Community Health

Pine Rest social worker posts weekly for students

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…

Editor April 18, 2020

Community Notices

Coronavirus (COVID-19) creeps into Allegan County

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…

Editor March 21, 2020

Obituaries

Service is Thursday for WHS grad Jerry Pattok, 82

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…

Editor February 4, 2020

Community Notices

Wayland Union Schools launch ‘Parent University’ program

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…

Editor August 5, 2019

Obituaries

County Commission candidate Kathryn Bamberg dies at 60

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…

Editor May 30, 2019

Features

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

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — April 27, 1994 The Wayland City Council granted preliminary plat approval for a…

Editor April 24, 2019

Obituaries

Funeral Saturday for Jason Jenkinson, 31, of Dorr

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…

Editor October 17, 2018

Articles

Wayland schools trying out a different truancy program

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…

Editor October 8, 2018

Articles

City Council hears negative side of keeping 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…

Editor September 17, 2018

Obituaries

16-year-old Hopkins student was SUV crash victim

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…

Editor July 9, 2018