Posted inObituaries
Dorr’s Kuperus Dairy Farm founder dies at age 83
John Kuperus, husband, father and grandfather, died Thursday, Feb. 6. John was born in the Netherlands on July 14, 1936, and immigrated to New Jersey in 1953 where he met…
Posted inSports
‘Cats lose 56-54 heart-breaker in last seconds to TK
Wayland boys’ varsity basketball coach Chris Jasinski probably thought he had captured his first career victory Friday night, but fate dealt him and his team a cruel blow in a…
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Ludema, Dobry join the offensive party in TK win
Both the Wayland and Middleville Thornapple Kellogg girls’ basketball teams are having strange seasons. Wayland, coming off an awful loss in which it scored only 17 points and coach Wes…
Posted inCommunity Notices
Hopkins FFA students win a slew of district awards
Twenty-seven members of the Hopkins FFA Chapter competed at the District Leadership Contest Jan. 30 at the Van Buren Technology Center. Some of the local students came home with medals,…
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League-leading TK bowlers take out ‘Cat girls, boys
The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team Wednesday afternoon absorbed its third dual match loss this season, 17-13 at the hands of Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The boys' team also lost to…
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Watson must come up with action plan to combat PFAs
Watson Township has until June 22 to come up with an action plan to deal with perfluorooctanoic acid, a perfluorinated carboxylic acid, or PFAs, that was discovered last fall in…
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Wayland man charged for taking, having pics of children
The Wayland Police Department has arrested a Wayland man on six counts of taking and possessing child sex abuse photos. Wayland department responded to a complainant residence in July, when…
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Public meeting Feb. 13 to discuss Bradley exit project
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), in partnership with the Gun Lake Tribe, will have a public meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, to discuss a 2020-21…
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Kennedy Gill rolls 277; Hopkins d. Rockets twice
Both Hopkins boys' and girls' varsity bowling teams walked away with wins Wednesday after at Brewhouse Lanes in Dorr against Kelloggsville High School. High scores for the girls team came…
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Army Bob: About Schiffting the ownership of Alaska
by Robert M. Traxler Folks, you can’t make this stuff up. U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (Democrat-California), a House of Representative Impeachment Manager, stated on the floor of the United States…