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Wayland City officials pleased with another clean audit

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The Wayland City Council Monday night accepted a clean financial audit report from certified public accountant Peter Woldman. Woldman told council members that the city at the end of fiscal year 2015-16 had a fund balance of $1,661,446, or about 12% of the total budget of just over $10 million....
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Monterey house damaged by Sunday morning fire

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The Hopkins Area Fire Department was summoned to a structure fire in Monterey Township Sunday morning. On arrival fire was located in basement, first floor bedroom and living room and second floor bedroom. Firefighters said PPA was applied before crews made entry to finish extinguishing the fire with 3,200 gallons...
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Kim Miller Powers takes over Auction House Cafe

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Kim Miller Powers, a 1987 graduate of Wayland High School and former standout Wildcat athlete, has taken over ownership of the Auction House Cafe, just north of the Wayland city limits on old U.S.-131. She and her husband, Kevin, will run the local eatery, which has been in business since 1936,...
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Lady Wildcats 2nd in coach Holbrook’s swan song

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The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team finished second in back-to-back tournaments Friday and Saturday. The Lady Wildcats were runners-up Friday in the Portage Northern Huskie Invitational and landed in the same place Saturday in the Cedar Springs Invitational. It was the coaching swan song for Bill Holbrook, who had to...
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Wayland schools undergo ‘Safety in Place’ status

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Wayland schools Thursday morning were placed under a "Shelter in Place" condition after a suspicious individual was spotted near the high school and middle school driving a black Suburban. Wayland Police were immediately called and arrived at the high school to investigate. As a precaution, Wayland Union Schools (except Dorr...
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Wildcat boys 10th at Portage Northern bowling tourney

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The Wayland boys' varsity bowling team finished 10th in the 18-team Portage Northern Invitational Friday and then competed in the Cedar Springs tournament Saturday. "This (Portage) tournament proved a challenge for all teams today as scores were pretty low for all the 18 teams that made the trip to Kalamazoo,"...
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Wildcats prove they can more than run with the big dogs

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Sometimes seen when traveling out and about is a bumper sticker, obviously owned by a NASCAR fan, that declares “If you can’t run with the big dogs, get off the track.” Well, Wayland Saturday afternoon proved it’s one of the big dogs when it comes to high school basketball. The...
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Wildcats won’t have to play Godwin in districts again

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Coach Mike Hudson's Wayland boys' varsity basketball team has been plagued by unlucky breaks in the post-season tournament draws, but things may be looking up for March 2017. The Wildcats in the past two seasons were very unlucky in having to play Wyoming Godwin Heights in the Class B district...
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Martin boys capture 3rd straight hoops victory

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The Martin boys' varsity basketball team claimed its third straight victory this season without a loss by defeating Eau Claire 58-37. Senior Tanner Curry pumped in 31 points and in the process scored his 1,000 career point. Curry joined the Clippers' varsity as a freshman. Martin established itself early by...
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Hopkins boys lose 3rd straight, 67-55 to Allendale

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The Hopkins boys' varsity basketball team lost 67-55 in another nonleague contest Friday evening. The Vikings now have lost three games in a row after beating Maple Valley in its season opener. Allendale, meanwhile, evened its overall season at 2-2.
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