Community Notices

The Hopkins High School equestrian team earned several awards this fall during its season. Hopkins was Reserve Champion (runner-up) for District 19, Reserve Champion for Region A and Reserve Champion…

The teen-ager who was killed last Thursday in a Barry County traffic crash was the brother of a Hopkins woman and a GoFundMe page has been established for his family.…

Widespread cell phone and Internet outages have been reported in northeast Allegan County Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Allegan County Sheriff’s Department posted on Facebook information that fiber had been cut, negatively…

The Leighton Township Fire Department, along with Dorr, Yankee Springs and Wayland Ladder No. 1 are currently working a silo fire at Moline Mill. Further details are not available yet.

The family of Frank Sprague, 57, has announced that he has been found safe and alive Sunday after a frantic community search. Sprague failed to show up Saturday for a…

The family of Frank Sprague, 57, is asking for the public's help in locating the local man who was last seen Friday night at the Gun Lake Casino. If you…

A ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Seven Generations recreational park in Watson Township was held Saturday morning at the corner of M-222 and 16th Street. Local politicians showed in…

Martin Hardware will begin a store closing Monday, Oct. 31, after being in business for 70 years. The downtown Martin business was founded by former Fire Chief Everett “Gil” Gilson…

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a $1 billion grant for school districts across the country to purchase electric (or clean) school buses – and Hopkins is one of 25…

A Jenison man who worked as a tech employee for Wayland Union schools now faces federal as well as state charges of producing and sharing child pornography. Michael John Batt,…