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Lady Wildcats take 25-point hoops win over Godwin Heights

January 19, 2016

The Wayland girls’ varsity basketball team improved its season record to 6-4 Tuesday by cruising to a 63-38 rout at Wyoming Godwin Heights. The Lady Wildcats got off to a slow start, but gradually cranked up the offensive attack throughout the evening. They led 19-11 at the end of one...

Wildcats score prestigious win over Class A-ranked Muskegon

January 19, 2016

In what has been the most prestigious boys’ varsity basketball victory of the season, Wayland tuned back Muskegon 57-48 Tuesday night. The win for coach Mike Hudson’s No. 4-ranked Class B team improved its overall record to 7-1. Muskegon, which game into the Wildcats’ lair ranked No. 8 in the...

Ranger Rick: Let’s talk about problem’s causes, not symptoms

January 19, 2016

The candidates in the presidential sweepstakes race talk, talk, talk all day long to the media about the symptoms of what is wrong with the country’s present state of politics and human misery. Let’s just list a few so everyone is on the same page: Monstrous debt Open borders, illegal...

Lady Wildcats softball coach Cheri Ritz wins national honor

January 19, 2016

Wayland High School varsity softball coach Cheri Ritz has been named a National Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations and is a finalist for the National High School Athletic Coaches Association national coach of the year. Eight finalists from across the nation will...

No service planned for Keith Vander Ploeg, 51, of Wayland

January 18, 2016

Keith Allen Vander Ploeg, age 51 of Wayland, died Monday, Jan. 18. Keith is survived by his parents, Michael and Doris Vander Ploeg; his daughter, Amanda Vander Ploeg; his brothers Mikey and Scott (Stephanie) Vander Ploeg and nephews and nieces. Keith was preceded in death by his brother, Shawn Vander...

Services planned for Wednesday for WHS grad Pat Buensch

January 18, 2016

Patricia Ann Buensch, age 68, of Wayland, died Sunday, Jan. 17. Pat graduated from Wayland High School in 1966 after suffering serious injuries in a traffic crash during her junior year. She graduated a year after she was scheduled because she had to take a year off school to recover....

WHS grad Autumn Anderson plays for unbeaten Hope squad

January 18, 2016

Wayland High School graduate Autumn Anderson (10) will join her Hope College teammates in welcoming longtime MIAA rival Calvin for a huge contest on the hardcourt. The undefeated and nationally-ranked (in NCAA Division III) Flying Dutch will be seeking their 16th consecutive victory. Anderson, a 5-9 senior, is a guard...

City of Wayland buys used office furniture from upstairs neighbor

January 18, 2016

The Wayland City Council Monday night agreed to a staff request to buy some used office furniture from SOAP Transcription Services. SOAP operates its business upstairs in the City Hall building, renting it from the city for about $1,800 a month. SOAP proposed selling it used office materials for the...

Council agrees to spend $526,618 on City Park renovations

January 18, 2016

The Wayland City Council Monday night agreed to spend $526,618 on the renovations for the City Park next year. Council agreed to pay Pentura that amount to install a splash pad with a concrete base, for site and utility work and to install new playground equipment. Much of the money...

Kelle Tobolic appointed to seat on Wayland DDA Board

January 18, 2016

Kelle Tobolic has been appointed to a seat on the Wayland Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors. Tobolic, who formerly was a member of the Wayland City Planning Commission, succeeds Wayland Area Chamber of Commerce Director Denise Behm, whose four-year term expired in December. The four-year team of fellow director...

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