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WHS grad wins political science scholarship

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Wayland High School graduate Dahlia Terry has received a $1,000 scholarship from the Judith & Thomas Donahue/ Capital Company Endowed Scholarship in Political Science. It is awarded to junior level political science students with at least a 3.0 grade point average. It's given to students who are most involved in...
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Planned power outage will occur Saturday, April 13

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The Consumers Energy planned outage that was originally scheduled for Saturday night, April 6, will now be occurring Saturday night, April 13. This affects customers in Wayland City, Hopkins and Wayland Township in Allegan County. Consumers Energy has advised the affected customers. For any questions, please contact Consumers Energy directly.
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Wayland will compete in sports as Class A in ’24-’25

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Next year will be very different for Wayland High School’s athletic schedule. Not only are the Wildcats lining up in a new division in the O-K Gold Conference, they are being moved in classification from Class B to Class A. The Michigan High School Athletic Association posted this week, “Classifications...
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Hopkins Tech Vikes ranked No. 1 for state competition

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The Hopkins High School Tech Vikes will be included in this weekend's state championship competition in FIRST Robotics at Saginaw Valley State University. The Hopkins group ended the qualifiers ranked second place and were chosen by the No. 1 ranked team for their alliance. The Tech Vikes also earned the...
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Wayland Robotics group qualifies again for state

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The Wayland High School Robotics team No. 6090 has announced it officially has qualified for the have officially qualified for the state championship Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 4-6 at Saginaw Valley State University. Links to watch will be posted Wednesday. The local group a year ago captured the state...
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Theft of 3 vehicles reported in downtown of Martin

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A Facebook poster today reported that the community of Martin is being plagued by thieves, breaking into homes and stealing vehicles from yards in downtown Martin. One resident had his things taken out of his home and three vehicles have been stolen. Police have been notified, but, " and we...
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Former Kessler’s building, now ITC Holdings, razed

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The building that for more than a half century has been home to the now defunct Kessler's Undies and Woolies and ITC Holdings came down this week. ITC Holdings’ Wayland warehouse is located at 801 S. Main St. on a nine-acre lot, with approximately one acre available for wildlife habitat....
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Allegan ESA center breaks ground for auto tech facility

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(From left) auto tech students Zach Roberts, Jayden Brecker, Jack Ordway, Hailee Kievit and James Butler, auto tech instructor Greg Sagodic. A groundbreaking for a new $7 million auto tech building that will expand opportunities for students in Allegan County was held Thursday. Allegan Area ESA officials, staff, students, community...
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West Michigan Officials recognize Elwyne Powers

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Elwyne Powers of Wayland was recognized by the West Michigan Officials Association (WMOA) and received the Distinguished Service Award for his 55 years of service to the Wayland Union High School Athletic Department.  Powers, a 1972 graduate of Wayland Union participated in basketball, cross country, track and field, and wrestling...
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Consumers Energy plans outages here next month

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A number of local residents this week have been receiving notices from Consumers Energy announcing planned outages for seven hours overnight Saturday, April 6, and perhaps Saturday, April 13. In a communication widely circulated in Wayland City and surrounding areas, the company said, “We understand power outages are inconvenient. That’s...
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