Wayland City Manager Joshua Eggleston has withdrawn from consideration as a finalist for the open manager’s post for the City of Saugatuck. Eggleston, who has been city manager at Wayland for the past six years, was among the final four candidates as reported earlier this month. The person elected will succeed City Manager Ryan Heise,, […]
by Robert M. Traxler Five to seven American hostages are still held by Hamas. Do you know their names? Do you know anything about them? Probably not; it is not in the best interests of the socialist/progressives to print them. Google the names of the hostages and you will need to dig a bit to
The Hopkins Elementary Schools’ Running Club ran in the Springfields5K in Fennville last Saturday. These kids practiced all spring for this event and put their skills to the test in a very hot race through beautiful orchards.
Leigh Ann Hill, dance director at Wayland High Schoool, was honored with the 2024 K-12 Educator of the Year Award at the annual Michigan Youth Dance Festival. Mrs. Hill has been teaching dance and directing the curricular program at Wayland for the last 18 years. Wayland Union Schools is one of few rural school districts
The Hopkins softball dropped the second game of a doubleheader against Sparta Wednesday, 8-6, to fall to second place in the final O-K Silver Conference standings. Calvin Christian won the league title again, losing only once this spring, to Hopkins, but the Vikings had two defeats. “It was a sad day for our team,” coach
So that’s a wrap win the O-K Gold Conference softball season, and to the surprise of no one, Wayland polished off as perfect record Wednesday afternoon with a 15-0 rout of South Christian. The game was a resumption of the second game of a doubleheader Monday, which was halted suddenly by the appearance of lightning.
(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — May 24, 1999 Michigan State Police at the Wayland post are showing off their new video cameras they use in their vehicles. Students at Martin High School have earned awards for their woodworking skills, under teacher Tom
Wayland High School seniors earned scholarships, received recognition for entering the military and were praised for their hard work throughout their high school careers the annual Senior Athletic and Academic Awards Ceremony Tuesday. Some highlights include Kayla Shook receiving the Citizenship Award, Kaharrie Pureifoy receiving the Japinga Award, Elliot Antel receiving the Multer Award (photo
William D. Gilligan, a native of Hopkins, died Sunday, May 19, at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo. He was 83. He was born May 3, 1941, in Hopkins, the son of Walter and Georgia (Flynn) Gilligan. As a young man, Bill worked as a skilled mechanic at Stryker, retiring after 55 years. In his free
The Hopkins girls’ track team finished in second place in a star-studded 32-team U of M Health-West Scholarship Invitational Tuesday at Byron Center. Neither the Wayland boys’ nor girls’ teams scored heavily because many Wildcats athletes were taking part at the athletic and academic honors banquet. The Lady Vikings scored 51 points, eclipsed only by
