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Four finalists for supt. to be interviewed at WHS Friday

The Wayland Board of Education will interview four finalist candidates for the superintendent's position Friday afternoon and evening at the high school media center. Eighteen applications were reviewed by the…

Editor April 20, 2022

Sports

Both Viking track teams go 2-1 at Silver quad at Sparta

Kambria Moored Helena Kerber Both the Hopkins boys’ and girls’ track teams Tuesday defeated Comstock Park and NorthPointe Christian, but lost to host Sparta in an O-K Silver Conference quad…

Editor April 19, 2022

Articles

Field of GOP candidates crowded in Aug. 2 primary

Rachelle Smit Lindsay Kronemayer There will be a lot of new faces in the State House of Representatives after the Nov. 8 general election, and this area will be no…

Editor April 19, 2022

Community Notices

Man sentenced in local peeping cell phone case

A man who set up a cell phone to record users inside at bathroom at Dollar General in Wayland almost two years ago was sentenced to between 4 years, nine…

Editor April 19, 2022

Columns

Yes It’s True: Just how do I want to be remembered?

"Sometimes I wonder, just for awhile… will you ever remember me?” — Tim Buckley, 1967 When I wrote a feature story for the Kalamazoo Gazette about then-Lt. Gov. Brian Calley,…

Editor April 19, 2022

Columns

Easter time for beginnings and new kitchen towels

by Denise Dykstra Has this ever happened to you? I don’t think I could be the only one who has found oneself in this situation. I washed my hands at…

Editor April 19, 2022

Obituaries

Funeral will be Monday for Phyllis Larson Koster, 90

Phyllis Marie Koster died on Easter Sunday, April 17, at Grand Village Assisted Living in Grandville. She was 90. She was born Feb. 1, 1932, to Dr. Arthur and Ruby…

Editor April 19, 2022

Obituaries

Funeral will be Thursday for Tom Heid of Orangeville

Thomas Joel Heid, age 83 of Orangeville, died Thursday, April 14. Tom was born Oct. 20, 1938, in Kalamazoo, the son of Matthew and Dorothea (Pritchard) Heid. He was a…

Editor April 18, 2022

Articles

Wayland City sewer rate increases to begin July 1

City of Wayland residents will absorb an increase in sewer rates, beginning July 1, for the first time in a dozen years. City Manager Josh Eggleston acknowledged that a plan…

Editor April 18, 2022

Features

Two WHS hall of famers will be honored Tuesday

Joan Miller Dennis Nickels Wayland Union Schools will induct new members into the WHS Alumni Hall of Fame Tuesday evening and current scholars will be recognized by the local chapter…

Editor April 18, 2022