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Ranger Rick: You can buy love if you get yourself a pup
“He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of…
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Lady Vikings lose 2-1 on walkoff hit in bottom of 7th
The Hopkins softball team suffered a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to perennial O-K Silver Conference champion Calvin Christian Monday. The Squires scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh…
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Vikings hang on to blank Calvin Christian, 3-0
Hopkins scored three runs in the first inning Monday and was able to hang on the rest of the way to post a 3-0 victory over O-K Silver Conference rival…
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Gun Lake Tribal Elder Margaret Sipkema passes at 84
Margaret Marie (Sprague) Sipkema, age 84 of Moline, died Monday, May 9. Margaret was a proud Gun Lake Tribal Elder. She was politically active in the Democratic Party in Allegan…
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Mass of Christian Burial planned for Jake Koperski, 26
Jacob Vincent Koperski died at home unexpectedly Sunday, May 8, with his family at his side. He was 26. Jake attended school since he was a year old and for…
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Lady Wildcats split 3 Comstock Park Invitational games
The Wayland varsity girls soccer team won one, lost one and tied one in its three encounters Saturday at the Comstock Park Invitational. The morning began with a rematch with…
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Hopkins Township to contribute $1,000 to hall of fame
The Hopkins Township Board Monday voted 3-2 to make a one-time $1,000 contribution to a proposed Hopkins High School Athletic Hall of Fame. The move came after Township Supervisor Mark…
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Three ex-Lady Wildcats have roles in Davenport’s trophy
The former Lady Wildcats (from left) Mallory Teunissen, Haley Obetts and Samantha Merren hold the trophy after the Davenport University softball team won the championship in the Wolverine-Hoosier Conference. Teunissen…
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Local school teachers’ pay lower than state average
Teachers in all three local school districts are paid below the state average, which has declined for four years in a row. Julie Mack, in an MLive story published Monday,…
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Lady Vikings lose in finals at Allendale Invitational
The Hopkins softball team last week defeated Godwin 18-2, but lost to Allendale 11-4 Saturday in the finals of the Allendale Invitational. The Lady Vikings played three times on Saturday,…