Editor

No service scheduled for Linda Kruizenga of Moline

Linda Lee Kruizenga, age 83, died Sunday, March 6, at her home in Moline. Linda was an avid reader, loved watching the tennis channel, playing golf, and getting together with…

Editor March 8, 2022

Features

Ex-WHS foreign exchange student still safe in exile

Former Wayland High School foreign exchange student Olya Schenky remains outside of war-torn Ukraine, but is reporting that she is well and awaiting a reunion with her parents. Schenky, who…

Editor March 8, 2022

Sports

Former WHS track star is NAIA 800 national champ

Maggie Whitney Wayland High School graduate Maggie Whitney last weekend captured the national title in the 800-meter run at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Indoor Track and Field…

Editor March 7, 2022

Sports

Clippers get revenge with victory in district opener

The Martin boys' varsity basketball team took advantage of an opportunity for revenge Monday night in the opening round of the Division 4 post-season tournament. The Clippers, who lost to…

Editor March 7, 2022

Columns

Two ‘Cat bowlers nearly met each other in the finals

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following column was written by Wayland High School senior Mark Musgrave III, a boys' bowling team member, who wrote a personal account of what he saw Saturday…

Editor March 7, 2022

Sports

Wildcats touch out Hopkins in district tourney opener

The Wayland High School boys’ varsity basketball team Monday evening defeated Hopkins 47-36 in the opening round of the Division 2 post-season district tournament. The homestanding Wildcats improved to 6-15…

Editor March 7, 2022

Articles

South Main Street slated to get a makeover next year

Mark Riemersma Teryl Shields With about $650,000 in funds available, plans are moving forward for a Main Street project that will include a center turning lane. City Engineer Mickey Bittner…

Editor March 7, 2022

Columns

Army Bob: We must deal with truth about Ukraine

by Robert M. Traxler Russia has been my enemy since birth. One of my first memories is packing my “bug-out bag” as a 4- to 7-year-old Army dependent child in…

Editor March 7, 2022

Obituaries

Memorial mass planned for former Wayland woman

Former longtime Wayland resident Bette M. (Wisniewski) Baker died Saturday, Feb. 26, of natural causes in St. Ignace. Born Dec. 14, 1923, in Detroit, she was 98 years old. She…

Editor March 7, 2022

Features

Thought spring arrived? I’m back! Didja miss me?

After a balmy 60-degree day Saturday and a windy Sunday, Michigan weather played its customary tricks in March by sending us the return of wintery conditions. Actually, the accumulation was…

Editor March 7, 2022