It apparently more than just a rumor that the Jayda Gale Distillery and Restaurant will reopen. A Facebook posting this morning announced, “We are hopeful for November 21st we will be open. That day these chairs will flipped over and we’ll be ready to to serve you.” The facility was closed on South Main downtown […]
The Wayland Middle School Robotics team competed against 40 teams at East Kentwood High School Saturday and won the design award for the outstanding creativity put into the CAD 3D printed parts and the complexity of the gripper. They also placed third for the “Motivate” award. This week the team members, coached by middle school
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally and incorrectly referred to coach Eric Bottrall’s daughter as Shaunna. Her name is Kadence. A bittersweet bowling season for Wayland is under way and it already features many astonishing connections and coincidences. Just this past week we learned that former Wildcat standout Sydney Urben individual state champion in 2018, now
by Austin Marsman Martin handily defeated Bellevue, 28-0 Friday night in the first round of the Michigan High School Athletic Association eight-man playoffs to improve its overall season record to 10-0. For some, it may have felt like déjà vu. The Clippers were hosts to Bellevue in week one and handed the Broncos a 20
The wet and cold weather Friday night resulted in the Hopkins football field being torn up badly in the first Division 5 post-season playoff game. Therefore, the Vikings’ second-round game will be played instead at Hamilton High School at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8. Hopkins will take a 9-1 overall record into the ballgame and
by Lynn Mandaville TDS, or Trump Derangement Syndrome, is a derogatory term used by supporters of our current president Donald Trump to describe anyone, yes, anyone, who opposes or criticizes the president, his policies or his behavior. The term itself is a means of dismissing, out of hand, even the most widely accepted and documented
It’s been a tough year for Hopkins senior ace cross-country runner Todd Henley. Though finishing 90th at the state meet at Michigan International Speedway near Brooklyn would be something to brag about for many, for Henley it was quite a comedown from last year, when he was 37th in the state and flirted with breaking
There’s good new news and bad news for the undefeated Martin varsity football team. First, the good news. The Clippers remained unbeaten Friday night with a convincing 28-0 victory over Bellevue in the opening round of the post-season playoffs in Division 1 of the Eight-Man category. They beat the same team 20-12 in their first
Torrey DeVito, daughter of 1969 Wayland High School graduate Mary Torrey DeVito, is co-star of a Nov. 17 made for TV Hallmark channel movie, “Write Before Christmas.” The holiday special is listed in New York Times as “one of the five most binge worthy holiday movies worth watching this season. The plot revolves around a
Bobbi Jo Wilson, age 42, died Wednesday, Oct. 30. Bobbi was described by her family as a “fashionista.” She and her husband, Phil, shared their love for Jesus Christ through their ministry, No Stones to Throw. She enjoyed singing and writing her own songs, writing poems, and singing for anyone who asked. She accepted everyone
