Pine Street Elementary fifth-grader Emmett Katje came in first place, competing against fourth- through eighth-graders from across Allegan County in a spelling bee.
Wayland Middle School and Pine Street students who participated in the Allegan County Spelling Bee Tuesday were Logan Bush, Amara Shaffer, Mackenzie Schwartz, Lorelei Miller, AJ Winters and Emmett Katje.
Katje will now move on to compete at the regional bee in Grand Rapids in March.
