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Memorial mass will be Tuesday for Geraine Schmuker

April 20, 2018

Geraine Schmuker, age 76, of Wayland, formerly of Byron Center, died Friday, April 20. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Gordon Schmuker; children, Amy and Mike Hielkema, Lori and Jim Hotary, Lisa and Kevin Carlson, Beth and Paul Steffen, Matt and Erin Schmuker; grandchildren, Haleigh, Evan, Sydney,...

WHS Theatriks to do ‘I Never Saw Another Butterfly’

April 20, 2018

Wayland High School students will perform their spring play I Never Saw Another Butterfly the weekend of May 4-6 at the Fine Arts Center. The play, written by Celeste Raspanti, is a fictionalized piece about the real-life Holocaust survivor Raja Englanderova. The story takes place in the ghetto Terezin, which was...

Lady Vikings score important dual meet win at Belding

April 19, 2018

Brittney Houseman The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team came up with a huge dual meet victory Thursday afternoon at Belding by taking a 74-62 victory. The Lady Vikings bested a team they shared the O-K Silver Conference title with a year ago. It was only the second dual meet loss...

Service is Friday for Bertha Lynema, 98, of Martin

April 19, 2018

Bertha Lynema, age 98, of Martin, died Sunday, April 15. She was born March 2, 1920 in Chicago, the 13th child of Henry and Jennie Teninga’s 15 children. Bertha was named after her oldest sister, who was struck by lightning is 1914. Bertha's father worked at the Plano factory, which...

Stephen Young of Hopkins running for Congress

April 19, 2018

Stephen J. Young of Hopkins, perhaps best known politically in this area as chairman of the Allegan County Tea Party, has announced he will be a candidate for Sixth District U.S. Congress in the Aug. 7 Republican Party primary. Young is the only Republican who will be on the ballot...

Martin Schools move ahead with bus garage project

April 18, 2018

by Austin Marsman The Martin Board of Education Monday night approved bids for a $372,000 project that would build a new bus garage facility to provide more bus space and a new area for bus maintenance, allowing the district employees to complete their own repairs. Mike Hammis, project manager for the...

Two members inducted into WHS Alumni Hall of Fame

April 18, 2018

(From left) Perry Slagter, Dick Miller, Kathy Matthews, Dave Smith and Principal Tom Cutler. (Photo courtesy of Joyce Steffes) Wayland Union Schools inducted two new members into the Alumni Hall of Fame at the Scholastic Honors Night celebration April 17, Beatrice (Rairigh) Smith and Dick Miller. Bea Smith was inducted...

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

April 18, 2018

(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — April 21, 1993 Terry Sturgis, an outspoken opponent of the Martin Township Board’s ordinance to allow gravel mining on industrial property owned by Ray Brenner, is leading a petition drive to force a...

Funeral for Jack Manke, 82, is Monday at St. Stan’s

April 18, 2018

Jack Manke, 82, of Hopkins died Monday, April 16. Jack was stationed in Germany while in the U.S. Army and played in the band. He worked for 30 years for Steelcase as a hi-lo driver, retiring in 1992. The last 26 summers were spent camping at Schnable Lake with family,...

Allegan area students to continue to pressure Senator

April 17, 2018

To the editor: Allegan County students who took part in a walkout March 14 against gun violence will join a national day of grieving Friday, but this time they plan to contact state legislators rather than miss school. We will continue action and discussion on our three main fronts: gun...

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