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WHS volleyball setter is 2nd team all-conference for KVCC

Samantha Geivett, a 2014 graduate of Wayland High School, has been selected to the second unit of the all-conference volleyball team for the community colleges of Michigan. Geivett, the setter…

Editor November 9, 2015

Obituaries

Parents fear son, Dustin Van Harn, 18 may have taken own life

Dustin Miguel Van Harn, 18, of Leighton Township, died Saturday at age 18. His parents, Michael and Kaylyn Van Harn of Leighton Township, wrote in his obituary, "... the guitars…

Editor November 9, 2015

Articles

Next year’s Wayland school public improvement projects outlined

Wayland Schools Finance Director Bill Melching Monday night outlined proposed summer 2016 projects that will be funded by the public improvements fund. The fund, which annually amounts to about $675,000,…

Editor November 9, 2015

Articles

Pre-school bond issue work progressing, though quietly, slowly

Progress on putting together a facility needs assessment for Wayland Union Schools is slow and quiet, but Finance Director Bill Melching told the Board of Education Monday night there may…

Editor November 9, 2015

Articles

Wayland High School student-athlete arrested for credit card misuse

A Wayland High School student-athlete was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 3, and released on $500 bond the following day in Kent County. John Gohn, 17, has been charged with credit card…

Editor November 9, 2015

Community Notices

Wayland High School debaters sweep Sailor Classic Tournamemt

The Wayland High School varsity debate group took first through fourth places in the team competition and six of the top ten individual awards at the Sailor Classic Debate Tournament…

Editor November 9, 2015

Features

Wildcat varsity hoops teams help special needs students

Student athletes from the Wayland varsity boys and girls basketball teams assisted with a program called “No More Sidelines” hosted at the WUHS gym. No More Sidelines is a non-profit…

Editor November 9, 2015

Columns

Monday Moanin’: Inept management doomed Detroit Public Schools

By Jeff Salisbury The Michigan Legislature is still debating Detroit schools’ future as the state-run deficit grows under three governors’ control. The Detroit Public Schools is in even bigger financial…

Editor November 8, 2015

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: More chaff, not wheat, from the Internet, Part 3

I've already posted two "Yes It Is, It's True columns on the subject of flat-out lies told and distributed widely on Facebook. I like to note them, store them and…

Editor November 8, 2015

Sports

Wildcats’ Cheri Ritz officially receives Coach of the Year award

Wayland varsity softball coach Cheri Ritz this weekend officially was presented with the Coach of the Year plaque for 2015 from the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association at its…

Editor November 8, 2015