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Wildcat girls are 6-2 going into the Christmas break

Mady Terry: 14 points Wayland will go into the Christmas break with an overall record of 6-2 after posting a 58-40 victory Wednesday night over Forest Hills Central. The Wildcats…

Editor December 21, 2022

Community Notices

New Leighton Twp. Fire Dept. engine has arrived

Today was the day when the new Leighton Township Fire Department engine 1313 came home to station #2. A department spokesman said, "Thank you to our community for all the…

Editor December 21, 2022

Sports

Drew Weber sidelined, but asked to coach at Olivet

The bad news is that Hopkins High School graduate Drew Weber (right) has been forced call it quits for his basketball career. A senior on the Olivet College basketball team,…

Editor December 21, 2022

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) This was Wayland High School in 1940, a year before it was taken down at the…

Editor December 21, 2022

Obituaries

Former local elementary PE teacher dies in Middleville

Former Wayland elementary physical education teacher Janet Leslie (White) Johnson,71, died Tuesday, Dec. 13, at her home in Middleville. Born March 26, 1951, in Kenton, Ohio, she was the daughter…

Editor December 21, 2022

Community Notices

A harbinger of what’s to come later this week?

The predicted big winter storm had not yet arrived, but already there was a highway incident, this one at the Gun Lake Casino exit (No. 61) off the U.S.-131 expressway.…

Editor December 21, 2022

Sports

Short-handed Martin girls edged in 1st hoop defeat

A short-handed Martin girls' basketball team absorbed its first loss of the season Tuesday in a 33-31 nail-biter at West Michigan Christian. Coach Ben Schipper and his assistant were out…

Editor December 20, 2022

Sports

Viking boys unbeaten in O-K Silver bowling standings

The Hopkins boys' bowling team scored its fourth victory this season Monday by shooting past O-K Silver rival Belding 22-8. The Vikings remain undefeated in conference action. Top bowlers were…

Editor December 20, 2022

Sports

Hopkins hoops squads both victorious over Allegan

Senior Mady Weber on the dribble vs. Allegan. The Hopkins boys' and girls' basketball teams enjoyed a pretty good night Tuesday in ballgames against Allegan. The boys pushed their overall…

Editor December 20, 2022

Sports

Lady Wildcats bounce back to defeat Hamilton 58-46

Harmony Laker The Wayland girls’ varsity basketball team Tuesday night bounced back from a terrible drubbing last week at the hands of unbeaten West Catholic by getting past Hamilton 58-46.…

Editor December 20, 2022