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If we like free market, we must accept quality people leaving us

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The recent news about the Belding Library trying to lure Natalie Bazan away from…

Editor November 10, 2015

Community Notices

Wayland Kiwanis to sponsor Gingerbread House contest Dec. 4

The Wayland Kiwanis Club will sponsor a Gingerbread House Contest during Wayland’s annual Art Hop celebration Friday, Dec. 4. A Kiwanis spokesperson said, “We are seeking registrations to enter gingerbread…

Editor November 10, 2015

Articles

City Plan Commission Chairman resigns; Dykstra new vice chair

John Frigmanski officially submitted his resignation from the Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday. City Manager Mike Selden said he received nofication that afternoon that Frigmanski had sold his business on…

Editor November 10, 2015

Community Notices

WHS grad Kyle Pitcher to join orchestra in concert Nov. 19

The Wayland Union High School Orchestras will present its first concert of the season at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, in the Fine Arts Center. “The Genius Concert” will feature…

Editor November 10, 2015

Columns

Ranger Rick: Trumpeting ‘gun-free zones’ is just ignorance

I read something pretty revealing last week. There was a discussion about “Gun Free Zone” signs at schools, colleges and churches. Everyone knows this is a liberal chant and reverberation…

Editor November 10, 2015

Features

WHS volleyball setter is 2nd team all-conference for KVCC

Samantha Geivett, a 2014 graduate of Wayland High School, has been selected to the second unit of the all-conference volleyball team for the community colleges of Michigan. Geivett, the setter…

Editor November 9, 2015

Obituaries

Parents fear son, Dustin Van Harn, 18 may have taken own life

Dustin Miguel Van Harn, 18, of Leighton Township, died Saturday at age 18. His parents, Michael and Kaylyn Van Harn of Leighton Township, wrote in his obituary, "... the guitars…

Editor November 9, 2015

Articles

Next year’s Wayland school public improvement projects outlined

Wayland Schools Finance Director Bill Melching Monday night outlined proposed summer 2016 projects that will be funded by the public improvements fund. The fund, which annually amounts to about $675,000,…

Editor November 9, 2015

Articles

Pre-school bond issue work progressing, though quietly, slowly

Progress on putting together a facility needs assessment for Wayland Union Schools is slow and quiet, but Finance Director Bill Melching told the Board of Education Monday night there may…

Editor November 9, 2015

Articles

Wayland High School student-athlete arrested for credit card misuse

A Wayland High School student-athlete was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 3, and released on $500 bond the following day in Kent County. John Gohn, 17, has been charged with credit card…

Editor November 9, 2015