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Photographer Hope Thurston Carter included in Art Prize

Local photographer Hope Thurston Carter has been accepted into the annual Grand Rapids Artprize competition this fall. "I couldn’t be more thankful and excited for this opportunity," she said. "My…
Posted by Editor May 17, 2015
Posted inCommunity Notices

Area Memorial Day activities, ceremonies announced

Memorial Day will be observed Monday, May 25, with ceremonies and activities planned for the Wayland, Hopkins, Martin and Dorr areas. The following is a rundown on activities and ceremonies…
Posted by Editor May 17, 2015
Posted inColumns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Try Charles Ives for ‘Decoration Day’

“I would like to meet a woman who knows the difference between Burl Ives and Charles Ives.” — James G. Wasserman When some serious music maven insists the United States…
Posted by Editor May 17, 2015
Posted inColumns

Barry Hastings: Softball memories — Hope dashed, re-born

Eight and one-half months earlier, our 1982 fast-pitch softball season had ended in the kind of disaster coaches, managers and players dread — two beatings in four hours on the…
Posted by Editor May 17, 2015
Posted inSports

Former Lady Wildcats catcher helps Alma win regionals

Wayland High School graduate Kayla Merice had really good weekend at Lake Forest College in Illinois. Merice, a junior, affectionately known as “Boots” while she was a Wildcat catcher, is…
Posted by Editor May 17, 2015
Posted inSports

Lady Wildcats lose 2-0 in Ann Arbor softball tourney semis

The Wayland girls' softball team Saturday was not able to to take the championship trophy the star-studded Ann Arbor tournament, as it has so often in recent years. The Lady…
Posted by Editor May 16, 2015
Posted inSports

WHS boys 7th, girls 11th in Division 2 regional track meets

The Wayland boys’ track team finished seventh among 15 teams Friday at the Division 2 track regionals at Houseman Field in Grand Rapids. The Wildcats, who finished the season in…
Posted by Editor May 16, 2015
Lady Vikings finish in 4th place at Division 3 track regionals
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Lady Vikings finish in 4th place at Division 3 track regionals

A powerful Pewamo-Westphalia girls’ track team captured the Division 3 regional championship Friday at Kent City and Hopkins placed fourth. The champions amassed 179 points in the meet, Grand Rapids…
Posted by Editor May 16, 2015
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Service will be Friday for former Wayland man David Wright

David Victor "Curly" Wright, 53, of Pierson, formerly of Wayland, died Thursday, May 14, at his home. Born in Grand Rapids on Dec. 12, 1961, he married Caren L. Cook…
Posted by Editor May 16, 2015
Posted inObituaries

Memorial service for Linda Dykstra will be held here May 24

The funeral for Linda Dykstra, wife of Wayland City Planning Commissioner Sam Dykstra, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the O'Guinn Family Funeral Home in Clio. A memorial service…
Posted by Editor May 16, 2015

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