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City treasurer, staff receive praise for clean audit, healthy finances

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Wayland City Treasurer Cheri Parrish earned high praise again from the auditor for her work on the city’s finances. Peter Woldman, audior from Gabridge & Company of Grand Rapids, told members of the City Council Monday evening that, “Overall, Cheri’s doing a great job.” This follows the audit from two...
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City’s application for rec trail grant turned down for a 3rd time

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The Michigan Department of Transportation has informed the City of Wayland that its third application for a grant to help build and pave a recreational trail along the north-south interurban was not successful. The city now intends to re-submit another application as long as there is no added fee. But...
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Lady Wildcats punish young, inexperienced Sparta group, 70-36

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Wayland’s girls’ basketball game against a young and struggling Sparta team Monday afternoon was over after the first quarter. The Lady Wildcats exploited that youth and inexperience with full-court pressure that propelled them to a 26-11 advantage in the first quarter, mostly as the result of turnovers leading to easy...
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Monday Moanin: Gov. Snyder responsible for water tragedy in Flint

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By Jeff Salisbury TV political commentator Rachel Maddow reports on the poisoning of Flint, Michigan residents when their water supply was switched, and shows explicitly how responsibility for the tragedy falls to Governor Rick Snyder and his radical, anti-democratic policies. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/toxic-water-tragedy-points-directly-to-snyder-588635715518 Listen to "Not Safe to Drink," a special documentary...
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The Muck Starts Here: Why not just ban sales of drones and lasers?

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by Barry Hastings While our idiot government is messing its collective pants over drones and lasers threatening the safety of passenger aircraft near just about every airport (often hundreds of times a week), the Japanese government developed a bigger, stronger drone, equipped with a rectangular hanging net, to snare unauthorized...
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Wildcat boys’ bowling team captures 3rd place at Cedar Springs tourney

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After a grueling four straight days of bowling, the Wayland boys' varsity bowling team still managed to bring home third place out of 14 teams competing in the Cedar Springs Invitational Saturday. The morning started with two regular individual games in which the guys averaged 183.9. Highlights were Austen Begg's...
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Lady Wildcats set records while winning Cedar Springs championship

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"I keep saying, 'If this team ever finally realizes how good they really are, they'll be very dangerous.' Well, guess who finally the figured out how good they are?" These more than satisfied words gushed Saturday afternoon from Wayland girls' varsity bowling coach Bill Holbrook after his team captured first...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Sometimes getting information is like pulling teeth

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“I’ve always depended on the kindness of strangers.” — Blanche DuBois in “A Streetcar Named Desire.” This past Friday night was one of the most difficult and challenging for me in trying to do what I believe is my job — To provide the folks of Wayland, Hopkins and Martin...
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Mass of Christian Burial to be held for Steve Kuhtic, 84, of Wayland

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Steve Kuhtic, age 84 of Wayland, died Saturday, Dec. 19, at Rose Arbor Hospice. He was born Dec. 24, 1930, to Ivan and Barbara (Petrich) Kuhtic in Wayland. Steve graduated from Wayland High School and Ferris State University. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a proud veteran of...
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Celebration of life service Jan. 2 for ex-Deputy Fire Chief Terry Baumgard

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Former Deputy Fire Chief Terry Lee Baumgard of Wayland, died Saturday, Dec. 19. He was 73. Terry retired from Dean Foods as a maintenance superintendent after working there for 34 years. He had volunteered with the Wayland Fire Department for 28 years, where he served as the assistant chief. Terry...
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