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WHS grad Jerry Czarnecki state teacher of year runner-up

Jerry Czarnecki, a 1987 graduate of Wayland High School, has been selected runner-up in the Michigan Association of School Boards Teacher of the Year competition. Czarnecki began teaching math and…
Posted by Editor February 28, 2017
Posted inArticles

Main Street unveils 1 building renovation, 2 others’ plans

The Wayland Main Street program oversaw the renovation of its office building at 117 S. Main St. this past year and plans are in the works for remodeling two other…
Posted by Editor February 28, 2017
Posted inSports

Martin boys lose 64-33 to once-beaten Schoolcraft

EDITOR"S NOTE: The editor begs forgiveness. This game was not the regular season finale, as originally reported in error. The Clippers will play Marcellus Thursday to end the regular season.…
Posted by Editor February 28, 2017
Posted inSports

Wildcat junior varsity finishes season with 14-6 record

The Wayland boys' junior varsity basketball team completed its season Monday with a 62-61 loss to Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills. The young Wildcats finished the season with an overall record…
Posted by Editor February 28, 2017
Posted inObituaries

Visitation for Lisa Pou, 49, will be Wednesday

Lisa Gayle Pou, age 49, of Wayland, died unexpectedly Saturday, Feb. 25. She will be lovingly remembered by her daughters, Clautia Pou, Shayla Pou, Monique Pou, Breyala Pou, Alisia Pou,…
Posted by Editor February 28, 2017
Posted inColumns

Ranger Rick: Don’t drink the climate change Kool-Aid

To those who claim skeptics of Global Warming or Global Climate Change are kooks, nuts or any other words of derision, let me remind you what “science” is, and the…
Posted by Editor February 28, 2017
Posted inObituaries

Death takes Hopkins grad, Monterey Twp. woman

Betty Shafer Thompson, 86, of Monterey Township, died Monday, Feb. 27, at Briarwood Assisted Living in Allegan. She was a graduate of Hopkins High School Class of 1949 and attended…
Posted by Editor February 28, 2017
Posted inObituaries

Service Thursday for wrong-way traffic crash victim

Jonathon Miles Yarrington, age 27, of Grand Rapids, died Thursday, Feb. 23, after a traffic crash. Jonathon was a proud graduate of Wayland High School. Through his life he held…
Posted by Editor February 27, 2017
Posted inSports

Lack of finish dooms Lady Wildcats’ hoops season finish

The only real disappointment about the Wayland girls’ varsity basketball team’s district opening loss Monday to Allegan was the realization this game could have been won. But it was not…
Posted by Editor February 27, 2017
Posted inCommunity Notices

CD Quik Mart in Hopkins seeks drive-off motorist

Dallas Kerber and CD Quik Mart in downtown Hopkins are seeking more information about the vehicle and its driver. "If anybody recognizes this Expedition or the man in the leather…
Posted by Editor February 27, 2017

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