Word has been received of the death Thursday, Aug. 14, of former Wayland Board of Education member Sandy Bouwman. She was 82. Bouwman, who served on the school board from…

Officials from Wayland Area Emergency Services made a trip to Orlando, Fla., to tour the assembly plant and give final approval of the new ambulance WAEMS ordered to replace its…

The Martin High School girls’ cross-country season got under way Friday with the Clippers winning a 25-32 decision over Hartford in the Jim Carey Early Bird event at Lawrence. The…

A Community Conversation about housing in Allegan County will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 29, at Wayland City Hall. The Allegan County Housing Initiative, which is…

Maddie Bomhoffer Maddie Bomhoffer, in her first-ever high school varsity race, finished 23rd among 224 competitors at the Early Bird Invitational cross country meet Friday at Portage. She was among…

Food trucks have become a mainstay in the public festival arenas nationwide, mostly since the Covid-19 pandemic. They are so new that Leighton Township Thursday evening became one of the…

Paul Burmania, age 79, died Friday, Aug. 8. Paul’s life was truly rooted in love for family, friends and community. He spent his career in the excavating and road construction…

(Taken from the archives of the Wayland Globe at the Then and & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 15, 2000 The traditional Friday evening…

Alice Marie Boyce, 89, of Allegan, died Sunday,Aug. 10. She was born on Jan. 4, 1936, in Grand Rapids. Alice was married John A. Boyce, for 70 years-a lifelong partnership…

by Joe Schultz Digital Camera In the administrative report presented Monday evening to the Wayland Union School Board, there was an ominous warning about the district’s free meals program. The…