Community Health

Pine Rest social worker posts weekly for students

April 18, 2020

Wayland Union Schools has partnered with Pine Rest to provide mental health support for students and is introducing school social worker Jessica Boss to write Facebook posts to help them through the current COVID-19 crisis. This partnership has been finalized and Boss’ primary role will be servicing students at Wayland...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) creeps into Allegan County

March 21, 2020

The Allegan County Health Department Saturday afternoon reported the first positive Coronavirus (COVID-19) case in Allegan County. The resident is an 85-year-old who is currently hospitalized. A Health Department spokesperson said, "We were notified by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services this afternoon about the collection, testing and...

Service is Thursday for WHS grad Jerry Pattok, 82

February 4, 2020

1955 Wayland High School graduate Gerald LeRoy Pattok, age 82, of Hastings, died Jan. 31. Gerald was born on Oct. 7, 1937, in Hilliards, the son of John and Anna (Lutostanski) Pattok. He ran track and played tennis and football while at Wayland High School. He attended Kalamazoo College on...

Wayland Union Schools launch ‘Parent University’ program

August 5, 2019

Wayland Union Schools is launching a new parent education program, "Parent University," this fall as part of the district’s strategic plan, The district last November held a public meeting to look at progress made in the five-year strategic plan and to make improvements in existing goals, one of which was...

County Commission candidate Kathryn Bamberg dies at 60

May 30, 2019

Allegan County Commisioner (District 3) candidate Kathryn Bamberg, 60, died Tuesday, May 29, in Williamsburg. Bamberg last fall was a Democratic candidate to be commissioner from a district that included the City of Allegan, Allegan Township, Monterey Township and Salem Township, and she worked most recently for Allegan County Community Mental...

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

April 24, 2019

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — April 27, 1994 This once was the Dorr Township Hall, then the Dorr Township Library and now the Then & Now Historical Library. The Wayland City Council granted preliminary plat approval for a...

Funeral Saturday for Jason Jenkinson, 31, of Dorr

October 17, 2018

Jason Scott Jenkinson, age 31 of Dorr, died Monday, Oct. 15. He is survived by his parents, Sandy and Bob Gardner; father, Scott Jenkinson; siblings, Heather (Devin) Jenkinson and Ashley (Kody Koster) Gardner; grandparents, Lucy DeWolde, Jan Jenkinson, Bob and Helen Gardner; many aunts, uncles, and cousins. A funeral will be held...

Articles

Wayland schools trying out a different truancy program

October 8, 2018

Ashlee Kidder is this year's student representative to the Wayland Board of Education, succeeding Isaiah Edny. The Wayland Board of Education Monday evening learned about a new truancy diversion program from Director of Instruction Teresa Fulk. She said the local district does better than many others in this area, but...

City Council hears negative side of keeping chickens

September 17, 2018

Sophia DiPietro explains why A.S.K. opposes urban farming and the keeping of chickens. Perhaps it was a harbinger of what may be coming for the Wayland City Council. members Monday evening heard a special presentation on keeping chickens within the city limits before their regular meeting. Sophia DiPietro, representing A.S.K....

16-year-old Hopkins student was SUV crash victim

July 9, 2018

Emileigh Maelynn “Emmy” Byxbe-Willingham, 16, of Hopkins, died Friday, July 6, in an SUV traffic crash in Hopkins Township. Emmy was born in Grand Rapids on May 14, 2002, to Kelly Lynn Byxbe and Allen Edward Willingham. She had attended Hopkins High School and was set to start her junior...

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