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Many memories made at 165th Allegan County Fair
The 165th annual Allegan County Fair just wrapped up another successful week. Allegan has a reputation of being host for one of the best fairs in Michigan and boasts of…
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Basura: Continuing my search for the perfect mushroom
EDITOR'S NOTE: My long-time trout fishing companion Jim Wasserman has agreed to take Basura and his wife mushroom hunting this weekend at an undisclosed West Michigan location. We have plans to…
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Clippers suffer bruising 35-0 shutout loss to Coloma
by Austin Marsman Coloma pinned a 35-0 defeat on Martin Friday to drop its overall season record to 2-2. The Clippers knew, heading into the showdown, that it would be…
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Wildcats pull out 20-16 thriller at Wyoming to go 3-1 overall
Wayland came from behind with one minute left in the ballgame to grab a thrilling victory on the road against Wyoming, 20-16. The victory lifted the Wildcats' overall season record to…
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Vikings dare to be great, but fall short vs. Godwin, 41-27
Hopkins dared to be great on a couple of occasions Friday night against an explosive and undefeated Wyoming Godwin Heights football team. Though they put a scare into their visitors,…
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Lady Wildcats place 8th at MSU cross invitational
The Wayland girls' cross-country team finished eighth as a team Friday among 35 girls' teams in the Michigan State Spartan Invitational at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing.…
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Lady Vikings let Northpointe come from behind, lose 3-2
The Hopkins varsity volleyball team Thursday lost a tough five-set match to North Pointe Christian, 3-2. The loss dropped the Lady Vikings to 1-1 in the O-K Silver Conference and…
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Army Bob: Radical Islamists perceived as winning war
“Vast new intelligence haul fuels next phase of fight against Islamic State:” Los Angeles Times. The headline introduces a story that this column has predicted for many years now. The caliphate in Syria…
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Leighton Twp., Library Boards still working on contract
The Leighton Township Board and District Library Board still have not come to complete agreement on how utility and maintenance expenses will be handled for the two adjacent buildings. Disagreements…
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One Small Voice: Technology makes our lives an open book
When do we learn the concept of privacy? I think for me, a child of the 1950s, it wasn't something introduced very early. I think I absorbed it over time. I…