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Clipper softball team off to 4-0 start with good pitching

by Austin Marsman Martin's softball squad is off to a fast start with four consecutive victories. The Lady Clippers, behind some nifty pitching from senior Sophia Shettler, swept a doubleheader…

Editor March 31, 2018

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: I met Tea Party forerunner in 1980

Though I didn't know it at the time, my first encounter with what later would evolve into the Tea Party occurred during my first year as an editor, in 1980.…

Editor March 30, 2018

Community Notices

U.S.-131 NB traffic slowed to a crawl by overpass repair

Wayland Union Schools Director of Instruction Teresa Fulk reported on Facebook today that northbound U.S.-131 traffic was slowed to a crawl because crews were working on the overpass at 100th…

Editor March 30, 2018

Sports

Lady Viking Meghan Schulz is 2nd team all-state pick

Hopkins High School senior Meghan Schulz has been named to the second unit of the Associated Press Division 2 All-State Basketball team. Schulz averaged a double-double for the Vikings with…

Editor March 30, 2018

Community Notices

First 4 Wayland Early College program students named

Four Wayland High School students were welcomed as the first group into the Early College of Allegan County program. The current sophomores will begin the three-year program in the fall…

Editor March 29, 2018

Columns

Army Bob: Get to know the weapons you want to ban

by Robert M. Traxler To quote a friend of mine, “No one should be allowed to own an AK-47.” This begs the question, what is an AK-47? Ask most folks…

Editor March 29, 2018

Community Notices

Dr. Garnet Lewis to seek 26th District state senate seat

Former State Reps. Bob Genetski and Aric Nesbitt, both Republicans, will be joined by Democrat Dr. Garnet Lewis in the race for 26th District State Senator. The district takes in…

Editor March 29, 2018

Community Notices

Santino DiCesare returns to WHS as athletic director

Santino Di Cesare, a 2010 graduate of Wayland High School, is returning to his alma mater as the new athletic director and assistant principal (ninth grade. Di Cesare previously was…

Editor March 29, 2018

Sports

Viking tracksters open season at Wendy’s Classic meet

Hopkins junior Emma Helder turned in the most successful individual performance Tuesday at the Wendy’s Classic Track Invitational that featured 18 boys’ and girls’ teams. Helder crossed the finish line…

Editor March 29, 2018

Columns

The Subterranean: Two Damon films don’t meet expectations

“I find my life is easier the lower I keep my expectations.” — Bill Watterson (cartoonist, Calvin and Hobbes by Walter G. Tarrow (Reviews of Suburbicon and Downsizing) Both ** out…

Editor March 29, 2018