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

January 15, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Jan. 18, 1995 The 1915 Wayland High School football team. St. Therese School fifth-grader David Riley won the local geography bee competition and has qualified for the state contest. Robert Eyeman of...

Community Notices

Gun Lake and another tribe together buy McKay Tower

January 15, 2020

The Gun Lake Tribe of Potawatomis and Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomis announced Wednesday they have together purchased the McKay Tower in downtown Grand Rapids for $17.5 million. The McKay Tower, billed as the first high-rise building in Grand Rapids on Monroe Avenue, will continue to serve as a site...

City Plan Commission has lengthy discussion on pot

January 14, 2020

Members of the Wayland City Planning Commission had considerable discussion Tuesday night about prospects for allowing the growing, processing, transportation and sale of recreational marijuana, which was legalized in November 2018. Some members said they were uncomfortable with only discussing the issue and expressed a preference for deciding once and...

Sports

Lady Wildcats’ 8-game win streak ends at Wyoming

January 14, 2020

Stephanie Ainsworth: 33 points, but she fouled out. The Wayland High School girls’ varsity basketball winning streak came to an end at eight Tuesday night at Wyoming. The Lady Wildcats battled their hosts evenly throughout the first three quarters, trailing just 49-48 going into the last eight minutes, but things...

Use of controversial Reno Drive property still unknown

January 14, 2020

Keith Nickels Josh Otto EDITOR'S NOTE: The story published Tuesday evening about the odd-shaped parcel bought by Josh Otto and Keith Nickels was misleading. Heather Mitchell of Professional Code Inspections has reported there was a misunderstanding in interpreting an e-mail Otto sent her Tuesday. "When I read through the email...

Ranger Rick: Medicare, Social Security gravy train will end

January 14, 2020

There are many readers of Townbroadcast receiving Social Security and Medicare, both programs paid for by the recipient by being taxed through payroll deductions and their employers contributing. I keep hearing that we are a capitalist/socialist type government because we all contributed to these programs. Did we have a choice? ...

WHS grad Helen Chappell Richardson dies in Florida

January 14, 2020

Helen Chappell Richardson, a 1969 graduate of Wayland High School, died of cancer Saturday, Jan. 11, in Summerfield, Fla. She was 69. She and her husband were longtime Wayland area resident until they retired to Florida and she worked part time at a pro shop at Spruce Creek Golf Club....

Wildcat boys capture 1st dual match win of season

January 13, 2020

The Wayland boys’ varsity bowling team captured its first dual match victory of the season Monday evening with a 19-11 decision over Forest Hills Eastern. The girls’ team won as well, 23-7 over the Hawks. Alan Beggs, who coach Sherry Rybiski Miklusicak said used to be the baby of the...

Robin Seniura promoted to Dorr Elementary principal

January 13, 2020

Robin Seniura Robin Seniura has been promoted from assistant principal to principal at Dorr Elementary School. Seniura, whose appointment was announced Monday night at the Wayland Board of Education meeting, succeeds Kevin Zaschak, who resigned last month to take a special education post with the Kent County Intermediate School District....

WHS alum’s adaptation of ‘Alice’ planned in March

January 13, 2020

Wayland High School’s Advanced Theater is not only performing the classic children’s story “Alice in Wonderland” but they helped create it in a collaborative project with playwright and WUHS alum (2008), Jason Flannery. Performances for Subject: Alice in Wonderland will be at 7 p.m. Friday, March 6, and 3 and 7 p.m....

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