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Lady Wildcats nearly topple unbeaten TK, but lose 2-1 in OT

May 11, 2015

The Wayland girls' varsity soccer team, on a roll of late, came into a showdown with O-K Gold Conference unbeaten Middleville Thornapple Kellogg with hopes of catching the Trojans. But it was not to be, one goal shy, in a 2-1 overtime battle at Wayland Middle School. Lady Wildcats' coach...

Viking guys and girls celebrate O-K Silver track championships

May 11, 2015

For the Hopkins girls’ varsity track team, an O-K Silver Conference championship was business as usual, but for the Viking guys, achieving the same feat was special The girls won their fourth consecutive league crown Monday night by finishing first in the conference meet with...

Three food service grievances against Wayland schools outlined

May 11, 2015

The Wayland Board of Education Monday night was presented with three grievances from employees with the school’s food service program. Tom Greig, former Wayland High School teacher and now UNISERV director for the southwest region of the Michigan Education Association, outlined three grievances, but promised three more at the board’s...

Services set for Thursday for Evelyn Brenner, 92, of Hopkins

May 11, 2015

Evelyn R. Brenner of Hopkins, died Monday, May 11, at Brairwood Assisted Living in Allegan. She was 92. Mrs. Brenner was born Aug. 9, 1922, in Sparta, the daughter of Conrad and Clara Schwartz. Evelyn graduated from Hopkins High School, Class of 1940. She was a life member of the...

WHS grad’s cancer diagnosis raises questions for firefighters

May 11, 2015

Firefighter Stephen "Shakey" Vanravenswaay, a 1990 graduate of Wayland High School, is getting a lot of support lately from his firefighting brethren in Orange County, Fla. VanRavenswaay, a firefighter for the past 19 years, was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer Feb. 25, though he has no family history of...

Joshua Keyzer, 16, pleads guilty to felony murder of cousin

May 11, 2015

The Dorr area teenager who was accused or raping and killing his 21-year-old cousin near Doan’s Lake last summer pleaded guilty this morning to felony murder. Joshua Keyzer, who then was 15, admitted to Allegan County Circuit Judge Margaret Bakker, that killed Kassandra Keyzer while attempting to rape her. In...

Monday Moanin’ — What must be done in ‘road kill’ aftermath

May 10, 2015

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net Proposal I fails, resoundingly, but too many voters respond with no votes across the board I completely understand the statewide backlash by voters and turning back Proposal 1 (I voted NO as well), but I am troubled by so many no votes of other local issues....

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Renewable energy package is a positive step in right direction

May 10, 2015

An eight-bill energy package has been introduced by Aric Nesbitt to update Michigan’s outdated energy program. It’s good to see more attention being paid to “renewable” energy to decrease our dependency on coal. The problem is that they want to redefine the word “renewable” to include the incineration of our...

The Muck Starts Here: ‘Mad, bad and dangerous to know’

May 10, 2015

By Barry Hastings The President should declare the critically poor condition of our power and transportation (land, sea [water], air) infrastructures constitutes a national emergency of immense magnitude, and declare so. He should issue presidential orders calling for immediate action to get our national lifelines — pipelines, highways, safe air...

WHS valedictorian Eddie Seymour 10th in Riverbank 10k

May 9, 2015

Wayland High School graduate Eddie Seymour finished 10th Saturday in the men’s 10-kilometer race of the annual Firth Third River Bank Run. Seymour, who was valedictorian of the Wayland High School Class of 2008, finished the 10K race with a time of 38:38. He was a top runner for the...

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