Editor

One Small Voice: ‘Newest’ college admissions scandal

You can’t tell me that this current scandal surrounding the admissions of lesser deserving privileged children to elite colleges is anything new. It isn’t. What is different now is the…

Editor March 16, 2019

Obituaries

Service will be Friday for Kenneth Glascott, 84

Kenneth “Tom” Glascott, age 84, died Friday, March 15. Kenneth served his country in the U.S. Army and was a volunteer fireman for the Hopkins Fire Department. Family was the…

Editor March 16, 2019

Obituaries

Funeral March 23 for Mary Jo Cheyne-Bastian, 52

Mary Jo Cheyne-Bastian, age 52, died Friday, March 15. She is survived by her husband, Paul Bastian; her children Duane (Ashley) Cheyne, Cheri (Rick) Klifman, Sandy Stasker and Rachel (Michael)…

Editor March 16, 2019

Features

WHS forensics team takes 3rd at Portage Northern

The Wayland High School forensics team brought home a third place trophy from the Portage Northern Invitational earlier this month. Junior Jamie Murray was awarded the first ever Snell Award, for…

Editor March 16, 2019

Community Notices

Wayland grad to be Mayo Clinic resident in 2020

Michael Merren, formerly of Wayland, will continue his medical education at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., for residency in anesthesiology, beginning in July 2020. A graduate of Wayland High…

Editor March 15, 2019

Sports

Martin’s Carter Hilton to play basketball at KVCC

Carter Hilton has been a four-year starter on the Martin boys' basketball team, and on Friday he announced his plans for after graduation. At 6'2, Hilton will be playing for…

Editor March 15, 2019

Columns

Army Bob: Despite ouster attempts, Trump still standing

by Robert M. Traxler The collusion delusion, where did it go? President Donald Trump, even before he became President, colluded with the Russian Federation to steal the election and destroy…

Editor March 15, 2019

Articles

Jaci Bultsma appointed new Leighton Treasurer

Jaci Bultsma has been appointed new Leighton Township Treasurer, succeeding veteran Char Troost, who announced her resignation last month. Bultsma, who will begin duties in the first week of April,…

Editor March 14, 2019

Community Notices

WHS Jazz Band receives Division 1 rating at festival

The Wayland High School Jazz Band, shown here in December under the baton of Director Kelli Tilley Smith, earned a Division 1 rating today at the Michigan School Band and…

Editor March 14, 2019

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Albion College coach a class act

I read the news this week about the death of longtime Albion College football coach and athletic director Frank Joranko. My memories of him are fond because he truly was…

Editor March 14, 2019