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Jayda Gale Distillery remodeling work continues downtown

March 19, 2015

The slow, but steady makeover continues for the Jayda Gale distillery at the corner of Pearl Street and South Main in downtown Wayland. The historic building, in most recent years home to Wayland Carpet & Appliance, is being remodeled into a restaurant and distillery. Co-owner Amanda Alfred reported, "We started...

Steeby students get a taste of folk tales on St. Patrick’s Day

March 19, 2015

Title I Teacher Consultant Larinda Olds visited second grade classrooms at Steeby on St. Patrick's Day Tuesday to teach about folk tales. She taught the elements of a folk tale and read aloud "Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato." In honor of this traditional Irish folk tale the students sampled...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 157

March 18, 2015

25 Years Ago — March 21, 1990 Wayland school teachers were docked a day’s pay for taking part in a one-day protest by not showing up to an in-service workshop. Teachers were protesting what they believed to be a lack of support for English teacher Denise Klinge, who was victimized...

Cindi’s Boutique featured on FOX-17’s ‘Smart Shopper’

March 17, 2015

Cindi Sebring, owner of Cindi's Boutique, 130 W. Superior St., will be featured at 9 a.m. Thursday in a Fox-17 television segment "Smart Shopper." Sebring said her consignment store is having a special sale in anticipation of the upcoming prom season. "I carry both short and long gowns significantly under...

Red Wing reps pay a visit to Wayland elementary students

March 16, 2015

Steeby, Dorr and Pine Street Elementary students were visited by representatives from the Detroit Red Wings Foundation who held an interactive assembly designed to provide a positive message about the importance of education and a healthy lifestyle. Students and staff showed team spirit by wearing Red Wings attire. After the...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 156

March 11, 2015

25 Years Ago — March 14, 1990 Final approval was given to developer Truman Dollar of Alpha Properties to hook up sewer service from the Gun Lake Area Sewer Authority to a mobile home park on Patterson Avenue in Yankee Springs Township. The Allegan County Board of Commissioners wants...

Dorr principal pledges to give up TV for month of March

March 11, 2015

Dorr Elementary Principal Kevin Zaschak is giving up TV to read for March Is Reading Month. Zaschak has decided to turn off the TV and read for an entire month. To model his enthusiasm for reading and set a good example for students, he is planning to spend the month...

Current Allegan County strays: March 10

March 10, 2015

Meet "Razzmatazz"! She's got a lot of spunk, so we decided to give her a spunky name...but if you know her real name or where her family is, then we could use your help! She was found today on 140th in Wayland, and her family has until 3/16 by 5pm...

Wayland Middle School choir receives #1 rating at festival

March 9, 2015

The Wayland Union Middle School Choir received a first division rating last week at the District 10 Choral Festival in Holland. The group has qualified to attend the state festival May 12-15 at Central Michigan University. The 60-member choir from seventh and eighth grades is directed by Kristi Oostdyk. (Photo...

Public Safety Beat: Fire destroys Hopkins Twp. pole barn

March 6, 2015

Fire very Friday morning destroyed a pole barn and several tractor-trailers inside at the Jablonski & Sons farming and trucking company in Hopkins Township. The Hopkins Fire Department, assisted by other area departments, was summoned to the scene on 16th Street near its intersection with 135th Avenue just after 3...

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