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One Small Voice: Dining set tells Thanksgiving history

The massive, Victorian dining room furniture had been in the house at the Jersey shore since the house was bought in 1940, but the furniture actually dated from the 1920s,…

Editor November 19, 2018

Articles

City Council student rep. selection process to change

The Wayland City Council has agreed to change the way the student representative is selected every year to represent Wayland High School. Because a student representative still hasn't been chosen…

Editor November 19, 2018

Sports

Smith, Haveman earn Mark Arnsman scholarships

The last two winners of the annual Mark Arnsman Memorial Scholarship award, Nolan Smith (left) and Ryan Haveman (right are shown here with Lee Dale (Pete) and Peggy Rose Arnsman.…

Editor November 18, 2018

Sports

Presley Hudson owns CMU assists, 3s career records

Presley Hudson, a 2015 graduate of Wayland High School, was honored Saturday for becoming central Michigan University's all-time leader in assists and three-point field goals. She was acclaimed in a…

Editor November 18, 2018

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: We are powerless vs. gas prices

"If I could have my way. I'd get myself right up today, but I can't, so I'll cry instead." — The Beatles "There ain't nothin' I can do about it."…

Editor November 17, 2018

Community Notices

Carpenters, millwrights training center almost ready

Work is progressing at the site of the new carpenters and millwright training center at 700 Reno Drive, just east of General RV. The site can be viewed very easily…

Editor November 17, 2018

Community Notices

Local free food truck visit seems popular this month

The monthly free food truck served more than 300 people, more than a third of them children, Friday at the United Church of Wayland. Local organizers reported that the Feeding…

Editor November 17, 2018

Obituaries

Funeral will be Monday for Florence Jones of Hopkins

Florence Jones, 96, of Hopkins, died Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Laurels of Sandy Creek in Wayland. Born Feb. 8, 1922 in Burnips, she was the daughter of George and…

Editor November 17, 2018

Sports

WHS to have 3 new varsity coaches for spring sports

Wayland High School will have new girls' varsity soccer and girls' varsity tennis coached next spring, as well as new baseball coach Mike Huberty (see earlier story). Morgan Lee will…

Editor November 16, 2018

Community Notices

Minor injuries in rollover on U.S.-131 near Martin

First responders were dispatched in the early hours of Friday morning to the scene of a rollover on southbound U.S.-131 near the 56 mile marker, just north of Martin. Traffic…

Editor November 16, 2018