Community Notices

Pryer Sisters featured in next folk gathering Saturday

Folk music lovers (bluegrass, country, blues, oldies) are invited to a monthly gathering of fellowship and music at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the Vibrant Grains Restaurant, 142 S.…

Editor April 1, 2016

Community Notices

Historic J.C. Wheeler Library building brought down in Martin

The historic, but aging building that formerly housed the J.C. Wheeler Library came tumbling down today in downtown Martin next to what used to be the Boysen's Market, which also…

Editor March 31, 2016

Community Notices

Virus challenges 10-year-old bone marrow transplant patient

A major challenge now is confronting 10-year-old Lilly Vanden Bosch of Dorr, who under went a bone marrow transplant earlier this year at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids.…

Editor March 31, 2016

Community Notices

GR Symphony, WHS Strings will be back ‘Side by Side’

The Grand Rapids Symphony will perform with the Wayland High School Symphony Strings students at the Fine Arts Center the evening of May 17. The Grand Rapids Symphony will be…

Editor March 31, 2016

Community Notices

Matt Miller hired as new Wayland schools’ public safety officer

Matt Miller, head of security at Crossroads Alternative High School in Kentwood for the past four years, has been hired as the Wayland Union school district’s public safety office. Miller,…

Editor March 28, 2016

Community Notices

Hopkins Middle School TechVikes survive Super Regional

The Hopkins Middle School TechVikes robotics team finished as division finalists at the Super Regional competition in Iowa last week. There were only two middle school teams that qualified to…

Editor March 23, 2016

Community Notices

City park bereft of children’s play equipment, only for now

All of the children's play equipment has been removed from the Wayland City Park to make way for the new and for a splash pad. Volunteers and City Department of…

Editor March 21, 2016

Community Notices

More coming and going for downtown Wayland businesses

Though the fire at Giuseppe's Pizza on West Superior Street near the Main intersection occurred in January, the building remains boarded up and there are no signs of life. Owners…

Editor March 20, 2016

Community Notices

Murder Mystery April 9 to raise funds for Sylvia’s Place

A Murder Mystery Dinner fund-raiser on behalf of Sylvia’s Place will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at United Church of Wayland Tickets, at $20 apiece, will be…

Editor March 19, 2016

Community Notices

Twin sisters bound over in traffic death of John Dolegowski

Catherine Bender, 45, the Hopkins Township woman charged with driving with a suspended license causing death in a traffic crash that killed John Dolegowski, 58, of Watson Township, has been…

Editor March 11, 2016