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WHS grad Jason Zylstra wins award from Michigan State Police

January 22, 2016

Jason Zylstra, a 2002 graduate of Wayland High School, was named the recipient of the 2015 Motor Carrier Officer of the Year Award by the Michigan State Police. Zylstra, of the Jackson Post, received the award at a special ceremony in Lansing on Thursday. The Motor Carrier Officer of the...

City of Wayland buys used office furniture from upstairs neighbor

January 18, 2016

The Wayland City Council Monday night agreed to a staff request to buy some used office furniture from SOAP Transcription Services. SOAP operates its business upstairs in the City Hall building, renting it from the city for about $1,800 a month. SOAP proposed selling it used office materials for the...

Council agrees to spend $526,618 on City Park renovations

January 18, 2016

The Wayland City Council Monday night agreed to spend $526,618 on the renovations for the City Park next year. Council agreed to pay Pentura that amount to install a splash pad with a concrete base, for site and utility work and to install new playground equipment. Much of the money...

Kelle Tobolic appointed to seat on Wayland DDA Board

January 18, 2016

Kelle Tobolic has been appointed to a seat on the Wayland Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors. Tobolic, who formerly was a member of the Wayland City Planning Commission, succeeds Wayland Area Chamber of Commerce Director Denise Behm, whose four-year term expired in December. The four-year team of fellow director...

Wayland City Treasurer gets more than she asked for as interim

January 18, 2016

It's one thing to say somebody did a really good job, it means even more if the employee is compensated. Wayland City Treasurer Cheri Parrish received more than what she asked for in taking over interim city manager duties between the time Mike Selden left and when Tim McLean came...

WHS Novice takes 1st at the debate state championship series

January 18, 2016

The Wayland Debate Novice Team took first place and the Varsity Team placed third at the debate state championship series Saturday at Kendall College of Art & Design in Grand Rapids. Schools gathered to compete in three divisions; novice, junior varsity and varsity. The top three finalists in the novice...

Hopkins alum Sue Wakefield to retire as Plainwell superintendent

January 16, 2016

Hopkins High School graduate Sue Wakefield will retire as superintendent of Plainwell Community Schools at the end of the 2015-16 academic year. When Wakefield steps down in June, she will have served the district in that capacity for the past 10 years. Wakefield, the former Sue Maher, graduated from Hopkins...

Air strip proposal for Leighton Township has uphill battle ahead

January 14, 2016

If the old saying that “the squeaky wheel gets the grease” is true, a proposal for a new air strip in Leighton Township is in trouble. Nearly 20 township residents crowded the Leighton Township Hall Thursday evening and between 70 and 80 had expressed their opposition the night before at...

Prospects look good for Gun Lake getting a tornado siren

January 14, 2016

The Martin Township Board Wednesday evening decided to contribute $1,500 to the Gun Lake Protective Association’s effort to obtain a tornado siren. Former Delton High School varsity football and wrestling coach Rob Heethuis and Dan Ullery, representing the association, outlined cooperative plans to bring the siren to centrally located Murphy’s...

Wayland doesn’t fare well on M-STEP, but neither do other schools

January 11, 2016

The bad news told to the Wayland Board of Education Monday night was that students in the local district didn’t score very well in the M-STEP tests. The good news was that neither did just about everybody else. Director of Instruction Teresa Fulk explained that this was the first time...

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