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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 218
25 Years Ago — June 5, 1991 The Allegan County Board of Commissioners has 30 days to appoint a temporary successor to the late Ralph Sytsma of Leighton Township to…
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Steeby 3rd-grader writing contest winner, plants 3 trees
Nikol Yanakieva, a third-grader from Lori Howell’s class at Steeby Elementary School, recently won first place in the Michigan Arbor Day Alliance 2016 "Go Green Youth Challenge" creative writing contest.…
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Memorial Day parade in Wayland a little quieter
The annual memorial Day tradition of parades, ceremonies and decorating graves in area cemeteries was fulfilled again Monday across the United States. Many witnesses dai the noise level for the…
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Former WHS English teacher to visit Class of ’66 reunion
The Wayland High School Class of 1966 reunion June 25 will be a sort of "homecoming" for long-lost English teacher Mary Ellen Nyuli. Nyuli, who taught at Wayland High School…
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Dorr students raise more than $800 for children’s hospital
Dorr Elementary student Cassie Reece presented a check to Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Friday for $833 at an all-school assembly. Cassie organized the fund-raiser this spring called "Hoops for Helen"…
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Third-graders get lesson at high school science wing
Steeby Elementary third-graders this week had a science lesson at the Wayland High School Science & Innovation Center, where teacher Lynn Gosson taught them about the properties of matter. The…
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Wayland ’55-plus’ group visits Damveld gas station shrine
The Wayland Union Schools Community Ed Leisure Life pizza/prize bingo event Wednesday featured a unique visit at Gregg and Mary Damveld's pole barn/garage to see Gregg's collection of Corvettes and…
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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 217
25 Years Ago — May 29, 1991 Ralph Sytsma, 72, chairman of the Allegan County Board of Commissioners, died of cancer. A member of the board for 23 years, he…
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Hopkins High School academic top 10 announced
The academic top ten students for the Hopkins High School Class of 2016 have been announced. Earning the honors were seniors Amber…
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Wayland man wins National Endowment stipend
Mike D. Miller of Wayland has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities stipend for the summer institute "Teaching Beowulf in the Context of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature" at Western…