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Cindi’s Boutique featured on FOX-17’s ‘Smart Shopper’

March 17, 2015

Cindi Sebring, owner of Cindi's Boutique, 130 W. Superior St., will be featured at 9 a.m. Thursday in a Fox-17 television segment "Smart Shopper." Sebring said her consignment store is having a special sale in anticipation of the upcoming prom season. "I carry both short and long gowns significantly under...

Wayland schools opt out of early college program, for now

March 17, 2015

The Wayland Board of Education has instructed Superintendent Norman Taylor to tell the Allegan Area Education Services Association it will pass for now on participating in in a special early college program. The board last week voted to endorse the program in concept, but expressed concerns about being finally able...

Funeral will be Thursday for Breanna McPhall, 14, of Hopkins

March 17, 2015

Breanna Page McPhall, 14, of Hopkins, died Saturday, March 14. Breanna was born May 10, 2000, in Petoskey, the daughter of Wayne and Barb (Page) McPhall. Breanna attended Life Change Church in Burnips, loved music, hunting and spending time with her family and friends. Surviving are her parents: Wayne and...

Former Hopkins woman Angeline Thomas passes at 72

March 17, 2015

Angeline Ruth (Vander Kolk) Thomas, age 72, of Byron Center, formerly of Hopkins, died Monday, March 16, after a long struggle with M.S. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Dean; her son and daughter-in-law, David and Jill Thomas; grandchildren, Jacob and Bella Thomas; her sisters, Alice and...

John Sloan to fill vacancy on Wayland City Council

March 16, 2015

John Sloan, recently retired counselor at Wayland High School and former assistant varsity football coach, has been appointed to the Wayland City Council seat vacated earlier this month by Ron Kobish. Sloan is a graduate of Hope College and he served on the Wayland High School staff for many years...

So this is what Wayland City Park will look like in the future

March 16, 2015

The passport grant for renovations at the Wayland City Park are assured and conceptual drawings of what the park will look like were unveiled to the City Council Monday night. Standing here between the two artist's conceptions is Mayor Tim Bala. Councilman Rick Mathis, who acknowledged one of his children...

City submits interurban trail grant application a 2nd time

March 16, 2015

The Wayland City Council vote was 5-2, as expected, to apply again for a state grant to help fund a proposed paved recreational bicycle and walking trail from Dahlia Street to 133rd Avenue along the interurban. The council has been discussing the matter for several years and it voted along...

Accident Sunday claims life of Dorr woman, only 26 years old

March 16, 2015

Dana Rae Lynn Carter, age 26, of Dorr, died Sunday, March 15, due to accidental injuries. Born June 18, 1988, Dana was a 2006 graduate of Grandville High School. She attended GRCC and Aquinas College and graduated with a BSN degree in 2011. She began her nursing career at Spectrum...

Charges may be filed in Wayland Twp. fatal crash Sunday

March 16, 2015

Judith Ann Shumaker, 80, from the Otsego area, was killed Sunday morning in a two-vehicle traffic crash near Patterson Avenue and 136th Avenue, Wayland Township. Authorities said she was trapped in her car and was in critical condition when first responders arrived at about 10:45 a.m. She was transported by...

WHS students share love of reading with young buddies

March 16, 2015

Quinn, a 4-year-old from Baker Elementary’s Extended Day Preschool, says she is excited to read with her reading buddy, Ali Martus. They hold hands as they walk down the hall to find a quiet place to read Ali’s favorite childhood book “One Fish, Two Fish” by Dr. Seuss. Once seated,...

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