March 2015 – Page 13

WHS Odyssey of the Mind team qualifies for state March 21

March 11, 2015

One of Wayland High School's Odyssey of the Mind has qualified for the state tournament at Middleville Thornapple Kellogg High School Saturday, March 21. The teams were coached by math instructor Steve Harcourt. The team, shown presenting its project at regionals last month, consists of Maggie Anderson, Victoria Poirier, Trenton...

Father of 1 of victims arrested in Dorr Twp. triple homicide

March 11, 2015

Authorities now are saying they believe the three victims of a mobile home fire in Dorr Township Tuesday were shot and killed befre the blaze was started. Corey Lee LaValley, 34, was arrested Tuesday night in connection with the deaths of the three victims. Allegan County Sheriff’s detectives took LaValley...

Wayland Christian Reformed Church expansion plans OK’d

March 10, 2015

The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved, with several conditions, a proposed site plan from Wayland Christian Reformed Church for expansion of its current building near the corner of Forrest and Elm streets. The church now has a special land use as a church located in a residential neighborhood....

Memorial communion service Thursday for Jim Sevigny, 50

March 10, 2015

James Scott Sevigny, age 50, of Wayland, died Monday, March 9. Jim was a diesel technician at South Kent Truck Sales. He was a former semi-pro football player who loved to watch the Chicago Bears, Da Bears. Jim had a passion for stock car racing and was on the pit...

Lady Clippers end hoops season at 14-9 in regional semifinals

March 10, 2015

The Martin girls’ basketball season ended at the same level as a year ago, in the regional semifinals. The Lady Clippers lost 48-38 to Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian at Mendon, finishing their regular campaign with a 14-9 overall record. They lost in the regional semis a year ago Potter’s House at...

Lady Wildcats earn berth in regional basketball finals Thursday

March 10, 2015

It was like another day at the office for the Wayland girls’ basketball team in the regional semifinals Tuesday evening at Charlotte against Belding. The Lady Wildcats dispatched an opponent that sported a fine 18-5 record going into the contest by a 61-36 count that was eerily the same kind...

Public Safety Beat: Three killed in Dorr Twp. mobile home fire

March 10, 2015

A fire determined to be “suspicious” by authorities claimed the lives of two school-aged children and an adult in a mobile home Tuesday in Dorr Township. The fire was reported at Briarwood Street near 138th Avenue and Woodland Drive. Allegan County Undersheriff Frank Baker at first reported the deaths of...

Wayland school board hears pleas on behalf of support staff

March 10, 2015

Several people in the audience at Monday night's Wayland Board of Education meeting questioned the school district's policy of attempting to avoid paying health care benefits for some of the lowest paid employees. The suggestion was that the schools may be penny wise and pound foolish in cutting hours and...

Leukemia victim Dawson Babiak, 4, gets some good news

March 10, 2015

The up and down struggles of the Babiak family were on the upswing this week when it was learned that 4-year-old Dawson Babiak currently is leukemia free. A posting today on the "Prayers for Dawson" site, presumably by his mother, Allison, said: "We finally received the news from the oncologists...

Two WHS boys, 2 girls make all-conference hoops teams

March 10, 2015

Seniors Dilon Aten and Lacey James and Presley Hudson and Caroline (C.J.) Miller all have been selected to the all-O-K Gold Conference boys' and girls' basketball teams, respectively. Aten, a four-year starter for the Wildcats at point guard, is the all-time career leading scorer in local basketball history, eclipsing Alex...

Month: March 2015