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Six WHS choir students advance to State Solo & Ensemble
Six Wayland Union High School choir students moved up to the State Solo and Ensemble level and will be performing two songs and sight singing in front of a judge…
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Dorr Elementary food service staff bring the beach to students
Dorr Elementary food service staff members Friday brought the “beach” to the students in the school cafeteria, where they had a luau lunch complete with leis, grass skirts and sun…
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Steeby 4th-grade team qualifies for state Odyssey of the Mind
A Steeby Elementary Odyssey of the Mind team took second place in the regional competition Saturday at the regionals in Martin and have earned the right to take part in…
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David Wolowicz, 60, a 1974 graduate of WHS, passes
Word has been received of the death of David Wolowicz, 60, a 1974 graduate of Wayland High School. Wolowicz, who served in the U.S. Navy after graduation, was a member…
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Monday Moanin’: Skilled trades workers needed In Michigan
Just Google the phrase “construction worker shortage Michigan.” After decades of the “college for all” mantra, too many K-12 public schools have divested themselves of their vocational and traditional “shop”…
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The Muck Starts Here: A mass murder comes closer to home
by Barry Hastings And won't it be interesting to learn about his motivation? Even more interesting will be learning the motivation of Jason Dalton's neighbors who, time after time that…
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Wildcat boys 9th in regionals; Austin Beggs just misses state
The Wayland boys’ varsity bowling team finished in the middle of the pack in the Division 2 regional tournament Friday at Continental Lanes in Kalamazoo. The Wildcats were ninth among…
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Soph Sydney Urben qualifies for state bowling tourney again
Wayland sophomore Sydney Urben punched her second straight ticket to the state Division 2 singles bowling tournament in Plymouth Canton by placing third Saturday in the regionals with a score…
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Almost by default: I pick Gernant over Whiteford for State Rep.
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The Tuesday, March 8, presidential primary and special election to fill the 80th District…
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Democracy Tree: Schuette, Snyder and the games they play
As the effluence of Gov. Snyder’s carefully timed bolus of damning emails was discharged in bulk on the media last Friday, the political fallout went from bad to worse for…