Editor

Wayland, Hopkins bands both earn Division 1 ratings

Both the Hopkins and Wayland High School marching bands earned Division I ratings Tuesday from adjudicators at the Michigan High School Band and Orchestra district festival at East Kentwood High…

Editor October 12, 2021

Sports

‘Cat boys, Viking girls win Wayland Invitational titles

The Wayland boys’ varsity cross-country team captured its third invitational championship this fall Tuesday by taking first in its own soggy tourney at Wayland Middle School. The Wildcats came up…

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Articles

City plans to offer citizens master plan survey on line

The City of Wayland will affix a master plan survey to its Internet web site and Facebook page in an effort to get a lot of public input in a…

Editor October 12, 2021

Articles

Plan Commission OKs rezoning request for 133rd

The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved a rezoning request from Award Enterprises for a parcel on the southern edge of town on 133rd Avenue. Award Enterprises, which plans…

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Features

Wayland Schools’ cleaning employee is Rookie of Year

Wayland Union Schools' Ashley Stearns-McDaniel, GRBS lead, was named Rookie of the Year at the annual Employee Awards and Recognition Banquet for Grand Rapids Building Services. "Ashley is terrific and…

Editor October 12, 2021

Editorial

Cider advisory for Bowens Mills could’ve been avoided

ACHTUNG: The following is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. The news of the Michigan Health Department’s advisory against drinking cider made at…

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Columns

Notorious walker takes me on tour of the Basilica in GR

by Denise Dykstra My friend Kim Schaafsma and I recently toured the Basilica of Saint Adalbert and Saint Andrew in downtown Grand Rapids. Kim asked me to tag along. She…

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Features

Honor Society students refresh Little Free Libraries

Wayland Union High School National Honor Society students have been busy with a service project intended to benefit the entire community — Little Free Libraries. The honor students visited the…

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Obituaries

Private family burial slated for Floyd Shettler of Martin

Floyd Shettler died away Sunday, Oct. 10, at his home in Martin. He was 73. Born Nov. 27, 1947, in Bay City, to Floyd Sr. and Maida (Rowley) Shettler, Floyd…

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Obituaries

Wendy Winger celebration of life delayed until 2022

Wendy Lynn Winger, age 53, died Saturday, Oct. 9. A 1986 graduate of Wayland High School, Wendy managed the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, where she…

Editor October 12, 2021