Lori Castello had a heart attack Monday evening, Nov. 4, and underwent double bypass surgery. She will have a lengthy recovery period. A Meal Train campaign (somewhat like a Go Fund Me page) is being organized by local people to help provide meals to the family while she convalesces. A Meal Train post said, “Lots […]
Tonda Genther, owner of Pet Klips on West Superior Street in Wayland, showed the the best of winners and best opposite sex entry last weekend at the Kalamazoo Civic Center, making him an AKC champion. She posted on Facebook, “Huge thanks to all his judges this long week for finding favor in our boy!” She
Cornerstone University has three players with local ties on it basketball roster this winter, two men from Wayland and one woman from Hopkins. Carter Nyp, a 6-9 sophomore, averaged 7.4 points per game last season and already has scored 17 points in a victory this month, as the Golden Eagles have a 4-2 overall record.
Members of Wayland Boy Scout Troop No. 97 Sunday afternoon installed a mini-book drop at the Rabbit River Trail Park. The project was headed up by Eagle Scout hopeful Nathan Ward (right), who also is serving as Wayland High School student representative for the Wayland City Council.
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor “Winning is not a sometime thing, it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so
“. . . Still, I wanted to believe; indeed, I longed to; and, in the end, how much of belief comes from longing?” — Agnes, The Testaments, Margaret Atwood Does character matter? That’s the question we heard often during the impeachment and trial of President Bill Clinton. Clinton had had a dalliance with a young staffer, Monica
Martin’s first-ever season as an eight-man football team came to an end Saturday afternoon at Colon in the second round of the playoffs. The Clippers lost 56-12 to perhaps the best eight-man team in the entire state. The Magi have been beating up all of their opponents badly all fall and will head into the
“Surprise, Surprise, Surprise.” — Gomer Pyle It wasn’t supposed to be déjà vu all over again Friday night in the second round of the MHSAA post-season playoffs. But an underdog Kalamazoo United outfit came up with its second straight upset, a 36-20 decision over Hopkins. The Titans a year ago ended Hopkins’ season with a
Wayland Theatriks will present “Radium Girls,” at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24. The drama, written by D.W. Gregory, will be held at the Wayland High School Fine Arts Center. Tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens. In 1926, radium
Art “Bud” VanDerWeide, age 83, of Hudsonville, died Thursday, Nov. 7. Art was born on May 30, 1936, in Boyden, Iowa, to Arie and Jennie (Kooiker) VanDerWeide and grew up on the family farm along with his eight siblings. He received his GED while serving with the army during peace time and was stationed in
