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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 156

March 11, 2015

25 Years Ago — March 14, 1990 Final approval was given to developer Truman Dollar of Alpha Properties to hook up sewer service from the Gun Lake Area Sewer Authority to a mobile home park on Patterson Avenue in Yankee Springs Township. The Allegan County Board of Commissioners wants...

Wayland school officials recommend new snow plowing service

March 10, 2015

Though rumors circulated this past winter that Wayland Union Schools fired its snow plowing contractor were rebutted by school officials, it is apparent a new company will do the job when such services are needed next November. Administrators are recommending the school board hire USA Earthworks of Martin to plow...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 155

March 4, 2015

25 Years Ago — March 7, 1990 The Wayland boys’ varsity basketball team lost its district tournament opener at home to Allegan 76-52, and even worse, the game was played in an empty gym because of fears of a measles outbreak. The Allegan County Health Department issued the ban after...

Monday Moan: No such thing as free lunch or college tuition

March 1, 2015

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net The headline in the Allegan County News read, or almost shouted: PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE ASSOCIATE DEGREES TO ALLEGAN COUNTY STUDENTS and then opened with this… “The new Early College/ Allegan County program is set to begin in the fall, thanks to a partnership between the Allegan...

Yes It Is, It’s True: My first year as an editor was tempestuous

February 28, 2015

My first experiences as an editor, more than 35 years ago, were tempestuous, to say the least. I had been sports editor at the Albion Evening Recorder for three years and really didn't have a lot of desire to take the job in August 1979, especially because staff writer C....

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 154

February 25, 2015

25 Years Ago — Feb. 28, 1990 Wayland High School senior Ken Klump pleaded not guilty in Allegan County District Court to making threatening and harassing phone calls to WHS teacher Denise Kling. Klump, who finished fourth in the state Class B wrestling tournament at 171 pounds, had been suspended...

Wayland School Board ranks services, programs funded by casino

February 24, 2015

The Wayland Board of Education Monday night in a workshop rated the importance of each of the 20 programs or services funded by revenue sharing from the Gun Lake Casino. The Wayland Union School District receives about $1.5 million from the casino annually as part of a compact agreement when...

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 152

February 11, 2015

25 Years Ago — Feb. 14, 1990 The Wayland Board of Education was embroiled in controversy over reinstatement of a student-athlete who was suspended for five days and charged with making harassing and threatening phone calls to a teacher. Teachers boycotted an in-service day, insisting the board was not adequately...

Monday Moan: Gotta school board meeting tonight, Monday, Feb. 9

February 8, 2015

by Jeff Salisbury My oh my but where has the time gone? Time for another school board meeting. Wayland Union School Board of Education Regular Meeting @ Baker Elementary School – Monday, February 9, 2015 – 7:00 p.m. My grandsons have WHS basketball games at Holland Christian but I hope...

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 151

January 28, 2015

(Taken from the archives at the Then and Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Jan. 31, 1990 Commercial helicopter pilot Larry J. Newland, 48, of Livonia, crashed his twin-engine aircraft into the WMXI-Channel 17 tower in Yankee Springs Township, but was not injured and and his...

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