Community Notices

Hopkins agriscience program is recognized nationally

December 15, 2017

Hopkins agriscience educator Jessica Couch (second from left) shows the award the school won at a ceremony in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo supplied) Hopkins, which serves a small rural Michigan community with an enrollment of approximately 1,500 students, has offered agricultural education since 1954. In presenting the award, officials at the...

Steeby School Principal Mike Haverdink on medical leave

December 13, 2017

Mike Haverdink Steeby Elementary Principal Mike Haverdink is on medical leave from the Wayland Union school district. Superintendent Norman Taylor confirmed that Haverdink is on leave after being asked why the latter was not present Monday night during a recognition of Steeby as a National Distinguished School, an award the...

All WHS debaters in top 35; Eli Merren is state champion

December 12, 2017

(Back row, standing, from left) Jacob Fredricks, Brandon Thornburg, Samantha VerStrate, Jerod Geerligs, (front row, standing) Eli Merren, Madelyn Probst, Andrea Ivers, Jamie Murray, (kneeling) Evan Cater, Samantha Rahm, Makaila Huffman, Trinity Holst, and (front) Max Winkler. Not pictured: Lauren Shroll. (Photo courtesy of Wayland Union schools. The Wayland High School...

Hopkins schools earns 4th grant this academic year

December 8, 2017

Hopkins Public Schools has been awarded a $500 grant from ExxonMobil and Noonday Market Educational Alliance Grant. These funds will be used to buy supplies for our for the school district's Engineering/Applied Science class. It was the fourth grant Hopkins has received this academic year. The most recent $4,229.88 from...

Chemical Bank to close its doors in Moline next Friday

December 8, 2017

Moline, as of Friday, Dec. 15, will be without a bank for the first time in 98 years when Chemical Bank on Division Avenue, just south of the Leighton Township Library, closes its doors. Workers were in town this week to take down the sign. (Photos courtesy of Faith Miedema)

Hopkins FFA earns national recognition for excellence

December 7, 2017

Jessica Couch, agriscience educator and advisor for the Hopkins High School and Middle School FFA programs, traveled to Nashville, Tenn., this week to represent Hopkins being recognized as the Region IV Outstanding Middle/Secondary program by the National Association of Agriscience Educators. "What a huge honor for our program and community!"...

Nate Warsen wins Wayland VFW Teacher of Year award

December 7, 2017

(From left) Principal Tom Cutler, Nate Warsen, Sgt. Michael Gower and Commander David Steffens. (Photo courtesy of Laurie Zywiczynski) Wayland High School special education teacher Nate Warsen was presented the annual Wayland VFW Teacher of the Year award at the Pearl Harbor Day assembly Thursday afternoon. "Nate goes above and...

Missing mobile home recovered at Silver Creek Park

December 4, 2017

The mobile home reported stolen from Wayland Township late last month has been found in Silver Creek County Park Sunday by Michigan State Police, Wayland post. Troopers were told the trailer was last seen on Tyler Road in Wayland Township being towed away near the intersection of 129th Avenue and...

Wayland Union Schools wins early literacy grant

December 3, 2017

The Wayland Union School District has been awarded $5,606.28 for the Acceptable Assessment Tools for Early Literacy Educators grant from the Michigan Department of Education. The funds will be used to offset expenses associated with NWEA testing in grades K-3 that are used to increase reading proficiency. Students take the...

Info sought on theft of mobile home in Wayland Twp.

December 3, 2017

Troopers from the Michigan State Police Wayland Post are investigating the larceny of a mobile home between Nov. 24 and Nov. 27 from 428 Tyler Road, Wayland Township. The home is a 1992 Chariot Park Model weighing 14,000 pounds. The residence is 10’ x 40’ with yellow siding and white trim....

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