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The Subterranean: ‘Lucky’ is a slow, satisfying end journey
A review of Lucky ****1/2 out of five stars Currently in limited release by Walter G. Tarrow A raw, honest and bittersweet portrait of the loner as a very old…
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Referendum on Leighton air park is not a good idea
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor I hear tell the group of citizens opposing the air park in Leighton Township…
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Former Leighton Twp. Supervisor Dar VanderArk dies
Former Leighton Township Supervisor Darwin "Dar" VanderArk, aged 71, of Moline, died of cancer Saturday, Oct. 21. Dar served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was described by…
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Lady Wildcats place 18th in Division 3 state golf meet
The Wayland girls’ golf team placed 18th in the Division 3 state meet Friday and Saturday at the Forest Akers West Golf Course on the campus of Michigan State University.…
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Clippers lose 29-18 to Lawton in final game of season
by Austin Marsman Martin wrapped up its football season with a tough 29 to 18 loss Friday night at Lawton. It appeared as though the Clippers had momentum at intermission with a 12-7 advantage…
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Vikings lose season finale to undefeated Kelloggsville
The Hopkins High School varsity football team concluded its season Friday night with a 4-5 overall record. The Vikings lost 34-14 to undefeated Kelloggsville and it was noted that all…
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Rylee Cronkright is runner-up at Allegan County meet
Wayland girls finished fourth and Hopkins fifth Friday afternoon in the annual Allegan County cross-country meet at the Martin Motor Sports Park. Otsego was the county champion in the girls’…
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Of Wildcats’ 5 straight losses, 4 were to playoff teams
Wayland was 3-1 in Week 4 of the football season and lost five in a row to finish at 3-6. But four of the five losses were to playoff teams,…
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Funeral Monday for lifetime Hopkins man Harvey Hazen
Harvey G. Hazen, age 92, died, Wednesday, Oct. 18. Harvey grew up on a farm in Hopkins and celebrated 51 years of marriage to Eleanor Goeree. They raised three children. They…
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Basura: Trump’s call to Sgt. Johnson’s widow ‘oafish’
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This isn’t what I wanted to be writing. I had in mind something about coaching youth soccer at an elementary school. Maybe that’ll still happen. But I can’t…