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Services scheduled for North Dorr native Modesta Stein
Modesta M. Stein, a native of North Dorr, died Sunday in Wabash, Ind. She was born Sept. 12, 1933, in North Dorr, to Frank and Elizabeth (Miller) Pitsch. Modesta was…
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Service will be Friday for Martin native Gordon Brewer
Martin native Gordon Brewer, 92, of Holland, died Sunday, April 17. Gordon was born May 22, 1923, in Kalamazoo, to Robert and Helen (Gordon) Brewer. He grew up in Martin…
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Lady Vikings blow out Kelloggsville in Silver opener
The Hopkins girls' varsity softball team opened O-K Silver Conference play this season with a powerful 15-0 blasting of Wyoming Kelloggsville Monday in a game that lasted only three innings…
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Schools’ facilities needs hearing may be as early as June 6
The Wayland Board of Education may have a public hearing on future facilities needs as early as Monday, June 6. The board earlier this year scrapped plans to have a…
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Wayland, Hopkins have 4 school board seats open, Martin 2
Wayland Board of Education President Tom Salingue announced Monday evening that the deadline for anyone interested in running for a school board seat has until July 26. School board elections…
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Lady Vikings take 2 of 3 in Comstock Park softball invite
The Hopkins girls’ varsity softball team took two of three encounters Saturday at the Comstock Park Invitational to run its overall season record to 7-2. The Lady Vikings defeated the…
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Monday Moanin’: Testing -1-2-3. More testing? Or no more testing?
From the blog of Mister Journalism: Reading, Sharing, Discussing, Learning By Jeff Salisbury https://misterjournalism.wordpress.com/ Three of my four grandchildren are high school-age – 9th, 10th and 11th graders – and…
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Lady Wildcats blank Byron Center 4-0 in home opener
The Lady Wildcats soccer team kicked off its home schedule Saturday morning with a big 4-0 win against Byron Center. "The home team dominated the game from start to finish,…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: The end for historical hamlet of Hilliards?
The news of the abrupt closure of the Hilliards Corner Lounge, coming on the heels of the shuttering of the iconic Hilliards General Store has prompted some to call the…
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The Muck Starts Here: They’re in the outhouse now…
by Barry Hastings , . . , (with apologies to Hank Williams Sr.). The (once) great political party of Abe Lincoln is rapidly becoming the laughing-stock, not only of America,…