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Service will be Friday for Robert Hoffius of Hopkins

Robert C. Hoffius, age 68, died Saturday, Nov. 1. Robert worked 28 years for Keeler Brass in Grand Rapids. He spent much of his retirement supervising while his brother, Ed,…

Editor November 14, 2016

Columns

Democracy Tree: Chief O’Brien must fire officer Peters

EDITOR'S NOTE: Officers Peters Monday night announced his resignation. by Amy Kerr Hardin An Open Letter to Traverse City Police Chief Jeff O’Brien: Dear Chief O’Brien, Fire officer Michael Peters.…

Editor November 14, 2016

Sports

Avery Hudson plans to play hoops at Davenport

Wayland High School senior guard Avery Hudson (seated center, with writing instrument) has signed on to join teammate Zack Nieuwkoop to play basketball at Davenport University next year. A four-year…

Editor November 14, 2016

Sports

Jennifer Antel is middle school C-C coach of year

Wayland Middle School track and cross country coach Jennifer Antel has been selected as the Michigan Track Coaches Association (MITCA) Middle School Coach of the Year for cross country. Ms.…

Editor November 14, 2016

Columns

Monday Moanin’: House speaker is 35 and inexperienced

Term Limits: The new Michigan Speaker of the House has 4 years of experience and is 35 years old. I’m sure he’s a bright guy. But four years? Would we…

Editor November 13, 2016

Editorial

There have been ‘misogynists’ before Donald Trump

To the editor: I will try once again to add some insights, not as an attack on liberals, but as a means to quell some of the distress espoused about…

Editor November 13, 2016

Columns

Barry Hastings: To our young people and young at heart

by Larry Hamp Please, please, do not lose heart over this oh, so close, loss in the recent presidential election. As a democrat and Democrat whose roots go way back…

Editor November 13, 2016

Obituaries

St. Stan’s ‘lunch lady’ Marilyn Dolegowski passes at 81

Marilyn G. Dolegowski, age 81, of Dorr, died Saturday Nov. 12, after a brief battle with cancer at Trillium Woods in Byron Center. Marilyn was born on July 15, 1935, in…

Editor November 12, 2016

Sports

Ex-Wildcat star Mike Miklusicak gains 1,000 yards

Former Wayland High School football standout Mike Miklusicak rushed for 259 yards on 24 carries with two touchdowns to help Hope College post its sixth consecutive victory Saturday, 31-6 over…

Editor November 12, 2016

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Did Travis use unfair advantage?

I hear tell that Watson Township Supervisor-elect Kevin Travis may have used an unfair advantage in his campaign recently concluded. Travis, a Republican who defeated incumbent Democrat Pam Brown 524…

Editor November 12, 2016