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Hopkins girls claim 1st victory of basketball season

The Hopkins girls' basketball team registered its first victory of the season Monday night by defeating visiting Wyoming Lee 60-14. The game was a makeup of a contest snowed out…

Editor January 19, 2015

Sports

Viking boys capture 3rd consecutive hoops win

Hopkins' boys' basketball team Monday evening claimed its third straight triumph after that 0-5 start to the season, and in the process now owns a 2-0 record in the latest…

Editor January 19, 2015

Articles

City officials vote to get the ball rolling on new public safety building

The Wayland City Council Monday night agreed to pat $7,500 to In-form Architects of Kalamazoo for planning the design of a public safety building on Reno Drive near the industrial…

Editor January 19, 2015

Articles

City of Wayland voters to decide trash hauler issue in May 5 election

The City of Wayland will put to voters the question of who and how many will be a trash hauler within the city limits. Because the State Legislature has decided…

Editor January 19, 2015

Articles

Wayland may get a new Main and Superior traffic light this year

The City of Wayland has a good chance to have a new traffic light sometime this year at the intersection of Main and Superior streets downtown, but council members were…

Editor January 19, 2015

Features

Current Allegan County stray dogs:

All stray pets at the Allegan County Shelter have a short “stray hold,” waiting for their family to reclaim them. If you see your pet in this photo gallery it…

Editor January 19, 2015

Sports

WHS grad Autumn Anderson is Hope College point guard

Autumn Anderson, a 2012 graduate of Wayland High School, has taken over duties at point guard for the Hope College women's basketball team this season. Anderson, who was a standout…

Editor January 19, 2015

Coming Events

Electronic recycling offered at Dorr, Hopkins libraries through Jan. 27

Area residents can recycle their old computers (and computer accessories), batteries, electric power tools and much more for free at the Hopkins and Dorr libraries through Jan. 27. For more…

Editor January 19, 2015

Columns

The muck starts here: ‘Buckshott, Part Deux’

by Barry Hastings ‘War on Terror’ prosecution incompetent The oft repeated question of journalists and citizens today is, "What's our strategy for preventing attacks of the type we're seeing across…

Editor January 18, 2015

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: MLK’s teachings, legacy similar to those of Jesus

As the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday approaches, I submit that the way we view Dr. King has some interesting similarities with how we regard Jesus Christ. The…

Editor January 18, 2015