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Former WHS mound ace is WHAC Pitcher of the Week

Sophomore pitcher Mallory Teunissen, a 2015 graduate of Wayland High School, picked up her first WHAC Pitcher of the Week award for her career. Her Davenport team went 2-2 on the…

Editor April 17, 2017

Articles

Wayland School Board shown ‘positive’ evidence

Members of the Wayland Board of Education Monday night held its last regular meeting before the Tuesday, May 2, bond election. School officials couldn't resist the opportunity to showcase "the…

Editor April 17, 2017

Community Notices

Mock traffic crash scene planned at WHS parking lot

Wayland Union High School will hold a "mock crash" scene outside behind the high school in the rear parking lot at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 20. There will be police,…

Editor April 17, 2017

Sports

Wildcats suffer post-spring break slump on diamond

The Wayland varsity baseball team had a rough week, losing all four of its encounters, three to O-K Gold Conference rival Grand Rapids Christian. The verdicts left the Wildcats' overall…

Editor April 16, 2017

Sports

Lady Wildcat tennis team blanks non-league foe Lowell

The Wayland girls' varsity tennis team came up with an 8-0 victory Friday in a non-league dual match against Lowell. The Lady Wildcats bounced back from their defeat earlier in…

Editor April 16, 2017

Articles

Medical marijuana dispensary issues won’t go away

Kirk Scharphorn Jr. of Professional Code Inspections of Dorr, told the Wayland City Planning Commission last week he has been receiving a record number of inquiries about the possibility of…

Editor April 16, 2017

Columns

Barry Hastings: Trump distraction and the Coast Guard

By Barry Hastings The Donald's recent cruise missile attack on Assad's military airbase in Syria was nothing more (or less) than another attempt to distract Americans from his administration's "Russian…

Editor April 16, 2017

Community Notices

Vehicle strikes pole, suspects flee, power outages result

A vehicle struck a pole near the Rabbit River Estates mobile home park just outside the City of Wayland Sunday morning, causing traffic rerouting and power outages. The two young…

Editor April 16, 2017

Obituaries

Services will be Tuesday in Dorr for Scott M. Price, 53

Scott Michael Price, age 53 of Hamilton, died Friday, April 14. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Penny (Alward); his children Zachary Price, Tyler (fiancée Lindsey Connell)…

Editor April 15, 2017

Columns

Basura: Is President Donald Trump suffering from illness?

“All will be revealed.” — Anon. What’s going on with Donald Trump? He seems to lack a consistent point of view. In the last few days he’s reversed himself (walked…

Editor April 15, 2017