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Pop can drive to help Wayland girl have surgery

March 19, 2022

A pop can drive has been launched to help Cheyenne Williams of Wayland meet expenses for a trip to Seattle to have surgery to correct a defect that triggers seizures and brain damage. She was born with a small defect in her brain that triggered seizures when she was an...

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

March 16, 2022

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) A scene from the Elmer Smith farm in Salem Township in the 1890s. 25 Years Ago — March 17, 1997 Wayland teen Jamie George, who has spent nearly all of his life battling leukemia and other...

Hopkins FFA selected for honor as top state chapter

March 9, 2022

Olivia Coffey The Hopkins chapter of the FFA has been selected as this year's National Chapter Award State Winner for Michigan. Advisor Jessica Couch said, "What an honor it is to be top chapter. Thank you to everyone who has helped build our program to what it is today. I...

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

March 9, 2022

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) This is a Martin High School basketball team frok years gone by. Anybody know the year? 25 Years Ago — March 10, 1997 The Wayland Board of Education has resolved to keep the current transportation services...

Hopkins lady ‘never wins anything’ until this raffle

March 8, 2022

Diane Darby-Kamps from Hopkins EA was the lucky winner of the recent MEA Portal raffle. During the promotion period, Diane checked in to her MEA Member Portal, updated her contact information, and was entered for a $100 MasterCard. Diane said, "I never win anything!"

Ex-WHS foreign exchange student still safe in exile

March 8, 2022

Former Wayland High School foreign exchange student Olya Schenky remains outside of war-torn Ukraine, but is reporting that she is well and awaiting a reunion with her parents. Schenky, who graduated from Wayland High School in 2016, traveled across the border with her husband last week to reach safety from...

Thought spring arrived? I’m back! Didja miss me?

March 7, 2022

After a balmy 60-degree day Saturday and a windy Sunday, Michigan weather played its customary tricks in March by sending us the return of wintery conditions. Actually, the accumulation was less than three inches, but visibility was less than desirable at times during the morning and some motorists appeared to...

Four WHS choir members to sing in concert March 17

March 3, 2022

Four Wayland Union High School choir students have been accepted into the South West Vocal Music Festival Honors Choir (from left): Mark Musgrave lll, Destiny Buckner, Kaprya Pureifoy and Stephen Harnish. They auditioned for a spot with several other choirs three weeks ago. They will be singing Thursday, March 17,...

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

March 2, 2022

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now historical library in downtown Dorr) Members of the Wayland High School Home Economics Club in the late 1930s. 25 Years Ago — March 3, 1997 Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher is getting a lot of criticism for his suggestion a...

Lily of Hopkins High School defeats aplastic anemia

February 28, 2022

Lily and her mom six years ago during hard times. Lilly Vanden Bosch today is a reasonably healthy Hopkins High School student after overcoming the challenges of aplastic anemia. She owes her recovery to a bone marrow transplant that was engineered by Sandy Dobbs, of Germany, as donor. Lily needed...

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