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Viking girls, boys turn back Lee; Martin boys struggle

January 21, 2020

The Hopkins boy's varsity basketball team improved its overall season record to 6-4 and 3-1 in the O-K Silver Conference with a resounding 65-35 victory over Wyoming Lee Tuesday evening. The Lady Vikings, meanwhile, improved to 6-4 with a win over Lee, but there was no report of a score....

Council approves study for traffic light at Wildcat Drive

January 21, 2020

Anthony Winters The Wayland City Council Tuesday night agreed to continue with a traffic study for a light at the corner of Wildcat Drive and East Superior Street near the high school and middle school. City Manager Josh Eggleston said the study eventually could cost as much as $10,000 and...

Lady Wildcats bounce back to beat Forest Hills Eastern

January 21, 2020

Stephanie Ainsworth seems to be pointing at something. (Photos courtesy of Josh Cline) The Wayland girls' varsity basketball team bounced back into the win column Tuesday evening after a terrible week last week. The Lady Wildcats, stung twice last week by Wyoming and powerhouse East Grand Rapids, tuned back visiting...

Great Clips to replace Cricket at Reno Drive mall?

January 21, 2020

Word on the street is that a Great Clips franchise hair/beauty salon will join the businesses in the strip mall on the west side of Reno Drive. Great Clips is believed to be moving into the former Cricket Wireless site at 322 Reno Drive. Cricket was said to have moved...

Ranger Rick: Always tracking, always alerting, always hyping

January 21, 2020

In the old days of three TV stations (WKZO, WOOD, WZZM) the talking heads of weather forecasting would come on and tell us of the changing weather. When snow was in the forecast, they didn't make a big deal of it, it was reported what they thought would happen (forecasts...

Lady ‘Cats rollers top South Christian, lift record to 7-1-1

January 20, 2020

Kadence Bottrall Wayland defeated visiting South Christian 27-3 Monday afternoon to lift its girls’ bowling dual match record to 7-1-1. The boys’ team, meanwhile, lost to Sailors by the same score and their overall record sank to 2-6. The Wildcat ladies swept the Baker games 159-131 and 174-94 to find...

Renovated kitchen is ready at Allegan Tech Center

January 20, 2020

Culinary Arts student Logan Blanchard, Plainwell and Culinary Arts Instructor Mary Hoadley. A major renovation to the Allegan County Area Technical and Education Center has been completed with a sweet result. The Culinary Arts program area was completely gutted over the past summer, with even the concrete floor being torn...

WHS grad Dollarhide super sub for Lawrence Tech

January 20, 2020

Hope Dollarhide Hope Dollarhide, a 2016 Wayland High School graduate, had a homecoming of sorts Saturday when she and her Lawrence Tech University teammates visited Cornerstone University for a basketball game. The visiting Blue Devils prevailed 71-52 to run their overall season record to 14-7. Dollarhide, just like in her...

Yes It’s True: Remembering Dr. King is complicated

January 19, 2020

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. MONTGOMERY, AL - MARCH 25: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking before crowd of 25,000 Selma To Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marchers, in front of Montgomery,...

Weekend storms drop nearly 10 inches of snow

January 19, 2020

The second wave of snowfall over the weekend may have been even worse in West Michigan, as roads were snow- and ice-covered and slippery Sunday morning. Shown here are emergency workers and vehicles dealing with a difficult situation on the U.S.-131 expressway between Dorr and Wayland. Some weather observers said...

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