Local inventors’ network group to meet in Wayland Feb. 3
The Wayland Inventors Network will have its next meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at Vibrant Grains Restaurant, 142 S. Main St., Wayland. Registration will be from 6 to 6:30, the program will be from 6:30 to 7:30, followed by networking. The program’s focus will be on: Taking an idea from concept to fruition requires […]
Mark DeYoung elected to 2-year post as County Board Chairman
Mark DeYoung again has been elected chairman of the Allegan County Board of Commissioners. DeYoung, who represents Dorr and Leighton townships on the County Board, earned four votes to Commissioner Dean Kapenga’s three and Commissioner Don Black’s one. The election took place Jan. 15 at the board’s annual reorganizational meeting. He will serve a two-year […]
Former Hopkins football coach Steve Dragoo dies at 73
Former Hopkins High School assistant varsity football coach Steve Dragoo died Sunday in Kalamazoo. Steven David Dragoo of Benzonia was 73. Dragoo was assistant varsity football coach at Hopkins in the fall of 1973 under Jim Newell and then left the following year to become head varsity coach at Johannesburg-Lewiston. Born in Benzonia to Gaylord […]