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Longtime Hopkins resident Elwood Schwartz passes at 91
Elwood G. Schwartz of Otsego, a 1942 graduate of Hopkins High School, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, in Wyoming, Mich. He was 91 He was born Feb. 28, 1924, in Sparta…
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Lady Wildcats win own invitational with newcomer sensations
The Wayland girls’ cross-country team did something Friday morning that it has rarely done in recent times — win its own invitational. Sparked by outstanding debut performances by freshmen Zoe…
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Wayland Athletic Boosters planning ‘bash’ for late August
The Wayland Athletic Boosters Club is undergoing some changes in the wake of the death last spring of President Tom Andrews. Shelly Salisbury Whitley, who succeeded Andrews as Boosters president,…
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Wayland schools opt out of early college program, for now
The Wayland Board of Education has instructed Superintendent Norman Taylor to tell the Allegan Area Education Services Association it will pass for now on participating in in a special early…
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Wayland School Board cautiously endorses ECAC program
All seven members of the Wayland Board of Education Monday night cautiously voted to endorse the Early College/Allegan County program through Lake Michigan College. Through the ECAC, students can graduate…
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New Partnership to offer free college to Allegan County students
Allegan County students will have an opportunity never seen in this area with a new partnership and program announced with Lake Michigan College and the Allegan Area Educational Service Agency.…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: May Wildcat girls continue to defeat selfishness, media hype
Members of "The Greatest Generation" have told me "This ain't the same country I remember when I was growing up." Indeed. Things and people change, and sometimes not for the…