Posted inObituaries
Service is Tuesday for longtime Hopkins businessman
Trayton Spencer Lull, 82, died Friday, Aug. 18, at his home in Hopkins. Born Nov. 13, 1934, in Grand Rapids, he was the son of Melvin Spencer Lull and Margaret Miller…
Posted inSports
Lady Wildcats, 1st-ever Martin team highlight Wayland Invite
The annual Wayland High School Cross-Country Invitational Friday afternoon revealed a couple of startling developments. One was historic, as Martin showed up with a boys’ team for the first time…
Posted inEditorial
I remember Congressman Vern Ehlers, perhaps too well
I knew Third District Congressman Vern Ehlers, who died earlier this week, and as Jeff Smith of the Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID) so insightfully wrote, "In the past few…
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Army Bob: Our longest war is vs. Islamic fundamentalism
by Robert M. Traxler The history of the United States is a path we must travel to understand our present-day view of the world. Folks in the news business will…
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Mass of Christian Burial is Monday for Dorothy Budinger
Dorothy Dorothy Ann Budinger, age 72, of Wayland, formerly of Kentwood, died Wednesday, Aug. 16. She had moved to Maplewood of Sandy Creek in Wayland five years ago. Dorothy is…
Posted inCommunity Notices
Sheriff praises life-saving efforts in fatal traffic crash
Allegan County Sheriff Frank Baker publicly lauded several local public safety officers for their roles in helping to save one life the the fatal wrong-way traffic accident last weekend on…
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Retirement leaves opening on Martin School Board
By Austin Marsman Martin Board of Education Trustee Sarah Brenner has decided to retire after eight years of service. Last elected in November 2014, her term was set to end on…
Posted inCommunity Notices
Gun Lake Tribe electronic recycling event offered Aug. 24
The Gun Lake Tribe has announced the date of its next electronics recycling event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday Aug. 24, at the Tribe’s Government Campus headquarters near…
Posted inColumns
Yes It Is, It’s True: Baseball has taught us political lessons
Baseball has has taught me interesting lessons about politics: That a democratic system, the will of the people, can err badly in judgment, especially when people are ignorant, don’t pay…
Posted inColumns
One Small Voice: Should we save Confederate monuments?
by Lynn Mandaville In our house we are having the same discussion that most every family in the nation is having. The subject is Confederate monuments, and whether or not…