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Lady Wildcats win, boys lose at Westgate Lanes
The Lady Wildcats took another win on the lanes Wednesday, 23-7 vs. Kenowa Hills at Westgate. However, the boys’ squad dropped a 29-1 decision to the Knights. “It was a…
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Stephanie Ainsworth to join brother at Cornerstone
Wayland High School basketball star Stephanie Ainsworth has signed on the dotted line to play hoops next season for Cornerstone University. Ainsworth joins her older brother, Cory, who leads the…
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Feb. 14, 1996 The first public school academy, also known as a…
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Longtime Hopkins dairy farmer Ron Layton, 87, dies
Ronald W. Layton, 87, of Hopkins, died Friday, Feb. 5, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. Born May 1, 1933, in Hopkins, he was the son of the late Alford…
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Celebration of life Thursday for Thomas Huizinga, 68
Thomas Dale Huizinga, 68, of Wayland, died Sunday, Feb. 7, at his home. Born April 23, 1952, in Zeeland, he was the son of the late Thomas and Irene (Koster)…
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Former Green Acres activist Mary Springer dies at 89
Mary Janet Springer of Delton died Monday, Feb. 8, at Rose Arbor in Kalamazoo. She was 89. Serena Lewis-Forney of Wayland said of Ms. Springer, “Mary was my ‘Right hand…
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Local gun counter manager Kris Arnold’s service Feb. 19
Kris Wade Arnold, 57, of Wayland, died Saturday, Feb. 6. He was born to Harold and Sharon (Ostroske) Arnold on March 24, 1963, in Cheboygan. Kris graduated with honors from Cheboygan High…
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Ranger Rick: Sports gender equality sometimes unfair
A number of years ago, some mothers of female sports programs at Forest Hills wanted the female sports to mirror the boys programs where basketball was played in the winter…
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Wildcat boys, girls have a really good day on lanes
So it was a really good afternoon Monday for Wildcat bowlers. The Lady Wildcats bounced back from a trouncing last week at the hands of Middleville Thornapple Kellogg in a…
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Wayland schools prepare for full-time instruction
Wayland Union School students, faculty and staff will return to the classrooms, hallways and offices full time starting next Monday for the first time since March 13. The Board of…