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WHS senior performs in honors choir at WMU festival

Mitchell Lapham, senior at Wayland Union High School, performed at the Southwestern Michigan Vocal Festival Honors Choir. He was one of three Bass 2 singers out of 60 students who qualified…

Editor April 20, 2016

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WHS robotics team demonstrates unit to younger students

One of the requirements for FIRST Robotics Teams is to inspire younger students in robotics and STEM activities, so this week the WHS Robotics Team #6090 visited Steeby fourth-graders, the…

Editor April 14, 2016

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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…

Editor April 13, 2016

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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…

Editor April 6, 2016

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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…

Editor April 2, 2016

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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…

Editor March 31, 2016

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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…

Editor March 31, 2016

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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,…

Editor March 30, 2016

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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…

Editor March 30, 2016

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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…

Editor March 29, 2016