Features – Page 63

Bittersweet birth for newest member of the Kramer clan

January 8, 2020

Finn Noel Kramer made his grand entrance Monday morning, Jan. 6, at 9lbs 1oz and 20.6 inches long. He is shown here with his mother, Dani, and brother Myles at the hospital in Pennsylvania. The tragic part of the good news was that he will never meet his biological father,...

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

January 8, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Jan. 11, 1995 The 1974-75 Wayland High School marching band, the last such group to perform on the old football field on Sycamore Street. Jon Campbell was elected chairman of the Allegan...

WHS grad Gage Stancell serving in Iraq in harm’s way

January 8, 2020

Wayland High School graduate and former all-conference football player Gage Stancell (left) is among the U.S. troops in harm's way in Iraq. He is stationed in a country with military bases that are considered targets for Iranian retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed Iran's top military official. With...

Wayland Middle School has 7 students in Honors Choir

January 6, 2020

Seven Wayland Union Middle School students have been selected for the State Honors Choir. The State Honors Choir Middle School concert will be held at noon Thursday, Jan. 16, at DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids. Pictured (from left) are Devin Stanton, Nick Ward, Kayden Balch, Aidan Ketchapaw, Ovelia Taylor, Rylee...

Local veterinarian seeks Huntington’s cure, backs Buttigieg

January 3, 2020

Dr. Heather Ludlam Hopkins area veterinarian Dr. Heather Ludlam never thought she’d be so involved in a political campaign before 2020. But now she says she's all in for South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Her story appeared in a recent edition of The Independent. A self-described veterinarian and shepherd, she...

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

January 1, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Jan. 4, 1995 Fall Festival in downtown Wayland in 1910. The Dorr Township Board will consider bids, estimated at between $234,500 and $278,000, to buy a new fire truck to replace the...

The year 2019 in review — That was the year that was

December 27, 2019

As a new decade approaches, a look back at the year 2019 had its share of great feats, sorrows, hopes and important developments for the future for Wayland, Hopkins, Martin, Dorr and Moline. As usual I have done a one-man historical analysis of what happened and my take on the...

Snow, Old Man Winter put on hold in Green Christmas

December 27, 2019

The weather was so pleasant in West Michigan Thursday that families came out in droves to the Wayland City Park. The sign to the immediate west of the police/fire station said the temp was a record 64 degrees and others were reporting between 61 and 63 degrees. Regardless, it was...

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

December 25, 2019

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Dec. 26, 1994 The Wayland High School Marching band, 1959. (Photo courtesy of Brandon Halloran) Robin Nyenhuis, a paramedic with the Wayland Area Emergency Services (WAEMS) ambulance service, was the winner of...

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

December 18, 2019

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Dec. 21, 1994 A front page feature story was published about Jodi Brummel of Dorr giving birth to a son aboard a WAES ambulance on the way to Butterworth Hospital. Bob Hess,...

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