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Hopkins Hall of Fame coach Mick Francis battles cancer

Longtime Hopkins High School football and softball coach Mick Francis is in the fight for his life after diagnosis last January of an advanced stage of cancer. Francis, who was…

Editor June 14, 2018

Articles

Martin reporter praised for helping move along issue

Martin Township Supervisor Glenn Leep praised Townbroadcast reporter and recent Martin High School graduate Austin Marsman for his role in moving a local land use issue forward. Leep said Mansman…

Editor June 14, 2018

Obituaries

Funeral June 23 for Steve McMullin, 49, of Hopkins

Steven M. McMullin, 49, of Hopkins, died Sunday, June 9, after a short battle with cancer. Steve will be remembered by his wife and best friend, Mindy and their two…

Editor June 14, 2018

Features

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

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — June 16, 1993 Yankee Springs Township has announced it has a lot…

Editor June 13, 2018

Columns

The Subterranean: When ‘Taxi Driver’ goes to church

Review of First Reformed **** out of five stars (Currently showing at the Celebration! Cinema Grand Rapids Woodland) Paul Schrader, the writer/director from Grand Rapids, has been making movies since…

Editor June 12, 2018

Community Notices

City unhappy with Wayland Family Dentistry’s sign

Wayland City officials are starting to get a bit impatient with Robinson Dental Care over a sign on West Superior Street in front of Wayland Family Dentistry. The structure is…

Editor June 12, 2018

Articles

Wayland schools give Plan Commission courtesy call

Representatives from the Wayland Union Schools Tuesday evening presented the City of Wayland Planning Commission with a courtesy explanation of work being done on the tennis courts behind the high…

Editor June 12, 2018

Columns

Army Bob: Why would Kim, N. Korea give up nukes?

President Trump was in Singapore along with Chairman Kim, the Dear Leader of North Korea, to discuss the elimination of North Korean nukes, some 2 to 40 depending on the…

Editor June 12, 2018

Obituaries

Service slated for Thursday for Betty VerBeek of Dorr

Betty J. VerBeek, age 87, of Dorr, died Sunday, June 10. Betty will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 65 years, Corwin; children, Calvin (Sandy) VerBeek, Bonnie VerBeek, Marcia…

Editor June 12, 2018

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Elegy for my dearly departed Prius

A creepy thing happened on my way home from a Watson Township Board meeting Thursday night — my 2005 Prius crashed head-on into a deer on 18th Street. I learned…

Editor June 11, 2018