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Faith Rollandini wins Christmas card design contest

Pine Street Elementary student Faith Rollandini, daughter of Wayland High School sign language teacher Sarah Rollandini, was the winner of the annual Christmas card logo contest for 2016. Her artwork…

Editor December 12, 2016

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Bygone Days: A look at history of NE Allegan County

25 Years Ago — Dec. 11, 1991 More than 125 gravestones were overturned and several were broken by vandals at Hooker Cemetery along Kalamazoo Avenue between 139th and 140th Street.…

Editor December 7, 2016

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EPIC holiday toy drives held by Wayland, Hopkins

It’s been two years since their 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia but the Babiak family is still feeling the love and support of the Wayland an Hopkins schools community…

Editor December 7, 2016

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Wayland Schools art, music students join Art Hop

Wayland Union Schools students took part in the annual Art Hop festivities in downtown Wayland this past weekend. Theater students dressed up like Charles Dickens characters, choir members sang Christmas…

Editor December 5, 2016

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Local photographer’s ‘Blue Ice’ on calendar

“Blue Ice,” one of Hope Thurston Carter's best-known photographs has been published again. It been chosen as the February image for the 2017 "Cultivating Creativity" Calendar produced by Ministry of…

Editor December 1, 2016

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Martin drama students have successful play debut

Budding thespians at Brandon Elementary performed their very first play Thursday. This is the first year Martin has had a drama class. Denise Dykstra, an aide at the JC Wheeler…

Editor December 1, 2016

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Bygone Days: A look back at NE Allegan County news

(From the archives inside the Then & Now Historical Libary in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Dec. 4, 1991 Wayland Schools Superintendent Bob Brenner and his family are being…

Editor November 30, 2016

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Bygone Days: A look back at news in NE Allegan County

25 Years Ago — Nov. 27, 1991 The Awareness Committee in Yankee Springs Township insists that Thompson-McCully’s special use permit to mine gravel will be expiring on Nov. 29. Supervisor…

Editor November 26, 2016

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Biology students, 3rd-graders examine Rabbit River

Wayland High School AP biology students in Lynn Gosson's class assisted Lori Howell's third-graders from Steeby Elementary in testing the Rabbit River for several ecological pollutants. The third grade class…

Editor November 17, 2016

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Bygone Days: A look at NE Allegan County history

From the archives of the Then & Now Historical Library in Dorr: 25 Years Ago — Nov. 20, 1991 Michigan State Trooper Reggie Smith extolled the virtues of wearing seat…

Editor November 16, 2016