(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr): 25 Years Ago — Feb. 12, 2001 With signs of spring approaching, the Globe published a…

It wasn’t particularly impressive, but the Hopkins girls’ basketball team registered its 10th consecutive victory of the season with a 46-37 decision at Fruitport. The Lady Vikings now own an…

Former Wayland High School bowling standout Kadence Bottrall rolled her first 300 game Tuesday in an adult sanctioned match at Station 300, Grandville Lanes. Bottrall, who rolled under Waylands head…

The Wayland Fire Department this past weekend was host to the Ice Rescue Train-the-Trainer course by Dive Rescue International. at Boot Lake. This training brought together firefighters and rescue personnel…

A funeral has been scheduled for Saturday, June 6, for Esther “Lorraine” Steines of Wayland, who died Thursday, Feb. 5. She was 97. She was born Oct. 23, 1928, on…

Screenshot Clarity Sports International has published a special examination with sketches of the National Football League (NFL) draft that will be conducted this spring. Included is a sketch of Hopkins…

Stanley Fifelski Jr., age 80 of Wayland, died Friday, Feb. 6. He is survived by his brothers and sisters, Lucy (Craig) Sell, Julianna Vittelli, Margaret Fifelski, Matt Fifelski, James (Alane)…

Glenda Schwartz, died at her home Saturday. She was 82. She was a woman who loved her family deeply and completely, hardworking, strong-willed, and compassionate—someone who always saw the best…

Tracey Keefauver Hopkins Township, the Village of Hopkins, Allegan County Sheriff’s Department and Hopkins Public Schools may agree to sharing the cost to have a full-time police officer in the…

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Sir Winston Churchill, while praising the British Air Force for holding off the German…