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Ranger Rick: Earth Day marks 47 years of Chicken Little
Earth Day, what an innocuous statement! However, from starting as a fun in the sun worship of “Mother Earth” by hippies and long hairs in a park in San Francisco…
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Lady Wildcats blank Wyoming, even season mark at 3-3
The Wayland girls' varsity soccer team evened its overall season record at 3-3 Monday evening with an 8-0 victory over Wyoming. The win on the road also brought the Lady…
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Basura: Freedom of religion includes genital mutilation?
“The blues ain’t killed me yet, But they’re doin’ the best they can.” — Chris Smither, musician & poet “Leave The Light On” Two doctors and the wife of one…
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Wildcat golfers shoot best round of year at Cedar Chase
The Wayland varsity boys' golf team Saturday had its best round of the year in a 20-team tournament Saturday at Cedar Chase. The Wildcats fired a team score of 336…
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School bond proposals info review slated for Tuesday
The community is invited to attend an infor-mational meeting to review Bond Proposals 1 and 2 at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at Wayland Middle School in the media center.…
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Lady Vikings sweep doubleheader against Kelloggsville
The Hopkins varsity softball team Friday evening swept a doubleheader against Kelloggsville, 27-0 and 25-0, to improve its season record overall to 7-2. The Lady Vikings now are 3-2 in…
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Time for Army Bob to go on offense vs. prostate cancer
by Robert M. Traxler After months on the defensive (androgen deprivation therapy) stopping the advancement of the disease with drugs, thankfully the time has finally arrived to go on the…
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WHS lineman Chad Stoepker to play in all-star game
Wayland High School senior Chad Stoepker (No. 50, making a sack last fall with teammate Cody Clewell) will be one of the offensive lineman on Team Stars that will take…
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May 2 school bond election will be a milestone for me
The May 2 election will be a milestone for me. It will mark the first time in my more than 45 years of voting that I have not supported a…
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Lady Wildcats cop 5th in 13-team Hastings Relays
The Wayland girls’ track team had a reasonably successful evening Friday at the Hastings Relays, capturing fifth place among the 13 teams competing. The Lady Wildcats tallied 1,012 total team…