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Wayland Education Foundation honors Diane Smith for service

August 23, 2016

The Wayland Union Education Foundation Tuesday evening honored Diane Smith for her many years of service. Foundation President Dr. Bruce Sexton said Smith, a founding member of the foundation who is retiring, has done a great deal over many years for education, at one time serving on the Board of...

Clippers marching band plays 2 tunes for cancer patient

August 22, 2016

The Martin High School Clipper marching band took a break from band camp to play for a band member's grandmother Wednesday, Aug. 17. Ethan Jonker's grandmother, Jamie Hayes, underwent surgery Tuesday for breast cancer. They surprised her by walking over from the camp and played two of their show songs...

Wayland women dominate Miss Allegan County pageant

August 21, 2016

Mary Bush (left) of Wayland Union High School was selected the new Miss Allegan Outstanding Teen 2017 and Rachel Bouterse, a Wayland High School graduate now representing Aquinas College at the Miss Michigan, was chosen the new Miss Allegan County 2017. The Allegan County pageant was held Saturday in Allegan....

Bygone Days: A look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 229

August 17, 2016

25 Years Ago — Aug. 21, 1991 Pete Boyd is being hailed as a hometown hero after he ran down and lassoed a runaway cow on the east side of Wayland on East Superior Street. Bids for the streetscape renovation project for downtown Wayland will be opened Sept. 11 and...

Friday afternoon storm moves Williams Family concert indoors

August 12, 2016

The torrential rainstorm that was welcomed Friday afternoon in Wayland and environs also caused the second of the four-part series of Friday night concerts in the City Park to be moved to the Wayland High School Fine Arts Center. The rain had stopped, but city and school officials didn't want...

Bygone Days: A look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 228

August 10, 2016

25 Years Ago — Aug. 14, 1991 The soon-to-be constructed east wing of the Allegan County Building will be called the Ralph B. Sytsma Memorial Center in honor of the County Board chairman and Leighton Township dairy farmer who died earlier this year. Congressman Paul Henry (R-Grand Rapids) stopped in...

Summer free meals series for kids still struggles at some sites

August 8, 2016

Though the numbers have increased over last year, the summer "Funtastic" free meals program for children 18 and under struggles to attract more than a few at some of the sites. The Wayland Board of Education was told Monday night by Finance Director Bill Melching, "We're trying to reach out...

Sisters sell lemonade near sidewalk in bid to beat the heat

August 5, 2016

An old-fashioned lemonade stand went up Friday on Maple Street, not far from the City Park, as sisters Kassiey and Brianna Rook were showing their entrepreneurship, beckoning passersby to beat the heat. They also were selling chocolate chip cookies. Brianna, 9, said this was the second time they have sold...

Bygone Days: A look at Wayland area’s past, Part 227

August 3, 2016

25 years Ago — Aug. 1991 The Dorr Township Board has issued Hillcrest Mall Manager Bernie Hull an ultimatum to live up to obligations of his tax abatement by Jan. 1, 1991, or the tax breaks, which were granted back in 1985, will be canceled. A board statement complained that...

Bygone Days: A look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 226

July 27, 2016

25 Years Ago — July 31, 1991 Wayland City Councilman Robert Genther was accused in a Grand Rapids Press story of larceny of less than $100 from the Wyoming Department of Public Works, but later the charges were dropped when it was determined the development was the result of a...

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