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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 211
25 Years Ago — April 17, 1991 Four area fire departments battled a barn fire in Salem Township that killed two dry cows. Yankee Springs Township has agreed to pay…
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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 210
25 Years Ago — April 10, 1991 VanSolkema Farms has been ordered to pay $16,000 in civil penalties and for damages in the 1989 “chemical drift” killing of about 2,000…
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Mother Nature’s day after April Fool’s Day is cruel joke
It was the day after April Fool's Day, and Mother Nature had a cruel joke in store for West Michigan. Despite area weather forecasters predicting just one to two inches…
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Power outage causes some Dorr residents to do creative coping
The thunderstorm that rolled through this area Thursday afternoon and evening caused a power outage in the Dorr area, with residents reporting that even businesses such as Dick's Market had…
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Olivia Myers selected this year’s DAR award winner at WHS
Wayland High School senior Olivia Myers has been selected to receive this year’s DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Good Citizen Award. Olivia is the daughter of Todd and Shannon…
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Academic Showcase has full house at Brandon Elementary
Brandon Elementary's annual Academic Showcase earlier this month attracted a full house of parents and interested citizens to the Martin school. Students in kindergarten through sixth grade showcased different projects,…
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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 209
25 Years Ago — April 3, 1991 Damage assessment seemed to confirm that a tornado visited the Shelbyville area on 7th Street at the home of Katie Oldebeken, 87, destroying…
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Two WHS students qualify for national business competition
Two Wayland High School students have qualified for the national Business and Professionals of America competition in May in Boston.Both Hailey Carpenter and Bri Cronk have advanced to the national…
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FIRST WHS robotics team reaches semifinals in debut
The WUHS FIRST Robotics Team made it to the semi-finals at its first competition last Friday and Saturday in Marysville. The team was ranked 18th individually out of 40 teams.…
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Hopkins, WHS students win bronze in culinary contest
Hopkins and Wayland High School culinary arts students took part in the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America state culinary competition March 17 in Mt. Pleasant. The team won…