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Wayland Dems meeting Wednesday to focus on 2018 election

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The Allegan County Democratic Party will be host for a meeting for people interested in getting involved in the 2018 election. The meeting will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the library at Pine Street Elementary, 201 Pine St., Wayland. "The Wayland Dems are building a foundation for...
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B.C. Pizza owner Mark Brunsink dies at age 54

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Mark Andrew Brunsink, age 54, of Dorr, died Saturday, Nov. 11. He had been owner of B.C. Pizza of Dorr for the past 12 years. Mark worked as an engineer for 22 years before pursuing the lifelong dream of owning his own business and working with his wife and children....
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Polka band drummer Dorothy Krulac dies at age 93

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Dorothy Ann Krulac, age 93, formerly of Dorr and Wayland, Sunday, Nov. 12. Dorothy and her late husband Frank met at the “Dixie” and after six months they were married on Nov. 10, 1945. Dorothy was a drummer in a polka band with her husband and Robert Kaczanowski. They played...
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Sydney Ritz is collegiate all-league honorable mention

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Sydney Ritz Sophomore outside hitter Sydney Ritz, a 2016 graduate of Wayland High School, has earned honorable all-conference volleyball accolades at Siena Heights University. Ritz, who also was a basketball standout at Wayland, enjoyed a breakout season for Siena Heights in 2017. The 5-foot-10 outside emerged as one of the top...
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Wayland schools to get busy after bond issue approval

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Five members of the Dorr Elementary and their comrades led the school board meeting in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Buoyed by last week's news of voters' approval of a $19.25 million bond project, the Wayland Board of Education Monday evening dealt with setting things in motion for...
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Three-sport athlete Meghan Schulz to make it 4 at MSU

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Meghan Schulz has demonstrated solid performances in volleyball, basketball and as a shot putter in track at Hopkins High School. Yet she plans to attend Michigan State University next year and join the crew team.
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Actions speak louder than words

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Virtually everybody agrees that actions speak louder than words, yet so many of us somehow have fallen for the false promise that what famous people say matters. The media provides one of the worst examples, constantly flocking around the President for his comments after a huge development, such as a...
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WHS sophomore Rylee Cronkright just keeps on running

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Wayland High School sophomore Rylee Cronkright is shown here "on a run well done" at the Futures race at the 2017 Team Michigan Trials Saturday! Coach Sue Brewer, who took this photo, said she placed sixth with a time of 18:41 on a course in Sheperd, MI. Cronkright, who finished 12th in...
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Funeral mass is Nov. 18 for Theresa DeVries of Dorr

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Theresa (Merren) DeVries age 87, died Friday, Nov 10, after suffering from dementia. Theresa, after raising a family, worked for Kesslers in Wayland. She was a long-time member of St. Therese Church in Wayland. She spent her last three years at Byron Manor-Meadow Place under the care of Dr. Tim Tobolic, her...
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Wayland Union schools have annual Veterans Day ceremony

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Wayland schools had their annual Veterans Day tribute and local Boy Scouts did their part by bringing vets into the ceremony in their wheelchairs. To mark the Marine Corps' 242nd birthday and Veteran’s Day, Wayland school's CCA program had a celebration to thank school employee Jody Tyner for his years...
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