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The Year in Review: Bittersweet an understatement for bowling coach

It would be an understatement to suggest this year has been bittersweet for Wayland High School girls’ varsity bowling coach Bill Holbrook. It is the bitterest of bitter when recalling…

Editor December 28, 2015

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Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 196

25 Years Ago — Dec. 24 and 31, 1990 The Globe published its annual joint edition over the holiday weeks, this year focusing on the “We Live Here” theme of…

Editor December 23, 2015

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Lady Wildcat bowlers collect toys for underprivileged kids for holidays

The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team has been doing very well on the lanes, and this holiday season they're doing well for the community with a toy drive for gifts…

Editor December 22, 2015

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Wayland High School Orchestra gives middle school holiday sendoff

Members of the Wayland High School Orchestra, led by Director Karen Nofsinger, serenaded students and staff at the middle school Friday morning with some holiday music on the last day…

Editor December 18, 2015

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Food service provides Steeby 4th-graders tasty math lessons

Students from Christina Johnson’s fourth grade classroom at Steeby Elementary had a tasty math lesson Thursday from Food Service Director Sarah Hawkins. Students were taught how to divide up a…

Editor December 17, 2015

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Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 196

25 Years Ago — Dec. 19, 1990 The Allegan County Solid Waste Recycling Committee met to discuss the legality of placing a surcharge proposal on the ballot for recycling. County…

Editor December 16, 2015

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Wayland schools’ media class takes part in ‘Hour of Code’ program

Computers are everywhere, but fewer schools teach computer science than 10 years ago. Girls and minorities are severely under represented. Students in Kelly Boston’s media class participated in the Hour…

Editor December 11, 2015

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Grants help Wayland Union High School form FIRST Robotics Team

Wayland Union Schools has been awarded at least $13,000 in grant funds to start a FIRST Robotics Team at Wayland Union High School. The FIRST Robotics competition is for students…

Editor December 10, 2015

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Huntington Bank delivers Junior Achievement in a day to 5th-graders

Huntington National Bank spent the day with Pine Street fifth-graders Wednesday, implementing the Junior Achievement program in which students learned about entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy. Each classroom had…

Editor December 10, 2015

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Former Henika Library employee Christina Golm is ‘Emerging Leader’

Christina Golm, a former Henika District Library employee and now director of the Newaygo Area District Library, has been named a 2016 Emerging Leader by the Association of Specialized and…

Editor December 9, 2015