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Clippers swept 15-0, 13-3 in twin bill against Decatur

Martin dropped a doubleheader to Southwest Athletic Conference division leader Decatur Monday, losing the first game 15-0 in only three innings and dropping the nightcap 13-3 in five. The Clippers…

Editor April 17, 2017

Sports

Lady Vikings come from behind to defeat Godwin 5-2

The Hopkins girls' varsity soccer team came from behind Monday evening to defeat O-K Silver Conference rival Wyoming Godwin Heights, 5-2, in two overtimes. Scoring goals for the Lady Vikings…

Editor April 17, 2017

Sports

Lady Vikings settle for doubleheader split with Belding

The Hopkins varsity softball team split a doubleheader Monday with Belding, bringing its overall season record to 5-2. The Lady Vikings now are 1-2 in O-K Silver Conference play after…

Editor April 17, 2017

Sports

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