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30th anniversary of ‘Year of the Clipper’ celebrated

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by Austin Marsman It's been 30 years since the golden year of Martin athletics, the 1987-88 academic year that was truly a memorable year for sports in Martin. And the community came together to celebrate it lastFriday night. In 1987, the Martin football team won a state championship in the...
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Ranger Rick: America’s rotting is not caused by guns

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In our quest to understand why Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people in Parkland, Fla., we as a nation and the media are horrified by the sudden large numbers of innocents killed by gunfire. Instead of concentrating on the reasons and motivation for the crime, the media attacks the weapon used....
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Supreme Court finally ends suit against Gun Lake Casino

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Officials at the Gun Lake Casino and of the Gun Lake Tribe of Pottawatmis are breathing a sigh of relief today. The long legal war against their existence is officially over. The Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Congress acted properly and legally when it ended a lengthy...
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Funeral for Jean Reiger will be Friday at Moline Baptist

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Genevieve "Jean" Elizabeth Reiger, 91, of Wayland, died Saturday, Feb. 24. She was born Sept. 15, 1926, in Godwin Heights, the daughter of the late Arthur J. Tower and Hannah E. (Stewart) Tower. Jean was married to Floren Merten Reiger for 59 years before his death in 2004. She was...
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Wayland vs. Otsego; Hopkins vs. Allegan Wednesday

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Otsego, which scored a huge runaway 51-22 victory over Plainwell Monday night in the girls' basketball Class B district opener, will be Wayland's semifinals opponent on the home court at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Hopkins, which finished the regular season with a 14-6 record and the O-K Silver Conference championship, will...
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Hopkins High School grad on Davenport 7th place relay team

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Kennedy Miedema of Dorr, a 2015 graduate of Hopkins High School, was a member of the Davenport University distance medley relay quartet that finished in seventh place with a time of 12:53.25 in the Great Lake Intercollegiate Athletic Association track meet last week. The squad consisted of Miedema, a junior...
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Hopkins firefighters contain woodstove blaze Saturday

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The Hopkins Area Fire Department was summoned to handle a woodstove fire in Hopkins Township Saturday, Feb. 24. When they arrived at the scene, firefighters found the structure to have fire in the first floor room and the attic space of the first and second floors of the structure. Wayland...
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Wildcat Maggie Whitney to keep on running at Aquinas

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Maggie Whitney (second from left, seated) and her coach and family members at the signing ceremony. Maggie Whitney, daughter of Rebecca and Randall Whitney, has signed her national letter of intent to continue her running career at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids. Whitney, a senior at Wayland High School, became...
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Old Clark gas station comes down at Sycamore & Main

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The old Clark gas station after. The former Clark gas station at the corner of South Main and Sycamore streets was brought down Monday after facing facing possible foreclosure. City officials have said they are reluctant to buy the property because The old Clark gas station before. of possible issues...
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Martin girls finish regular hoop season with 10-10 mark

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by Austin Marsman Martin came up up with a much bigger victory Friday in its second girls' basketball encounter this season with SAC rival Lawrence. The Lady Clippers won 55 to 33, after just one point decided their win in their last meeting earlier this season. Up 10 to 8...
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