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Two newest Alumni Hall of Fame members recognized
Embriette Hyde, a 2005 graduate, and Mary Jane Merren, WHS Class of 1967, became the newest members of the Alumni Hall of Fame at the Wayland High School Scholastic Honors…
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Wayland man nominated for ‘Building Bridges’ award
Keith Vandenberg of Wayland has been nominated for the Building Bridges Award by the West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. This award is given annually to a non-Hispanic community member…
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Pine Street goes green with water filling stations
Pine Street Elementary School has saved more than 10,000 plastic water bottles by using new water filling stations in their building. Fifth-grader Aiden Ordway, a K-Kids member, approached the Principal…
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County
(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — April 15, 1992 The Allegan United Way has decided to end its affiliation…
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My 3 rice-sized gold alloy pellets serve as cancer targets
by Robert M. Traxler The journey through diagnosis and treatment for advanced aggressive prostate cancer has been under way for nearly four months now. We have been through an elevated…
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Wayland High School students join Youth Summit
Wayland High School students were among the more than 300 students from Allegan and Barry counties who attended the fourth annual Allegan-Barry Youth Summit Wednesday, March 29, at Gun Lake…
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Pleasure Riders’ benefit planned for Saturday, April 15
The Allegan County Pleasure Riders will have their 43rd annual benefit ride, starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 15, at Silver Creek County Park, corner of 134th Avenue and 38th…
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County
25 Years Ago — April 8, 1992 Gov. John Engler’s proposed deep cuts in state government spending on adult education programs will cause drastic reductions in services offered by the…
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Child heart patient marks 1st anniversary of surgery
Kinsley Zondervan, daughter of Wayland School Board member Pete and Wayland elementary teacher Kristiana Kay Zondervan, celebrated the first anniversary of her second delicate heart surgery Tuesday. Her mother posted,…
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Hopkins FFA joins effort to help Western U.S. farmers
Members of the Hopkins chapter of the FFA have gotten involved to help with the wildfire relief efforts from the devastating wildfires that have occurred in the Western United States.…