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Wayland schools gets highest possible rating for audit

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Wayland Union Schools completed its annual financial audit by Plante & Moran for the 2016-2017 fiscal year and received an “unmodified audit,” the highest rating a school district can receive and only a handful of schools are able to achieve it. The auditors said they were impressed with the district’s internal...
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New owners start at Yankee Springs golf course Nov. 1

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Roger and Joni Masselink will take over as new owners of the Yankee Springs Golf Course on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Members of the Tichvon family, who have owned the course for 54 years, said in a letter to patrons, “They (the Masselinks) are very excited to meet you and look...
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Woman gets 90 days, probation in Wayland Twp. fatal

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Alyssa Kay Stark, 21, the North Carolina woman who was driving the vehicle in a fatal crash March 19 in Wayland Township will spend 90 days in jail. Stark received the jail sentence, a $2,225 fine and two years probation afterward from Allegan County District Court Judge Joseph S. Skocelas...
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WHS novice debaters sweep top 4 slots at Okemos

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Wayland varsity and novice debaters competed in the Okemos Debate Tournament Saturday, Oct. 14, at Lansing Community College and were the big winners of the day. Novices took the top four speakers: Samantha Rahm fourth, Eli Merren third,  Maximillian Winkler second, Jamie Murray fst place, as well as receiving and Top Novice...
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Salvatore Semola chosen to manage Gun Lake Casino

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Salvatore Semola The Gun Lake Tribe has announced the hiring of Salvatore, (Sal) Semola as president and chief operating officer of Gun Lake Casino. Semola comes to Gun Lake Casino with more than 40 years of experience in the gaming and hospitality industry, including experience at numerous successful Las Vegas properties....
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B-93 pulling Birthday Bash out of Martin Twp. in 2018

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One of the biggest headaches for the Birthday Bash was the tremendous influx of traffic. (Photo courtesy of Austin Marsman) After six years, the B-93 radio station is moving its annual Birthday Bash location out from the Martin Motor Sports Park to Fifth Third Ballpark. iHeart Media Market, the country...
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Deaf film actor CJ Jones to visit Fine Arts Center Oct. 19

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CJ Jones Internationally known deaf actor/comedian CJ Jones will perform at the Wayland Union Fine Arts Center at 7 p.m. Thursay, Oct. 19. Jones also also will present a workshop for Wayland Union High School’s American Sign Language students from noon to 2 p.m. that day at the high school. Jones portrayed...
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Man accused of attempted robbery nabbed at Casino

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Gun Lake Tribal Police earlier this week arrested a 25-year-old man accused of robbery and attempted robbery at the facility's parking lot. Two women reported they were attacked by Gerald Mitchell, 25, in the parking lot of Gun Lake Casino after midnight Tuesday and tried to pilfer their purses. FBI...
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Health Dept. confirms child at county fair contracted flu

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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Allegan County Health Department reported today that a child who had visited last month's Allegan County Fair has tested positive for the H3N2 variant (H3N2v) influenza, also known as swine flu. The fair took place Sept. 8-16. The incubation period (the time...
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Watson crime spree suspect pleads, but faces more charges

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Kenneth E. Lapham Kenneth Earl Lapham, 35, of Otsego finally has pleaded in Allegan County Circuit Court to charges stemming from a series of home invasions a year ago in Watson Township. Lapham on Monday, Oct. 2, admitted to breaking into the home of his his former mother-in-law’ on 116th Avenue...
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