists for police chief in Wayland

January 14, 2019

The four finalists for the City of Wayland police chief's job gathered for an informal "meet and greet" session with the public at the Jayda Gale Distillery downtown Monday evening. The four are (from left) Brian Berg, Eric Speese, John Neph and Mark Garnsey. The selected man will succeed Steven...

Hopkins Township buys land to expand cemetery

January 14, 2019

The Hopkins Township Board unanimously adopted a resolution Monday night to purchase a one-acre parcel east on 22nd Street to accommodate expansion of Lakeview Cemetery. The township has agreed to a $7,000 purchase price from the seller and landowner, Shrock. "We've been talking about this for a long time," said...

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