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Citizen says Hopkins Twp. Tribe fight futile, wasteful
The Hopkins Township Board continues to wrestle with the issue of opposing the Gun Lake Tribe’s request to take a parcel of land into trust and therefore off the tax…
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Middle School Principal Carolyn Whyte finalist at Grant
Carolyn Whyte, principal at Wayland Middle School since 2006, is a finalist for the superintendent’s job at Grant Community Schools. Whyte will be interviewed Tuesday evening at the Grant Middle…
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Celebration of Life dinner will be Friday for Jack Erb, 76
Jack Allen Erb, 76, of Wayland died Sunday, May 5, from complications of pulmonary fibrosis and heart failure. Jack was a Vietnam Veteran, was in the Army from 1964 to…
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One Small Voice: This really IS America, unfortunately!
“When you’re weary, feeling small, When tears are in your eyes, I’ll dry them all. I’m on your side, oh, when times get rough, And friends just can’t be found,…
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Lady Wildcat JV softball team wins Fruitport Invitational
The Wayland junior varsity softball team Saturday brought home some hardware by winnng all three of its contests in the Fruitport Invitational. Coaches are Kristy Calkins-Johnson (standing, left) and Coralie Ritz Miller (standin,…
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Both Hopkins track teams slip a notch in O-K Silver meet
It was not a good day for Hopkins Friday in Belding at the O-K Silver Conference meet. The Lady Vikings entered the contest with a 5-1 league dual meet record…
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Hopkins softball team rights ship in doubleheader sweep
After hitting a bad patch in the season a week ago in four of six games, the Hopkins softball team regained its chops and swept a doubleheader Friday against Holland…
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Wildcats’ hopes for O-K Gold track championship take a hit
It was a bad and costly day for the Wayland boys at the O-K Gold Conference track meet Friday at Forest Hills Eastern. The Wildcats were entertaining hopes of a…
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Emily Sexton wins juris doctor degree from Michigan State
Emily Sexton (center), daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Sexton of Wayland, earlier this month earned her juris doctor (J.D.) degree at the Michigan State College of Law commencement in…
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Local girl takes 2nd on bars in national gymnastics contest
Ariana Longstreet (center), granddaughter of James and Colleen Longstreet of Wayland, took second place in the bars and ninth on the beam in the 2019 Excel Gymnastics nationals in Georgetown,…