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Lady Vikings place 7th in MITCA state track meet

May 28, 2016

The Hopkins girls’ varsity track team was rated seventh in the final Michigan Interscholastic High School Track Coaches Association power. And Hopkins finished seventh Saturday in the prestigious Division 3 state team track meet. Host Clare won the competition with 952.5 points, Adrian Madison was runner-up and Ithaca third. The...

Former WHS English teacher to visit Class of ’66 reunion

May 28, 2016

The Wayland High School Class of 1966 reunion June 25 will be a sort of "homecoming" for long-lost English teacher Mary Ellen Nyuli. Nyuli, who taught at Wayland High School from 1963 to 1972, and her husband plan to make a trip from their home in Florida to drop in...

Democracy Tree: Potty bill is mean-spirited, pandering

May 28, 2016

by Amy Kerr Hardin Sen. Tom Casperson (R-38), one of Michigan’s worst lawmakers, who’s currently running in a crowded field to replace U.S. Congressman Dan Benishek in Michigan’s 1st District, has offered his long-expected politically pandering “bathroom bill.” The proposal is a tortured exercise in passive-aggressive doublespeak: First, the legislation...

Private burial ceremony planned for Dick Kramer, 62

May 28, 2016

Richard "Dick" Kramer, age 62, of Dorr, died at home Thursday. Dick is survived by his wife Lori (Gensler) Kramer; his sister Sue and John Mast; his mother-in-law Vivian and Don DeVos; his brother-in-law Derrick and Jackie Gensler; and seven nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Dewey...

Memorial service planned later for Jesse Croce of Dorr

May 28, 2016

Jessie (Anderson Inman) Croce, age 82, of Dorr, died at home Thursday. She is survived by her children, James R. (Theresa) Inman, Michael B. (Debbie) Inman, Vicki (Julian) Carrizales; step-children, Arthur (Kim) Croce, Michele Croce, Maryanne (Dave) Rumpel; grandchildren: Erin Sedine, James M. Inman, May Marie Rosco, Katie Inman, Kelley...

Dorr students raise more than $800 for children’s hospital

May 28, 2016

Dorr Elementary student Cassie Reece presented a check to Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Friday for $833 at an all-school assembly. Cassie organized the fund-raiser this spring called "Hoops for Helen" to raise money for the hospital. At right with the microphone is Principal Kevin Zaschak.

Yes It Is, It’s True: MITCA meet loses too often to grad party

May 27, 2016

I learned the truth 14 years ago about the state track team championship meet sponsored annually by the Michigan Interscholastic High School Track Coaches Association (MITCA). I learned that despite all we’re told about dedicated athletes in search of individual and school glory, when it comes to the MITCA meet,...

Third-graders get lesson at high school science wing

May 27, 2016

Steeby Elementary third-graders this week had a science lesson at the Wayland High School Science & Innovation Center, where teacher Lynn Gosson taught them about the properties of matter. The students worked in the lab stations with high school anatomy students and conducted experiments to determine if the mass changes...

Dorr Twp. grants Frontier Truck Parts tax break

May 27, 2016

Frontier Truck Parts, which plans to open a new business near 144th Avenue in the Dorr Industrial Development District won a 10-year tax abatement Thursday night from the Dorr Township Board. Formerly known as Weller Truck Parts, the business, now headquartered on Chicago Drive in Wyoming, plans to build a...

Wayland ’55-plus’ group visits Damveld gas station shrine

May 26, 2016

The Wayland Union Schools Community Ed Leisure Life pizza/prize bingo event Wednesday featured a unique visit at Gregg and Mary Damveld's pole barn/garage to see Gregg's collection of Corvettes and Standard Oil classic collectibles. The local group, open to people ages 55 and older, first met for lunch at BC...

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