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Wildcat boys get sweet revenge in 70-46 romp over Middleville TK

Revenge was sweet for the Wayland boys’ basketball team Friday night. The Wildcats played perhaps their best basketball of the season in the first half against visiting Middleville Thornapple Kellogg,…

Editor February 13, 2015

Sports

Area basketball teams preparing for ‘March Madness’ tournaments

District girls' basketball tournaments will get under way the week of March 2 and the boys will play a week later. Interestingly, the undefeated Wayland girls will have to play…

Editor February 13, 2015

Columns

Army Bob: We are at war with the ideology of radical Islam

by Robert M. Traxler We are at war with an ideology, the ideology of radical Islam, in the same way we were at war with the ideology of communism during…

Editor February 13, 2015

Obituaries

Services planned for Monday for Marvin Potter, 79, of Wayland

Marvin Potter, age 79, of Wayland, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Trillium Woods. Marv was born on Nov. 19, 1935, in Grand Rapids, son of Alfred and Betty Potter. He…

Editor February 12, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcat bowlers lose 17-13 to Hudsonville Unity Christian

A subpar performance Thursday cost the Wayland girls' varsity bowling team a league dual match encounter with Hudsonville Unity Christian, 17-13. The Lady Wildcats came out and won both of…

Editor February 12, 2015

Articles

Leighton Twp. must decide between new fire truck or repair old one

The Leighton Township Board soon will have to decide whether to buy a new fire truck or have a 24-year-old unit repaired. Fire Chief Tony Banas and two other department…

Editor February 12, 2015

Articles

Leighton Township Board plans budget workshop, public hearing

The Leighton Township Board will have a budget workshop at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, and then a public hearing on the proposed 2015-16 fiscal year budget at 6:30 p.m.…

Editor February 12, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcat JVs finally subdue stubborn Middleville squad, 43-35

Middleville Thornapple Kellogg gave the Wayland junior varsity girls' basketball team quite a tussle Thursday evening before the Wildcats finally pulled away in the fourth quarter to claim a 43-35…

Editor February 12, 2015

Community Notices

‘Robin Hood & the Heroes of Sherwood Forest’ will be Feb. 27-March 1

Wayland Union High School students will present a classic story, "Robin Hood & the Heroes of Sherwood Forest," Friday and Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, Feb. 27-March 1 in the…

Editor February 12, 2015

Articles

WHS varsity, novice debate teams compete in GVSU tournament

The Wayland Union High School varsity debate team went 3-3 and the first-year novice team 2-4 at the Grand Valley State Championship tournament held the weekend of Feb. 6 and…

Editor February 12, 2015