Editor

Winter baseball camp gets decent response from kids

New Wayland High School varsity baseball coach Rob Hamly and members of his staff put together a special winter edition of a baseball camp at Wayland High School Sunday morning…

Editor January 28, 2018

Editorial

There is a time and a place for being cheap — or not

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under…

Editor January 28, 2018

Sports

Lady Vikings 1st in O-K Silver bowling, boys now 7-2

The Hopkins girls’ varsity bowling team is 8-0-1 overall and alone atop the O-K Silver Conference standings. The boys’ team, meanwhile, is 7-2 overall after a 27-3 victory over Wyoming…

Editor January 28, 2018

Sports

Martin girls’ attempt for revenge falls short in OT

by Austin Marsman The Martin girls' basketball team Friday night set out to avenge a 48-46 loss earlier this season to Watervliet, but came up short in overtime. After four…

Editor January 27, 2018

Sports

Wildcat boys, girls suffer rough night at South Christian

It was not a good night Friday at Grand Rapids South Christian High School for the Wayland boys' and girls' varsity basketball teams. The boys lost 52-43 and their overall…

Editor January 27, 2018

Sports

Lady Vikings all alone atop Silver hoops, but boys lose

The Hopkins girls' varsity basketball team is in the driver's seat in the O-K Silver Conference championship battle. The Lady Vikings completed the first round of league competition with a…

Editor January 26, 2018

Columns

One Small Voice: When will we solve gun violence issue?

by Lynn Mandaville School shootings are part of a "crime wave" evolving in our country, says White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. (It started under the Obama administration, dontcha…

Editor January 26, 2018

Columns

Army Bob: Sean Penn running off at the mouth again

On Jan. 12 in an Op-Ed in Time magazine, Sean Penn penned: “The solution to our current divisiveness does not live in the White House. Instead, we will find unity only…

Editor January 26, 2018

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Local tax issues are complicated

“My goal is to cut government in half in 25 years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.” — Grover Norquist Columnist…

Editor January 25, 2018

Sports

Wildcats make it 3 wins in a row on the bowling lanes

The Wayland boys' varsity bowling team has been on a roll ever since it finished first in the Lowell Invitational earlier this month. The Wildcats claimed their third straight dual…

Editor January 25, 2018