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Former local educator, school board member to be on radio

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…

Editor March 26, 2015

Obituaries

Former Wayland Police Chief Harold Ernst passes at 95

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…

Editor March 26, 2015

Columns

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

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.…

Editor March 25, 2015

Obituaries

1965 WHS grad and star athlete Terry Frank has passed

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…

Editor March 25, 2015

Features

WMS students learn the Cha Cha for World Language Month

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…

Editor March 25, 2015

Features

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area history, Part 158

25 Years Ago — March 28, 1990 The Wayland Township Planning Commission told petitioner Ron Heilman that it cannot grant tax property relief for his 40-acre “wildlife preserve” site on…

Editor March 25, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcats soccer team gets 4-0 win over Coopersville

The Wayland girls' varsity soccer team opened its season Tuesday evening with a 4-0 victory on its home field over Coopersville. The Lady Wildcats were nursing a 1-0 lead at…

Editor March 24, 2015

Features

Two Martin Odyssey of Mind teams win state championships

The Martin Middle School Odyssey of the Mind team won the Division II state championship at Thornapple Kellogg Saturday, March…

Editor March 24, 2015

Obituaries

Mass of Christian Burial Saturday for Russell Shoemaker, 86

Russell R. Shoemaker, 86 of Dorr Township, died Tuesday March 24. Russ was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was a member of the Wayland VFW Post 7581. He…

Editor March 24, 2015

Community Notices

Insisting the manager do dishes at the Auction House Cafe

He certainly looks like a dishwasher here, but longtime Moline and Leighton Township resident Tom Miller actually is spending part of his retirement managing his daughter Tammy's restaurant, the Auction…

Editor March 24, 2015