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Former Hopkins woman Joyce Schmidt dies in Fla.

Joyce Schmidt of North Fort Myers, Fla., formerly of Hopkins, died her home. She was 94. She is survived by six children and their spouses, Roberta Palmer, Karen Kornoelje, David…

Editor May 27, 2020

Community Notices

Gun Lake Casino set to reopen Monday, June 8

The Gun Lake Casino and six other Michigan tribal casinos are planning to open before Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home order expires June 12. “Just as the state consults health professionals…

Editor May 26, 2020

Sports

Hopkins’ Kennedy Gill joins all-state D-3 bowling team

Hopkins High School junior Kennedy Gill has been selected to the all-state bowling team for Division 3. Gill, who once rolled a sizzling 277 in one game last winter, was…

Editor May 26, 2020

Community Notices

Schaendorf Cattle Co. now selling local ground beef

The Town & Country Market on 124th Street and Patterson in Shelbyville today welcomed local ground beef from the Schaendorf Cattle Co. of Hopkins. Because of many recent reports of…

Editor May 26, 2020

Columns

Ranger Rick: We shouldn’t be scared of no COVID-19

What is it now, nine weeks of stay at home order under way and to continue until June 12 (so far).? The governor has redone those orders how many times…

Editor May 26, 2020

Obituaries

Longtime Wayland DPW employee Jim Bush dies

James (Jim) Bush, age 58, died Thursday, May 21. Jim was a member of the Saladin Shriners and the Wayland VFW Men's Auxiliary. He worked at the Department of Public…

Editor May 26, 2020

Columns

Ramblin’ Road: On losing momentoes, not memories

by Phyllis McCrossin I was recently asked how to get ready for a life on the road. There a multitude of things that have to be done – the legal…

Editor May 25, 2020

Columns

Grandma’s Texas Sheet Cake, teaching fractions

by Kathy Hamman Miller This recipe can help the grandchildren understand fractions and their value in knowing how to deal with them in everday life tasks: Grandma's Texas Sheet Cake…

Editor May 25, 2020

Columns

Mark Wakeman: 55 years ago, Gettysburg Address

On Memorial Day weekend in 1965, I was asked by Village President Phillip Reno to to deliver The Gettysburg Address at a small ceremony in our town's cemetery following a…

Editor May 25, 2020

Obituaries

Former Martin man Jim Boss dies in New Mexico

James "Jim" Philip Boss, age 85, died Monday, May 18, in Albuquerque, N.M. He was born in Belding on Oct. 16, 1934, to Hugh and Hope Boss, attended Belding High,…

Editor May 23, 2020