The Wayland girls’ varsity basketball team suffered its third loss in its last four starts Friday evening in a 54-39 decision at South Christian. The Lady Wildcats, after an 8-0 start to the season, now are 9-3 overall and 2-3 in the O-K Gold Conference. South Christian now is 5-5 overall. A terrible second quarter […]
The Pine Street Elementary spelling bee champions were announced as Carter Vronko, first place, and runner-up Brooke Trumbull. Both students now will advance to the regional spelling bee in February.
Olivia Martinez, a seventh grade student from St. Stanislaus School, was selected as the winner for the Gun Lake Winterfest 2020 logo design contest. Winterfest officials said they received 18 entries from three different schools. Most of this year’s Winterfest activities this year will be held Saturday, Feb. 15.
Both Hopkins High School bowling teams competed this week Monday against Northpointe Christian and Wednesday against Wyoming Lee. Both girls’ and boys’ squads won their matches against Northpointe with high scores from Hannah Wubben with a 171 and Carsen DeLao with a 183. The Lady Vikings won their match against Lee, but the boys lost
Some research and shenanigans visited the Then & Now Historical Library Wednesday when a bunch of Dorr Boys from the Wayland High School Class of 1969 came a-callin’ to go over some old photos and reminisce. Shown here are (front row, from left) Gordy Post, Richard Dumond, Larry Patterson, Don Miller, Ron Jensen (back) Jim
“Why does the sun keep on shining? Why does the sea rush to shore? Don’t they know it’s the end of the world? ‘Cause you don’t love me any more.” — Skeeter Davis, 1963 I saw on the news this evening that the scientists who do the Doomsday Clock annually since 1947 have placed the
Wayland High School senior Haley Dobry (center), currently a starting forward on the Lady Wildcats’ basketball team, has signed a letter of intent to play volleyball next year at Grand Rapids Community College. Haley’s mom is Wayland Board of Education member Teresa Dobry.
No one will deny the existence in the Republican Party of “Never Trumpers,” folks like Senator Romney and many others. Why do they exist? Never Trumpers are the establishment ingrained Republicans who are the party faithful, the traditionalists who do not like President Trump because he is not an establishment cookie-cutter politician who “has paid
Wayland girls’ varsity bowling coach Eric Bottrall admitted the Wednesday contest vs. Wyoming appeared to be closer than the final score of 23-7, but added, “What wasn’t or ladies team’s best outing by far turned out in our favor for yet another win.” High game of the evening went to Bella Harnish with a fine
Isaiah Gates took first place and Dylan Schwab was runner-up in t his week’s local spelling bee competition at Wayland Middle School. They have qualified to compete in the Regional Bee at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the middle school.
