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Wildcats win rubber match against Hastings, 8-1

The Wayland varsity baseball team defeated Hastings 8-1 Thursday in the rubber game of a three-game series this week. The Wildcats, now 7-12 overall for the season, lost a nine-inning…
Posted by Editor May 6, 2016
Army Bob: Sanders the 1st Socialist to run for President?
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Army Bob: Sanders the 1st Socialist to run for President?

by Robert M. Traxler Socialism has been a factor in American political history since 1876 and possibly even earlier. Research the Socialist movement in the United States and you find…
Posted by Editor May 5, 2016
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Lady Wildcats take South Christian into OT, but lose 4-2

The Wayland girls' varsity soccer team took perennial league powerhouse South Christian to two overtime sessions before finally falling 4-2 in a cold, wet Wednesday night match. The first half…
Posted by Editor May 5, 2016
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Watson Township to have 122nd Avenue paved

The Watson Township Board Thursday evening agreed to have 122nd Avenue paved at a cost of $365,736. The lowest bid was from Reith-Reilly Construction. The board originally wrestled with the…
Posted by Editor May 5, 2016
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Tim Johnson hired as plan consultant for Watson Twp.

Tim Johnson, co-owner of Main Street Planners of Grand Rapids, was selected as new planning consultant for Watson Township at the board’s Thursday evening meeting. Johnson succeeds longtime planner Mark…
Posted by Editor May 5, 2016
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Watson Twp. recycling bins used as a dumping ground

The Watson Township Hall has recycing bins on its parking lot, but some area residents have been using it inappropriately to dump trash. Shown here are several old mattresses and…
Posted by Editor May 5, 2016
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Woman nabbed for providing heroin that killed Wayland man

Ashley Ashbrook, 30, who was wanted for providing heroin to a Wayland man who overdosed on the drug last fall, has been taken into custody. Authorities said Ashbrook was arrested…
Posted by Editor May 5, 2016
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Tennis, basketball courts work at City Park nearly done

The work on the new tennis courts at the Wayland City Park is nearly complete, as crew members put the finishing touches on cement near Church Street. The park this…
Posted by Editor May 5, 2016
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Local mom, Pine Street students send gift bags to cancer patients

Being a cancer survivor herself, Ann Merren knew she wanted to help others going through chemotherapy. Merren works for the Thirty One bag company, which has a program called "Thirty…
Posted by Editor May 5, 2016
Posted inFeatures

Ukrainian student schools WHS class on Islamic faith

Wayland High School foreign exchange student, Olha Shenkarenko, from the European country Ukraine,  spoke to Contemporary World Literature class members, who are reading "A Thousand Splendid Suns," to break the…
Posted by Editor May 5, 2016

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