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One Small Voice: Shame on promoting voting distrust
by Lynn Mandaville Though election day in the United States is still more than a week away, last week Friday was voting day for us in the Mandaville household. Our…
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Pumpkin Crisp is a nice break with fall tradition
by Kathy Hamman Miller It’s fall y’all, and pumpkin season! I broke with tradition of making pumpkin pies and tried something different with this newly found fall favorite dessert. Pumpkin…
Posted inSports
Vikings, Clippers qualify for post-season grid playoffs
Hopkins and Martin football teams both will take part in the post-season playoffs this Friday evening. Martin will take its 7-2 record against another squad that went 7-2 in eight-man…
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Hopkins wins O-K Silver Conference volleyball title
Seniors Mady Weber (left) and Corrie Wisser hold the trophy. The Hopkins varsity volleyball squad Saturday captured the O-K Silver Conference championship by winning the league tournament at Cornerstone University…
Posted inEditorial
Picks ‘n pans: 3 proposals, county board, state offices
DEAR READERS: You have every right to say I’m just one man expressing his opinion and nobody appointed me arbiter of issues and candidates for the Nov. 8 general election.…
Posted inObituaries
Shelbyville native Kenny Washburn dies at age 81
Shelbyville native Kenneth Duane Washburn died Wednesday, Oct. 12. He was 81. Born on March 28, 1941, in Shelbyville, Kenny was blessed with almost 32 years of a loving marriage…
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Hopkins still has hopes for playoffs; ‘Cats’ season ends
In the battle for the O-K Silver Conference football championship Friday night, Belding prevailed 36-14 over a determined Hopkins outfit. Meanwhile, Wayland became the fifth consecutive victim of a streaking…
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Wildcat boys 2nd again, this time at county meet
The Wayland boys’ varsity cross-country team claimed its customary runner-up slot Friday afternoon at the Allegan County meet at Martin U.S-131 Motorsports Park, The Hopkins girls took third and Wayland…
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Funeral is Wednesday for 100-year-old Ann P. Wells
Ann P. Wells, age 100, of Martin, died Tuesday, Oct. 18 Born in December 1921, the daughter of Jacob and Anna (Siegfried) Rickli, Ann graduated from Martin High School in…
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U-M Health Center going in next door to United Bank
The United Bank team and City of Wayland leaders are welcoming our new neighbors, University of Michigan Health-West, in its expansion to better serve the Wayland community. The new UMH-West…