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Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 152

25 Years Ago — Feb. 14, 1990 The Wayland Board of Education was embroiled in controversy over reinstatement of a student-athlete who was suspended for five days and charged with…

Editor February 11, 2015

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Five Beagles are Allegan County ‘surrenders, not ‘strays’

This is one of five little ones that were not strays, but rather surrenders. Apply today if you are interested, because we do not think they will be with us…

Editor February 7, 2015

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Duke and Duchess crowned at Wayland HS Snowcoming festivities

Wayland High School seniors Jessica Hedgecock and Kyle VanderWeide were chosen Duke and Duchess at the Snowcoming festivities Friday evening. They were crowned before a packed house that witnessed the…

Editor February 6, 2015

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Local photographer’s work on bubbles published on web site

Hope Thurston Carter of Shelbyville has had some of her photography published on the Phoblographer web site. She posted on Facebook Wednesday, "This is a very first for me, what…

Editor February 5, 2015

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Bygone Days; A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 152

EDITOR'S NOTE: The customarily reliable archives at the Then and Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr did not have a copy of the Feb. 7, 1990, edition of the Penasee…

Editor February 4, 2015

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Chances of school on Monday as low as the temperatures

This stubborn cuss continued to blow out his driveway Sunday afternoon in the face of near-blizzard conditions that was dropping between six and 10 inches of snow on Wayland and…

Editor February 1, 2015

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WHS grad’s Bluetooth company shows plenty of ‘rapid growth’

Wayland High School graduate Jason Hall is shown here in a photo and story that appeared in the Jan. 29 edition of Rapid Growth. Hall is the CEO of Grand…

Editor January 30, 2015

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WHS teacher Gunderson’s wine cork mosaics strike again

Scott Gunderson, a Wayland High School art teacher, is shown here in a photo that appeared in USA Today with his latest artistic creation, a mosaic of Spain’s King Philippe…

Editor January 29, 2015

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Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 151

(Taken from the archives at the Then and Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Jan. 31, 1990 Commercial helicopter pilot Larry J. Newland, 48, of Livonia,…

Editor January 28, 2015

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Local inventor seeks patent for ‘Clog Free Automatic Downspout’

Virgil Gleason, co-owner of the Vibrant Grains Restaurant in downtown Wayland and a member of the City Planning Commission, recently applied for a patent for his invention of a “Clog…

Editor January 28, 2015