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Student rep., debate captain ask Wayland to reinstate fund-raising

The Wayland Board of Education Monday night got an earful from the student representative and the captain of the debate team about fund-raising. Student Board Representative Jonathan Seymour and Debate…

Editor December 14, 2015

Articles

More tech costs ahead, but Wayland school finances getting healthier

The fund balance for the Wayland Union school district continues to get healthier, but the school board Monday night was told expenses seem inevitable for technology infrastructure. Scott Getter, who…

Editor December 14, 2015

Articles

WHS awarded Apple Professional Learning Grant

Wayland Union High School has been awarded an Apple Professional Learning Grant that will support the high school in its digital learning environment. The grant will create a personalized professional…

Editor December 14, 2015

Community Notices

Public hearing on pot exchange re-set for Jan. 4 in Martin Twp.

The special public hearing on a new zoning ordinance for Martin Township has been rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4. The meeting, originally announced as being scheduled for Monday,…

Editor December 14, 2015

Obituaries

Service will be Monday for former local man Dick Hayward, 84

Richard "Dick" Hayward, age 84, of Holland, died Friday, Dec. 11. Dick served in the U.S. Marines. He worked at the Kalamazoo Paper Mill/Georgia Pacific for 44 years, retiring in…

Editor December 13, 2015

Columns

Monday Moanin’: Words of caution for my education friends and others

by Jeff Salisbury As a retired classroom teacher (who took 13 on-again, off-again, on-again years from high school diploma to college ed degree) and a proud, long-time labor leader who…

Editor December 13, 2015

Columns

The Muck Starts Here: The new ‘Know-Nothings’ — GOP prez field

by Barry Hastings The impending Neo-Nazi American nation. Never in my 77 years have I seen such a collection of fools and/or idiots dominating an American political party's policy-makers. And…

Editor December 13, 2015

Sports

Hopkins boys’ bowling team wins Allendale Invitational tourney

The Hopkins High School bowling team captured first place in the Allendale Invitational tournament Saturday. Shown here are team members. Details were not made available. (Photo courtesy Debbie Gossman)

Editor December 13, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcat bowlers overcome slow start, take 2nd in pre-conference

The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team finished second in the Pre-conference Tournament Saturday at Spectrum Lanes and the Wildcat boys finished a respectable third. "The slow start in the first…

Editor December 12, 2015

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Climate change evidence continues to grow

I reached a minor milestone Friday when I mowed my lawn in December for the first time in my entire life. My wife told me the back yard grass was…

Editor December 12, 2015