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Wildcats turn up the heat in 4th quarter to subdue Caledonia, 66-50

Wayland overcame a shabby shooting performance and a pesky visiting Caledonia boys’ basketball team that was able to hang around on the scoreboard for three quarters to claim a 66-50…

Editor December 15, 2015

Columns

Ranger Rick: We must decide who can and cannot enter our borders

Back in 2008, candidate Barack Obama boasted, “Generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to…

Editor December 15, 2015

Obituaries

Services Friday for private pilot Kenneth Sadler, 88, of Wayland

Kenneth G. Saddler, age 88 of Wayland, died Sunday, Dec. 13. Kenneth was a private pilot who enjoyed spending time flying airplanes and going to air shows. He loved spending…

Editor December 15, 2015

Articles

Moline Elementary building, property sale in a holding pattern

Stephen Austin, potential buyer of the old Moline Elementary School building, is still working to make the final sale happen, but indicates he has challenges ahead. Austin said he has…

Editor December 14, 2015

Articles

Student rep., debate captain ask Wayland to reinstate fund-raising

The Wayland Board of Education Monday night got an earful from the student representative and the captain of the debate team about fund-raising. Student Board Representative Jonathan Seymour and Debate…

Editor December 14, 2015

Articles

More tech costs ahead, but Wayland school finances getting healthier

The fund balance for the Wayland Union school district continues to get healthier, but the school board Monday night was told expenses seem inevitable for technology infrastructure. Scott Getter, who…

Editor December 14, 2015

Articles

WHS awarded Apple Professional Learning Grant

Wayland Union High School has been awarded an Apple Professional Learning Grant that will support the high school in its digital learning environment. The grant will create a personalized professional…

Editor December 14, 2015

Community Notices

Public hearing on pot exchange re-set for Jan. 4 in Martin Twp.

The special public hearing on a new zoning ordinance for Martin Township has been rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4. The meeting, originally announced as being scheduled for Monday,…

Editor December 14, 2015

Obituaries

Service will be Monday for former local man Dick Hayward, 84

Richard "Dick" Hayward, age 84, of Holland, died Friday, Dec. 11. Dick served in the U.S. Marines. He worked at the Kalamazoo Paper Mill/Georgia Pacific for 44 years, retiring in…

Editor December 13, 2015

Columns

Monday Moanin’: Words of caution for my education friends and others

by Jeff Salisbury As a retired classroom teacher (who took 13 on-again, off-again, on-again years from high school diploma to college ed degree) and a proud, long-time labor leader who…

Editor December 13, 2015