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WHS Youth in Govt. students meet with state lawmakers

March 10, 2016

Wayland Union High School students are attending the YMCA Michigan Youth in Government Spring Conference in Lansing March 9-13. Students met with State Senator Tanya Schuitmaker and State Representative Ken Yonker. The State YMCA Youth In Government program provides high school and middle school students with an opportunity to become...

Martin season ends with 74-72 OT loss to Kalamazoo Phoenix

March 10, 2016

by Jon M. Gambee Martin Bureau Chief Martin’s basketball season came to an end Wednesday in a 74-72 overtime defeat to Kalamazoo Phoenix. Martin fell behind early by as many as 11, 14-3, but battled back to push the game into extra minutes. Tanner Curry led Martin with another outstanding...

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 206

March 9, 2016

25 Years Ago — March 13, 1991 The Wayland Board of Education Policy Committee is grappling with the issue of handling after-school sports clubs sponsored by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), particularly in volleyball, basketball, wrestling and swimming. Wayland High School sophomores Keri Kles, Amanda McCully, Kristine Olney, Jamie Carroll,...

Vikings earning ‘Cinderella’ tag for district tourney finals

March 9, 2016

So Hopkins is the Cinderella team for the 2015-16 boys’ basketball season in these parts. The Vikings for more than half the campaign have looked like a doomed ballclub that may have had to settle for two victories, both over hapless Wyoming Lee. But that was not to be. Hopkins...

Whiteford wins State Rep. race easily; Martin’s 4 road mills OK’d

March 8, 2016

Republican Mary Whiteford has won the special election for 80th District State Representative in an apparent landslide. Meanwhile, a request to approve a four-mill levy for Martin Township roads for 10 years was approved 340 to 235, or 59% to 41%. A total of 3.996 mills amounted to a renewal...

Wayland City seeks new planner as Johnsons leave Wade Trim

March 8, 2016

The Wayland City Planning Commission and City Council are looking for a new planner. Janis Johnson, who had been planning consultant for about a year, has left the Wade Trim engineering firm to re-start Main Street Planning with her husband, Tim. This leaves the city with the task of finding...

Five seniors have played their last hoops for the Wildcats

March 8, 2016

Monday night's Class B district loss to state-ranked and defending champion Godwin also marked the end of the careers of five Wayland High School basketball players. Graduating this spring will be (from left) Cody Johnson, Justin Kiry, Michael Kelly, Chad Johnson and Caleb Boyle. The lads dared to climb those...

Former Lady Wildcat Presley Hudson is MAC Freshman of Year

March 8, 2016

Ranger Rick: This Cruz supporter will vote for Trump if necessary

March 8, 2016

The media’s fascination with Donald Trump’s rise in the Republican political scene during the primaries is a joke. They are baffled about why Trump is so popular. The media is the most clueless bunch of idiots, along with establishment Republicans (the likes of McCain, Graham, and McConnell) – they can’t...

Ronald Hibma, 68, a 1965 Wayland High School grad, dies

March 8, 2016

Ronald H. Hibma, of Byron Center, a 1965 graduate of Wayland High School, died Sunday, march 6. He was 68. Hibma served four years in the U.S. Army and 26 with the U.S. State Department in Washington, DC. He is survived by his brothers and sister, Ken (Allegra) Hibma, Mary...

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