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Wayland schools adds videos to Internet web site

May 7, 2020

Wayland Union Schools has added resource videos to their Parent University page to support parents during the COVID-19 crisis. This page is found under the “Parents/Students” tab on the district’s website. Staff members created videos on a variety of topics relating to mental health, literacy and navigating educational apps and...

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

May 6, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — May 10, 1995 Wayland High School Class of 1945. That handsome guy right in the middle is Hugh DeWeerd, who went on to become a council member and fire chief. Augie VandenBerg...

WHS robotics students making PPEs to fight virus

May 1, 2020

Dave Merice Wayland High School students from the school’s FIRST Robotics Team #6090 are using their talents and 3D printers to make parts for personal protective equipment used by health care professionals and essential workers during the Coronavirus pandemic. Team members heard about East Kentwood’s robotic team “Red Storm” making...

WHS grad Lt. Darren Green of MSP handling protests

April 30, 2020

Lt. Darren Green A key figure in the news story today about the protests in Lansing is a graduate of Wayland High School. Lieutenant Darren Green, public information officer of the Michigan State Police Security Operations Section told Newsweek this afternoon there were no other incidents with protesters besides the altercation in...

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

April 29, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — May 3, 1995 Wayland all-league baseball players in 1971 (from left) Mike Longstreet, Conrad Mauchmar, Leon Hilaski and Joe Koperski. Amanda Bard and her father, Wil, appeared in a photograph of them...

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

April 22, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — April 26, 1995 A Wayland High School track team from an unspecified year during the 1930s. Shelbyville area farmers Paul and Judy VanDenBerg lost their lawsuit in Allegan County Circuit Court charging...

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

April 15, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — April 17, 1995 The 1988 Wayland girls basketball team. Mayor Michael DeWeerd in a letter to the editor, thanked local citizens for their participation in recycling efforts and pledged to make the...

Strange spring ‘shower’ visits Thursday afternoon

April 10, 2020

A sudden, unwelcome and unexpected visitor graced a Michigan spring afternoon Thursday when torrents of sleet erupted for about 15 minutes. According to Mark Torregrossa, MLive weatherman, "Graupel looks like tiny snowballs, and is different from hail and sleet. Graupel forms when falling snowflakes collide with raindrops. The snowflakes get...

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

April 8, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — April 12, 1995 Dick and Rusty Dutkiweicz, who opened Dick's Market in 1955. The baby is current owner Steve Dutkiewicz. An overheated furnace was blamed for a fire that destroyed the Wayland...

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

April 1, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — April 5, 1995 A Globe cover photo had a closeup of the members of the Wayland Recreation program’s three-on-three championship team in the 11- to 13-year-old division, including Coleman Lutz, Matt Gilbert,...

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