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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

Sports

WHS bowler Marissa BruinsSlot to roll for Midland

Wayland High School bowling standout Marissa BruinsSlot has signed her intent to attend Midland University in Nebraska and roll for her former Wayland High School coach, Bill Holbrook (left). A…

Editor March 29, 2018

Features

WHS sends 38 students to PALs conference March 23

Thirty-eight Wayland High School students from the PALs program attended the 27th annual PALs conference at Gun Lake Community Church March 23 to learn more about mental health issues and…

Editor March 29, 2018

Features

Martin ‘Hygiene for Humanity’ drive fills local food pantry

by Austin Marsman The Martin High School National Honor Society sponsored a "Hygiene for Humanity" drive last week to benefit the Martin United Methodist Church food bank. Students were encouraged…

Editor March 29, 2018