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Larry Ward named recipient of Wayland VFW Teacher of Year honor

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Wayland High School teacher-coach Larry Ward is this year's recipient of the Wayland VFW Post No. 7581 Teacher of the Year award. Ward was presented the plaque at Wayland Union Middle School's annual Pearl Harbor Day program Monday to remember the events of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 and...
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Private graveside service planned for Arlene Wiersma, 77, of Dorr

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Arlene J. Wiersma, age 77 of Dorr, died at home under hospice care Saturday, Dec. 5. Born April 25, 1938, she was preceded in death by her parents Ray and Vera (Newell) Landstra and her brother Glen Landstra. Arlene is survived by her husband of 57 years Bert Wiersma; their...
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Monday Moanin’: Tweaking Will Rogers — All I know is what I read online

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By Jeff Salisbury "All I know is what I read in the papers" – Will Rogers Sr. Sadly, this is real news… not satire… because you just can’t make this stuff up… Series of hearings on academic struggles in Michigan classrooms continues Friday, December 04, 2015 LANSING, MI (WHTC) – A third...
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Army Bob: Another terrorist attack, another call for gun control

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We suffered yet one more terrorist attack, and the good folks on the left once again fall back to the party line: it is not the criminal nor the terrorist, it is the gun. The lack of logic is monumental; if guns were illegal, crime or terrorism would disappear? I...
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The Muck Starts Here: State Legislature goes from bad to worse

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Name one issue — guns, roads, wolves, pipelines, fracking, the Jamrat and her Coarser friend — our Michigan legislature hasn't made a hash of over the past eight to ten years. They've modified the concealed carry law just about every year since it was introduced. Now they've got it where...
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Democracy Tree: GOP proposal gives unconvicted rapists parental rights

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by Amy Kerr Hardin Having not written about the Michigan Senate for a spell, now is a good time to check up on them during their year-end rush. Though it’s not a lame duck session, the winter months are typically chock full of legislative odds and ends to sort through....
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Lady Wildcats take 5th in 19-team Wyoming bowling invitational

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The Lady Wildcats bowlers kicked off their 2015/16 season Saturday afternoon by finishing fifth at the Wyoming Invitational at Spectrum Lanes. There were 19 ladies teams and the Lady Wildcats improved from last year in which they failed to make the final eight for bracket play by qualifying second with...
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Ancient Wayland Fire Department truck joins Christmas parade

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The annual Christmas parade took place this morning in downtown Wayland, and the Wayland Fire Department brought its 60-year-old fire truck to be part of the festivites. The ancient vehicle is shown here during the lineup before the start of the parade on South Main Street. (Photo courtesy Wayland Fire...
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Wayland JV girls’ hoops team also off to 2-0 start this season

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Just like the varsity, the Wayland High School junior varsity basketball team is off to a 2-0 start this season. The Wildcats, coached by Coralie Ritz Miller, breezed past Wyoming 64-18 Friday evening after besting Rockford 54-39 Tuesday night. Against Wyoming, the JV Wildcats jumped out to a first quarter...
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Tess Tobolic’s dinosaur entry wins top prize at Art Hop competition

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Tess Tobolic, a 2008 graduate of Wayland High School and a chalk artist, was the grand prize winner in the Wayland Art Hop art competition Friday evening with this formidable design of a dinosaur. Tobolic graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design and MSU of GR with a degree...
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