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Thirteen Hopkins band students qualify for state fest

Thirteen Hopkins High School band students qualified for the State Solo and Ensemble Festival March 17 by earning Division 1 ratings at the District Solo and Ensemble Festival Saturday at…

Editor February 13, 2018

Community Notices

Hopkins FFA members advance to regional competition

Hopkins FFA members participated in the district leadership contests at VanBuren Technology Center Feb. 1. Students participated in various public speaking contests, job interview, demonstration, agricultural issues and conduct…

Editor February 13, 2018

Columns

Ranger Rick: Recreation trail is too costly for Wayland

I notice all the talk lately about a walking, running, and biking trail from Kalamazoo to Grand Rapids. Most people encouraging its creation cite more exercise, fresh air, and tourism…

Editor February 13, 2018

Obituaries

Gathering Thursday to honor the late Jean Thompson

Jean R. (Mc Carthy) Thompson, age 83, of Shelbyville, died Sunday, Feb. 11. Jean will be remembered for her smile and her passion for the Detroit Tigers, tennis, animals and…

Editor February 13, 2018

Sports

Hopkins bowlers are hot, but Wayland boys are not

The Hopkins boys’ and girls’ bowling teams are hot, but the Wayland boys are not. Hopkins boys beat Kelloggsville 23-7 Monday, avenging one of their two losses in the O-K…

Editor February 12, 2018

Community Notices

Car crosses center line into ditch in Martin Township

by Austin Marsman Crews were dispatched around 8:30 Monday night to Second Street near 122nd Avenue in Martin Township, where a car had left the road and slid into a ditch.…

Editor February 12, 2018

Articles

Healthy fund balance covers Hopkins Twp. shortfall

The Hopkins Township Board next month plans to adopt the 2018-19 fiscal year budget with about a $48,000 shortfall of revenue against expenditures. The deficit will be made up easily…

Editor February 12, 2018

Obituaries

Funeral will be Saturday for Martin Trustee Jim Brenner

Jim Brenner, who has been a trustee on the Martin Township Board for more than three decades, died Sunday. He was 67. A Shelbyville area farmer for many years, he…

Editor February 12, 2018

Sports

Clipper wrestlers win medals at district tournament

by Austin Marsman Martin wrestlers Payton Hunt, Jacob Robinson and Carsen Young placed at the Class D individual wrestling district tournament Saturday at Bloomingdale. Senior Payton Hunt was District Champion…

Editor February 11, 2018

Sports

WHS grad battling cancer honored at hockey game

Bob Meconis, a 1966 graduate of Wayland High School and longtime booster of Wildcat athletics, was given the honor Saturday night of dropping the puck for the Byron Center-Wayland combined…

Editor February 11, 2018