Editor

Clippers’ sweep debuts another homeless season

by Austin Marsman The Martin baseball team posted its first victories in the season opener over Potter's House Monday for the start of another "homeless" campaign. The Clippers won the…

Editor March 26, 2018

Articles

Bond project sketches shown to Wayland school board

Members of the Wayland Board of Education Monday evening saw and heard presentations from Tower Pinkster architects about plans for the sixth-grade addition to the middle school. The plans made…

Editor March 26, 2018

Sports

Zeeland East spoils WHS baseball coach’s debut

The Wayland varsity baseball team opened the season Friday with an 11-0 loss in five innings to non-conference opponent Zeeland East. The Chix erupted for 10 runs in the third…

Editor March 25, 2018

Obituaries

Funeral Thursday for Todd Lull, formerly of Hopkins

Todd Spencer Lull, 55, of Plainwell, formerly of Hopkins, died Saturday, March 24, at his home. Born May 29, 1962, in Grand Rapids, he was the son of Marrion Joyce…

Editor March 25, 2018

Columns

Will we let term-limited politicians hook us again?

"The last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it." — Rodney Dangerfield Perhaps the three most consequential political lies perpetrated on and believed by…

Editor March 24, 2018

Sports

Oregon ends hoops season for Presley Hudson, CMU

Central Michigan University's finest women's basketball season came to an end Saturday in Spokane, Wash., in the regional semifinals of the NCAA tournament. The Chippewas, seeded No. 11, lost to…

Editor March 24, 2018

Community Notices

Some area citizens join gun violence protest march

Some area citizens joined the estimated 4,000 people who took part in the "March for Our Lives" Saturday in Grand Rapids. The city was one of more than 800 sites…

Editor March 24, 2018

Obituaries

Service was held Saturday for Betty VanderMeer

Betty L. (VanHoven) VanderMeer, age 94, died Tuesday, March 20. She was a long time resident of Gun Lake, and a former owner of Shady Shores Resort. She was preceded…

Editor March 24, 2018

Columns

One Small Voice: Who are heroes, cowards in shootings?

by Lynn Mandaville A good guy with a gun. A bad guy with a gun. What do they have in common? A human being. And a lethal weapon. How shall…

Editor March 23, 2018

Editorial

Dorr Township had 2 dog and pony shows this week

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. "Dog and pony show" is a colloquial term which has come to mean a…

Editor March 23, 2018