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Wildcat girls claim back-to-back Gold bowling titles

The girls' basketball team isn't the only Wayland O-K Gold championship team this winter. The Lady Wildcats' bowling group Tuesday made it back-to-back titles by winning the league tournament at…

Editor February 21, 2023

Community Notices

Eyesore house in City of Wayland is brought down

This house near the corner of Clark and Elm Streets ijn the City of Wayland, was being brought down by heavy equipment Tuesday afternoon. The house was abandoned after a…

Editor February 21, 2023

Sports

The Ainsworths, WHS grads, earn academic honors at Cornerstone

Brother and sister Cory and Stephanie Ainsworth, both Wayland High School graduates, are among the six Cornerstone University basketball players to earn College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors. To…

Editor February 21, 2023

Sports

Lady Wildcats make it official with O-K Gold title

Addi Sikorski The Wayland girls' varsity basketball team Tuesday night made its O-K Gold Conference championship official, and it wasn't pretty. The Lady Wildcats hammered host Ottawa Hills 71-18 to…

Editor February 21, 2023

Sports

Viking boys, girls win, but makeup prospects cloudy

The Hopkins girls’ and boys’ varsity basketball teams had successful outings against O-K Conference rival Comstock Park Tuesday. The guys, playing in Senior Night ballgame at home, recorded a 66-48…

Editor February 21, 2023

Articles

Dorr Township Planning Commission OKs 3 requests

The Dorr Township Planning Commission had virtually no trouble approving three requests Tuesday evening. Commissioners recommended approval of a request from Mr. And Mrs. Richard Snyder to rezone a parcel…

Editor February 21, 2023

Columns

Yes It’s True: Pete Arnsman was a Hopkins champion

Peggy Rose and Pete Arnsman EDITOR’S NOTE: I wrote a personal, heartfelt column four years ago about my good friend Lee Dale “Pete” Arnsman of Hopkins, just after he suffered…

Editor February 21, 2023

Obituaries

Pete Arnsman’s funeral is Friday at Hopkins church

Pete and Peggy Rose Arnsman in 1980. Longtime Hopkins High School athletic booster Lee Dale "Pete" Arnsman died at home Sunday, Feb. 19. Born July 10, 1936, in Hopkins, he…

Editor February 20, 2023

Features

Wayland Concerts in the Park ’23 lineup determined

The annual “Concerts in the Park” series will be held on four consecutive Friday evenings from 6 to 10 p.m. beginning Aug. 4. The series of free concerts, sponsored by…

Editor February 20, 2023

Articles

Compensation Commission resurrected by City Council

The Wayland City Council Monday night followed through on former Mayor Burrell Stein’s suggestion late last year that the local Officers’ Compensation Commission be resurrected. Stein told council members last…

Editor February 20, 2023