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O-K Silver track meet moved to Monday at Belding

The O-K Silver Conference track meet has been rescheduled and moved, and Hopkins has no interest in a repeat of last year’s competition. The league meet originally was scheduled for…

Editor May 11, 2018

Columns

Army Bob: Are all corporations and advertising bad?

by Robert M. Traxler Most good folks have worked for a corporation in their lives. Most folks have purchased an item advertised in one of the many advertising sources in…

Editor May 11, 2018

Sports

Lady Wildcats post 5-0 shutout vs. neighborhood rival

Wayland defeated neighborhood rival Hopkins 5-0 Thursday in a non-conference girls' soccer matchup.The Wildcats, playing in their third game of the week, "put together arguably their best performance of the…

Editor May 11, 2018

Sports

Lady Wildcats fall 4-1 to state-ranked Byron Center

The Wayland varsity softball team Thursday lost 4-1 to Division 1 state-ranked Byron Center in a non-conference matchup. The contest was knotted at 1-1 for six innings until the Bulldogs…

Editor May 11, 2018

Community Notices

Hopkins Concert Choir earns division 2 rating at state

The Hopkins High School Concert Choir earned a second division rating at the State Choral Festival May 8 at Hope College. The choir performed three choral pieces for a number…

Editor May 11, 2018

Obituaries

Burial service at Jijak Camp for Nimkee Anquet, 58

Philip Milton Francisco, Nimkee Anquet (Thunder Cloud), 58, of Portage, died Wednesday, May 8, at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo. Born June 3, 1959, in Sisseton, SD, he was the…

Editor May 11, 2018

Community Notices

Hopkins FFA selling perennials, plan chicken BBQ

The annual Hopkins FFA Perennials Sale is taking place today and Saturday at the downtown park in the village. Included are plants for shade, orange pots and black pots. The…

Editor May 11, 2018

Obituaries

Bette Dutkiewicz Mongold, formerly of Dorr, dies at 77

Mary “Bette” Mongold, age 77, formerly of Dorr, died Wednesday, May 9. She is survived by her longtime friends, Ken (Lynn), Ginger; sister-in-law, Rusty Dutkiewicz; brother-in-law, Rex Mongold; the Patin…

Editor May 11, 2018

Obituaries

Howard Thomas service is at United Church of Wayland

Howard Thomas, a 1969 graduate of Wayland High School and son of former Wayland Supt. James Thomas, has died of cardiac arrest. Thomas, who lived in Grand Rapids and was…

Editor May 10, 2018

Sports

Lady Vikings lose 5-4 to Zeeland East in bottom of 7th

The Hopkins varsity softball team stepped outside of conference play Thursday and dropped a walk-off heartbreaker, 5-4. The Lady Vikings scored all four of their runs with a huge rally…

Editor May 10, 2018