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Lady Wildcats finish at 19-1, earn O-K Gold co-championship

February 27, 2015

Unless Wayland's girls' basketball team wins the Class B regional championship, local fans have seen the last of Presley Hudson, Morgan Winger and Caroline (C.J) Miller at the good old Wayland gym. The Lady Wildcats closed out the regular season at 19-1 overall, their best since the glory days under...

Current Allegan County Strays: Feb. 27

February 27, 2015

"Snoopy was found in the Hopkins area and "Spuds" in Wayland. All stray pets at the Allegan County Shelter have a short “stray hold,” waiting for their family to reclaim them. If you see your pet in this photo gallery it is important you call the shelter ASAP. Please leave...

Presley Hudson 1 of 5 finalists for Miss Basketball award

February 27, 2015

The Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan Friday released the names of five girls who will appear on this year’s Miss Basketball ballot, and Wayland senior point guard Presley Hudson is one of them. Mlive.com had a list of 10 players during the season, but the five finalists announced today are...

Steeby students wear denim to support kids with rare diseases

February 27, 2015

Staff and students at Steeby Elementary School in Wayland wore denim Friday to recognize World Rare Disease Day, which falls on Saturday, Feb. 28. Elana Savickas (student in Beth Rood’s second grade class) has a younger brother Oakley, 4, who has a rare disease called Prune Belly Syndrome. He also...

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Army Bob: 4th Infantry answers call, but more troops needed

February 26, 2015

by Robert M. Traxler The country called 911 and the 4th Infantry answered, once again. The Third Brigade Combat team (Iron Brigade), 4th Infantry Division (Ivy Division) is deploying to Kuwait, not “boots on the ground” but boots on the ground next door. In my opinion, an outstanding move on...

Lady Wildcat JVs end season with 36-35 loss to South Christian

February 26, 2015

The Wayland girls' junior varsity basketball squad lost to Grand Rapids South Christian 36-35 Thursday evening to close out its regular season with a 13-7 record. One huge difference in the contest was that the Lady Wildcats had only six attempted free throws while South had 26. It was a...

Ex-Wayland schools transportation supervisor Stan Jansen dies

February 26, 2015

Stanley James Jansen, age 90, of Dorr, died Tuesday, Feb. 24, following a brief illness. He was the owner of Stan's Body Shop in Dorr for many years. Later he was the Transportation Supervisor for Wayland Union School retiring from there in 1986. He was known as "Stan the Man"...

Grandfather of 4 famous WHS female athletes dies at 77

February 26, 2015

William “Bill” M. Merchant, 77, paternal grandfather of four of the most famous female athletes in Wayland, died Thursday after a brief illness on what coincidentally would have been his Mother’s 100th birthday. Merchant was grandfather of Nikki Cardosa and Jessica, Brittini and Macy Merchant, and he was the father...

Tuinstra and Senneker must stop with the micro-managing

February 25, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” — Georges Santayana “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results.” — Albert Einstein...

Democracy Tree: State lawmakers try again for transvaginal probe

February 25, 2015

by Amy Kerr Hardin The State Legislature tried it in 2012, and again in 2013, and now, after taking a year off, they’ve brought it back again. Did they think we’d forget, or not notice? Each piece of legislation was carefully crafted to look like a routine and reasonable medical...

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