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WHS senior Gray VanDerWeide shows promise in theater

May 3, 2017

Wayland High School senior Gray VanDerWeide has been working alongside FAC Director Courtney Baareman for the past two years. and has been accepted into the theater program (mainly lighting) at Northern Illinois University. Fo the production of "Almost, Maine" Friday, Saturday and Sunday, she was permitted to design the lighting for the show. "Gray has...

Perrigo included in federal probe of price fixing allegations

May 3, 2017

The Perrigo Company, Allegan County's largest employer, has announced that search warrants were executed at the company's corporate offices Tuesday evening as part of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division of industry-wide drug pricing in the pharmaceutical industry. According to USA Today, federal authorities raided the office...

Wildcat golfers on a roll with 1st in jamboree, invitational title

May 2, 2017

The Wayland boys’ varsity golf team appears to be on a roll. The Wildcats last Friday won a five-team invitational with a nice 320 team score for 18 holes and then came back Monday to capture their first O-K Gold Conference jamboree championship. It was cold, rainy and windy at...

Both Wayland school bond proposals fail by more than 60-40

May 2, 2017

Both bond proposals for the Wayland Union school district were defeated soundly in Tuesday’s election. Neither of the two propositions was able to muster as much as 40 percent of the total vote. With three of four precincts reporting, Proposal I was losing 1,809 no to 1,017 yes. Proposal II...

Tristen Ortiz to continue playing soccer at Trine University

May 2, 2017

Wayland High School senior Tristen Ortiz Tuesday signed his letter of intent to play soccer next year for Trine University in Angola, Ind. The four-year Wildcat star will play for a school that is part of America's oldest athletic collegiate conference, the MIAA. He is shown with coach Ben Sleeman...

Two former Wildcats win softball honors at Davenport

May 2, 2017

Two former Wayland High School softball standouts have earned post-season accolades at Davenport University. Sophomore Mallory Teunissen was selected to the all-Wolverine-Hoosier Conference first team as a pitcher and Hayley Obetts, a senior first and third sacker, was recognized all-academic. Teunissen, who pitched Wayland to the state Division II championship...

DEQ hearing set on Gun Lake boat slips increase proposal

May 2, 2017

Lucas Spoor's proposed 58-boat slip marina at 11925 Marsh Road on Gun Lake is getting opposition from people who live in the area. “Many in the community feel that the road is not fit for the additional traffic the marina will bring in,” said neighbor Brianna Fair. “Community members feel...

Lady Wildcats beat East GR to go 4-2 in 1st round of Gold

May 1, 2017

The Wayland girls' soccer team finished its first round in O-K Gold Conference dual matches Monday with a 3-1 victory at East Grand Rapids. The game, originally scheduled to be played at home, was moved to East Grand Rapids because of poor field conditions at home. Wayland dominated the first few...

Funeral Mass will be Thursday for Ruth Ann Hazen, 78

May 1, 2017

Ruth Ann Hazen, 78, of Hopkins, died Sunday, April 30, at her home. Born Sept. 7, 1938, in Grand Rapids, she was the daughter of the late Leo and Mildred Adamczyk Moraski and the wife of the late James Walter Hazen. Ruth was a lifelong member of Sacred Heart Catholic...

Business owners protest ‘cheap’ sale of industrial parcel

May 1, 2017

A couple of business owners along Reno Drive told the Wayland City Council Monday night they weren’t particularly pleased with its decision last month to sell a nearby 25-acre industrial parcel for only $20,000. “When you sell it for $20,000 that devalues the property,” asserted Bruce Schwartz, owner of Wayland...

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