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Jo Bryant of Dorr dies 5 days after her 84th birthday

March 26, 2015

Johanna Jo Bryant of Dorr, who celebrated her 84th birthday just last Friday, died Wednesday, March 25. Jo was born March 20, 1931, in Kalamazoo to Elzo and Gertrude Veenkant. Since retiring, Jo and her late husband, Richard (Dick Bryant), looked forward to their weekends up north, hunting, fishing, playing...

Dorr Twp. pay raise rejections penny wise and pound foolish

March 26, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. It appears that the Dorr Township Supervisor, Clerk and Treasurer will be rebuffed in their attempt to secure a 5.3% pay increase for the next fiscal year. This short-sidedness on the part of the...

Wayland Board of Education to extend iPads to K-6 students

March 26, 2015

The Wayland Board of Education appears to be poised to fund a program for iPads to be extended into elementary classrooms. The board held a work session Monday evening and apparently has agreed to spend part of the money the district will receive in the next year from the Gun...

Service will be Monday morning for Doreene McGrath, 97

March 26, 2015

Doreene Mabel McCrath, age 97, of Wayland, died Wednesday, March 25. Doreene will be lovingly remembered by her children: Wally (Pat) McCrath, Sandy Scheib, and Nancy McCrath; step-sons: Paul (Jo) McCrath and Cliff McCrath; eight grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren; her sister Ruth Gomulka; and several nieces and nephews....

Jordan Richardson wins Dorr Township Library logo contest

March 26, 2015

Dorr Township Library has announced that the logo contest winner is Jordan Richardson. His logo was one of the top five chosen by the Library Board and was chosen through popular vote as the favorite! Library Director Natalie Bazan said, "We can't wait to begin using our new logo."

Former local educator, school board member to be on radio

March 26, 2015

Former Wayland educator and school board member Jeff Salisbury was interviewed today by Michigan Public Radio after submitting the winning question for the network’s contest “MI Curious.” Salisbury’s entry asked how many of the members of the State Legislature has children who attended K-12 public schools, private schools or were...

Former Wayland Police Chief Harold Ernst passes at 95

March 26, 2015

Word has been received of the death of former Wayland Police Chief Harold A. Ernst, who most recently was living in McAllen, Texas. Mr. Ernst was 95. He was Wayland’s chief from 1973 to 1985, when he retired and was succeeded by Dan Miller. Before that, he had been commander...

Democracy Tree: Aramark — World’s most ethical company?

March 25, 2015

by Amy Kerr Hardin Aramark, the scandal-plagued private food vendor hired by Michigan to serve prison food was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute. This is the fifth time Aramark has taken the honor, and this time it occurred on the heels of news...

1965 WHS grad and star athlete Terry Frank has passed

March 25, 2015

Terry Frank, a 1965 graduate of Wayland High School, has died. His wife, the former Susie Longstreet, said last December on Facebook, "Terry has pulmonary fibrosis congestive heart failure fluid on his lungs . He just got out of the hospital again. The fibrosis is not treatable. He has been...

WMS students learn the Cha Cha for World Language Month

March 25, 2015

Wayland Middle School students took Cha Cha lessons this week as part of their World Language Month activities. Chelsea Robinson (at right) from Sisters Three School of Dance in Wayland taught the class in the cafeteria after school. This activity, sponsored by the Wayland Union Education Foundation Grant, was one...

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