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Two Wildcats qualify for state C-C meet; team 5th in regional meet

Wayland senior Perry Carter and junior Jonathan Zuiderveen both qualified Saturday for the Division 2 state cross-country meet by placing among the top 15 individuals in the regionals at Portage.…

Editor October 31, 2015

Sports

Hopkins harriers qualify for state; Velderman is regional champ

Laura Velderman is the individual regional champion and the Hopkins cross-country team is going back to the Division 3 state meet next Saturday at Michigan International Speedway near Brooklyn. Velderman,…

Editor October 31, 2015

Community Notices

Hopkins FFA among nation’s top 10 as ‘Model of Innovation’

The Hopkins High School chapter of the FFA was selected as one of the top ten chapters in the nation as a "Model of Innovation" for community development out of…

Editor October 30, 2015

Features

Seven Wayland Middle School students to join State Honors Choir

Eleven Wayland Middle School choir students sang in the Michigan School Vocal Music Association (MSVMA) Regional Honors Choir concert Oct. 24 and auditioned for the State Honors Choir. The students…

Editor October 30, 2015

Community Notices

Shelbyville man killed in crash of semi-trucks in Indiana

A Shelbyville man died Thursday morning in a traffic crash in Swayzee, southwest of Marion, Ind. David Hoffman, 54 of Shelbyville, died at the scene. Authorities said it wasn’t clear…

Editor October 30, 2015

Sports

Former Wildcat volleyball players among top Davenport scorers

Wayland High School alum Molly Lameyer (6) is leading the Davenport University volleyball team in scoring and fellow former Wildcat Krissy Dill is third. The Panthers came from behind earlier…

Editor October 30, 2015

Sports

Aten, NAIA No. 1-ranked Cornerstone to debut tonight in hoops

Dilon Aten, a 2015 graduate of Wayland High School, is a member of the defending champion Cornerstone University basketball team, which opens its season tonight at Indiana Wesleyan. The Golden…

Editor October 30, 2015

Columns

Army Bob: We must eliminate ISIS cancer now, or have to face it later

Some 19 months ago I wrote in this column that we needed to deploy a reinforced Armored Brigade (6,000 troops) to Iraq and eliminate the ISIS threat. At that point…

Editor October 29, 2015

Community Notices

Construction begins for new traffic lights at downtown 4 corners

Work crews have been at the four corners of downtown Wayland lately. City Manager Mike Selden said, "Basically, they are just replacing the old signal and cross walk lights, with…

Editor October 29, 2015

Articles

Dorr, Hopkins ‘superstar’ library director weighing offer from Belding

Natalie Bazan, widely regarded as a superstar director for the Dorr Township and Hopkins District libraries, is being courted seriously by the Alvah N. Belding Library. Bazan this week is…

Editor October 29, 2015